Borrowed this old book from a friend last night. Her dad (who has a masters in counseling) gave his copy to her when she first became a parent and said she wanted the best book he’d recommend on parenting. I put it on my bedside table last night.
The kids were reading their own books in [...]
The other day I was going through Olivia’s overflowing pyjama drawer taking out all of the things she had outgrown. I found her Teletubby pyjamas and as I pulled them out noticed that Olivia’s “missing” pink, sparkly silly putty was actually embedded in the shirt. (This likely happened around the time I, in a moment [...]
When I think about what it was like taking care of Madeline as a baby — my first baby–, two things come to mind: the blur and the focus. In once sense everything from the first ten months of her life feels like a total blur. Did you know that Marc took carpentry at SIAST [...]
I weighed myself and took my measurements again this morning. But before I reveal those numbers, a few things must be divulged. My cleanse ended on Saturday, the same day that an old friend from university came to stay the night. In anticipation of her visit, I made two french apple pies and some cinnamon [...]
Let’s start at the very beginning. I was blissfully unaware of what had just happened to me when Madeline quite literally burst into the world at 2:59am on Sunday, December 15, 2002. You know when you’re too tired to be tired? That’s what I was, and had been for about the last five hours of [...]
A major winter storm has hit us here in southern Manitoba. Marc says he hasn’t been in a storm like this since he was in Caronport. I don’t recall ever being in a storm like this. I’m sure there were big, gusty storms in Prince Albert growing up, but we were in a city filled with trees, [...]
93 years ago today in Bramley, England a little mother named Annie gave birth to a curly-haired baby boy who she named Frank Stanley. I’ve been thinking about her today. My Great Grandmother’s mind was probably filled with anticipation about giving birth and having another baby to love and care for. It was 1917 — [...]
Marc and I were young when we decided to have kids — we were pregnant with Madeline before my 22nd birthday. We’d decided before we got married that we wanted to have our kids when we were young, partially because both of our parents were “old” when they had us, and partially because once I [...]
Yesterday I was given access to my online Foundations of Counseling course. I familiarized myself with the website and all of the things it does and all of the things I will do on there. Then I listened to the first introductory lecture (while doing Scrabble turns on Facebook and leg lifts in the computer [...]
It’s exactly one year ago today that Luke was in the hospital having his tonsils/adenoids removed and getting tubes put in his ears. And, it’s kind of a horrible thing to say, but I think that day was the day I realized how much I love Luke. I mean, obviously, I love the boy. He’s [...]