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
Life
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
Recognizing your own Madness
I was never officially diagnosed with anxiety/depression but once I was deep in, it seemed like the proper descriptive name. Unexpected surges of adrenalin at any time of day would leave my body exhausted and my nerves frayed. And then, the less I was able to sleep or eat, the more exhausted and shaky I … Continue reading Recognizing your own Madness
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 his hand delicately over his crotch area. I said, “Oh, I see”. He continued, “I don’t really like … Continue reading A Painful Topic, really Painful
Labour Day and Rose was Born
When I held my new born daughter Rose in my arms on a sunny Saturday 19 years ago I was suffused with happiness. I remember thinking I had joy flowing through my veins. I felt as if my body was creating an ecstatic yet calm energy. I’ll never forget the feeling of sitting in my … Continue reading Labour Day and Rose was Born
Myths about good parenting
There are no tips to parenting that will make your job easier. The most important thing you must do as a parent is enjoy being with your children. Every other parenting style or passing fad will at best be accidentally positive, and at the worst, destructive on some level. Even if you are a very … Continue reading Myths about good parenting
The Ring Finger
The Ring Finger It all began with a dehumidifier in an odd place and a glass jar of homemade granola, still warm,being carried from one corner of the kitchen to the other. Now I have a crooked finger, and if I do not stretch and massage and pull and aggravate that darn ring finger a … Continue reading The Ring Finger
Notes from a Sinking Isthmus 