Living Creatively, Living the Dream
Midway through the day yesterday, in the crowd of parents and kids playing street hockey for the annual Play On Tournament… my Dad arrived. He always does. Whether it’s a drive downtown, attending a game, a run to the garage or any Continue reading Dad…
My brother has his own business. It’s small… a one man show… but he’ll help you move, do yard work, fix anything broken, clean gutters, assemble things, paint and any number of odd jobs that folk find they just don’t have time Continue reading Grasshole…
A few weeks ago, while sitting with half a dozen girlfriends at the Canada Games Centre, an email arrived on my blackberry announcing that I’d been accepted into school this September. I read it aloud to the moms while sitting in the comfy chairs drinking coffee and watching our children Continue reading Super mom…
It was the beginning of an extraordinary weekend that had me at the airport at 4:30 am. The hour…somewhere in the middle of “out too late” and “up too early”…leaving you to wonder why a person would ever choose to Continue reading She lived, she loved, she laughed…
My youngest and I were out for a shopping adventure, leaving the boy at home to ward off his cold. She and I found ourselves in the unfamiliar position of having a “Mom and Daughter” day and it wasn’t long before a new Continue reading Cut from the same cloth…
A few days of taking care of my sick kids and suddenly it’s my turn! I guess it was inevitable. A cold made its way to my house this week, driving fevers up and causing children to cough at random, neither Continue reading I’d like some cheese with this whine…
When I pulled up in front of the residence building, my eldest immediately burst through the front door with a squeal of delight as she ran to the car flinging open the passenger side and embracing the wiggly waggly dog…in what I Continue reading Lassie’s big adventure…
Lara Debruyn Photography Two thousand and ten is coming to an end and while I really don’t want to whine about it… I’m desperately happy it’s almost behind me. It seems like everything I’ve done this year was accomplished with much struggle and Continue reading You’re a cow… go lick yourself! I mean… Happy New Year.
My dog’s been walking around in a skeleton costume for three days since I pulled out all the Halloween shit. The fact that my dog is dressed as a skeleton and that I have two Rubbermaid containers full of Halloween crap makes me think I Continue reading In her bones…
Yesterday we celebrated Thanksgiving but the thing is… we don’t have pilgrims. We’re not celebrating the early settlers for discovering the New World like they do in the States. We take one day a year to stuff ourselves full of turkey and Continue reading Every day without the turkey…
I wasn’t much older than my youngest the first time I went to the Maritime Fall Fair. My Poppy was in town visiting us for Mom’s birthday and we took in what would become a wonderful tradition. The horses were the big draw for Continue reading Fair thee well…
My mom likes tea. Tetley. She’ll pour a number of cups throughout the day… and drink about half of each. With powdered milk. She boils the kettle, puts two tea bags in the teapot, pours the water into the pot and puts Continue reading Tea cozy…
Yesterday was WONDERFUL! (Not the good-bye part where I fell apart and couldn’t think clearly let alone stop crying ’til I’d reached Truro…but all the other stuff…all the wonderful stuff!) We arrived at 9:30 and upon entering the university grounds, Continue reading X-tremely X-citing…
My kids have had their “final night” in the house together before my oldest heads out. Last night brought us to the lake where all three (four if you count the boyfriend) frolicked in the water and had a great time Continue reading Two days and not counting…
My son was born twelve years ago. He has kept me smiling since. From early days we marvelled how he’d laugh in his sleep…his smiles lighting up the room. Such a pleasant baby. No one could put things in perspective like Continue reading He makes me smile…
My parents hosted a breakfast for my eldest daughter and her friends this morning. Ten amazing young men and women facing their futures… heading off to explore the world. To make a difference. Giggling, loud, wide eyed teens. Full of knowledge that soon Continue reading The table is set…
There are a hundreds of photos of my children as babies. Stuffed lovingly in albums until the digital camera came around… then stored in folders and backed up so I never lost a single one. Filling scrapbooks… telling their story. When Continue reading Daydreaming…
Ever have one of those mornings that start off wrong and get far worse? I set my clock radio for seven thirty. I’d heard from the vet last night with an “I don’t want to alarm you but…” phone call, informing me that Continue reading Don’t mean to alarm you…
As all vacations go…I was happy to finally get home. We eventually found the Confederations Bridge (which would have been funnier it they’d called it “Span of Green Cables”) but not before we’d enjoyed a few days on the island. We visited Ripley’s Believe Continue reading Don’t make me come back there…
Last night I took a good look in the mirror and scanned all of the wrinkles. There’s big ones, small ones.. ones that start small and get bigger or start big and blend into hardly noticeable. Up until yesterday I really Continue reading Good with my wrinkles…