I have been writing, but mostly I have been conversing with strangers on the internet. I am optimistic, hoping to win over one person at a time. Here are some of my responses in some perfectly civilized conversations about trans people on Substack: I understand your position but I still think that the family's decision … Continue reading Online Conversations about Trans People
Children’s Issues
Metamorphosis – A Mom and a Son and their Transitioning Journey
JULY 2019 I did love blogging. I liked the way it concentrated my thoughts, how I would plan and quietly pursue a small topic, write, pause, re-read, edit, pause, think, write and wordpress it out into the world. I was pleased with the writing when I was done, though now I find typos and … Continue reading Metamorphosis – A Mom and a Son and their Transitioning Journey
I missed you but I was busy thinking
I have gone through a quiet stage. I even hesitate to write in my journal. Sometimes I feel tired just thinking about putting my thoughts into writing. But I don't feel bad or sad at all. I am cruising. I am thinking. I remember talking with an American cousin of mine about whether natural birth … Continue reading I missed you but I was busy thinking
There is always time to dream, write and paint
My sister and I home schooled our kids, hardcore. We did not hesitate to leave behind the current public school curriculum and grade testing. We taught our kids to read, think, play and explore without anyone telling us how to do it. Although our Mom never home schooled I think that our confidence in taking over the education … Continue reading There is always time to dream, write and paint
The Long Form Census and Moi
I had an unsettling visit from an elderly Quebecois woman the other day. She was a small woman with very practical winter clothes, and her hands and skin were very dry, like her frizzed out hair that was tied back in a strict bun. I could tell she was a practical woman who believed being … Continue reading The Long Form Census and Moi
The Life and Death of Jackie
Jackie was my Mom’s best friend and was always in our lives, sort of swinging around the outside of family events like a satellite for as long as I can remember. She worked as a nurse, and then got her MA and taught nursing. She was a calm, practical person, who was great in a crisis or … Continue reading The Life and Death of Jackie
Only Your Mother Knows for Sure
We live in a man’s world, and any man that disputes that fact is not a man that understands a woman’s life. When my husband was recently in Halifax with our 19 year old daughter, they walked around at night, on any road and through empty dark school yards. He recognized that she would never … Continue reading Only Your Mother Knows for Sure
Home Schooling Works
Home schoolers are an odd bunch. You have those that chose to home school so they can challenge their child more than in the school system, and those that chose to home school to reject curriculums and testing. Some kids are at home because they have emotional or intellectual issues, and some are there because … Continue reading Home Schooling Works
A Painful Topic, really, Painful
A Painful Topic, really Painful While we were in the park yesterday my little one said “I don’t like any games when I am lying down and someone is standing over me because of this” and waved her hand delicately over her crotch area. I said, “Oh, I see”. She continued, “I don’t really like to … Continue reading A Painful Topic, really, Painful
Notes from a Sinking Isthmus 