Relay for Life …STOP thinking and START doing

Relay for Life – June 13, 2014 – Support Team “Stand Sure” This year I am participating in the Relay for Life, an event hosted by the Canadian Cancer Society. My extended family has experienced the heart-wrenching impact of cancer. …

The Art of Grocery Shopping with Three Kids…and no I don’t use an iPad

The Art of Grocery Shopping with Three Kids…and no I don’t use an iPad…because I don’t have one! Things you just have to accept: One or more children will yell, scream or sing loudly during the grocery trip. There will …

The moment that you realize you have made it

The moment that you realize that you have made it strikes at odd times. It was early Thursday morning this past week at precisely 3:32 am.  I was awake dealing with toddler sleeping shenanigans.  My little girl did not want …

Tessa.

I frequently joke that I don’t  love my dog. And at times in the past couple of years it has felt like I don’t… It sounds incredibly callous and to a dog-lover, it would sound downright insane. I don’t think …

very little is needed

Every once in a while I lose my bearing.  I focus on what I can’t have. What I don’t have. What I can’t provide for my children. I can’t buy clothes. I can’t paint a room in my house. I can’t …

From mother to daughter

When I was obsessing over my decision to return to work. I wrote a couple of letters to my daughter for her to read when she grew up. I felt my decisions would impact how she viewed me and how …

Goodbye Facebook: Diary

Day 1: Feeling the “twitch” of checking Facebook on my iPhone. I even scrolled to find the Facebook icon without realizing what I was doing – thank goodness I deleted the icon.  I don’t even consider myself a HUGE facebook …

Handmade Homemade Christmas

Andrew and I decided to make our kids their “main” holiday gift this year.  It is a kid-sized table and chair set complete with four chairs.  It was ambitious considering the construction, painting and staining had to be completed post-bedtime …

Goodbye Facebook: January 1 – 31, 2014

Goodbye Facebook – see you in 31 days…maybe. I feel like I need Facebook. But most of the time I don’t NEED Facebook. I  am drawn to Facebook for adult “interaction” in my otherwise kid-centric lifestyle. My usual companions include …

Dear Beautiful Daughters

Dear Beautiful Daughters

Dear my Beautiful Daughters,

When Kyla had just turned 4 and Kailey was 19 months, Mommy was told some very unfortunate news.  You both were too young to fully understand how significant this was for our family, but one day we will share with you how much love and support we received and how this changed our lives forever.

 The Story

In 2005, I received chemotherapy and radiation for a type of cancer called Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.   Unfortunately, on August 13, 2013, 7 ½ years after finishing my treatment, I was told that my cancer had relapsed.  That day I was at work caring for other cancer patients finding it hard to look into their faces and support them dreading the news that I feared was coming.  At 4:15 pm, I was paged by my Hematologist, and at that moment my life shattered.  In a split second, I went from being a…

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