A New Chapter

Today, I sat down with two copies of a six page, double-sided document entitled “Junior Kindergarten Registration”. I carefully placed each set beside one another in front of me on the desk. I wrote down my children’s names and then proceeded to …

Saying Thank you and Goodbye

How to express feelings that are inexplicable? This past week we lost the matriarch of our family, my grandmother. I tried to write about it. But I can’t. Maybe too soon? I can only capture it in a series of thoughts …

Be happy for this moment…

Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life. I love this quote. It is a great reminder to be grateful for the good, the bad and the okay in your everyday life.  It is within the everyday that …

There are two things in life which we are never truly prepared for…

There are two things in life which we are never truly prepared for: twins. – Josh Billings   Happy Third Birthday Max and Emma! Within ten minutes on August 6, 2011, my life changed in the most inexplicable way. My …

Perfect Little Legs

I was looking at my daughter the other day who seems to be looking more and more like me as each day passes…and I had a sinking feeling. The feeling was wrapped together in memories and flashbacks of me being …

When you were One Years Old, I wrote you a tear-stained letter…

When you were One Years Old, I wrote you a tear-stained letter… I was absolutely broken apart at the prospect of returning to work.  The night before I finished my maternity leave I crept into your room and picked you …

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 …

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 …