October 20, 2011
Super-sized
I was contacted last week by the magazine for a large Canadian drug store chain (Shopper’s Drug Mart) to see if I would be willing to be interviewed. The topic: “My five year-old daughter told me she feels fat. How do I handle this?” I wrote them back and said that my daughter hasn’t struggled [...]
January 27, 2011
I Dare You
My friend Kerrianne, she of the most beautiful spirit ever known on this Earth, had warned me that there would be a package arriving from Etsy and I was NOT to open it until my birthday. My birthday came and went, yet no package. We were not surprised, as the USPS and Canada Post seem [...]
January 26, 2010
Tell Me No Secrets
When Matthew and I decided to have a third child, we did so only because we knew we needed one more to complete our family. Having two boys of our own and three nephews on his side of the family with nary a girl in sight, we were expecting that we would add another boy [...]
November 16, 2009
Girl Talk
It seems that whenever I talk about my girl (Miss Emily) I do nothing but espouse words of dreams come true, of having a shorter version of me around, of the gift to be able to experience both sides of the gender equation when it comes to parenting. I have two boys who love me [...]
November 13, 2009
There’s A First Time For Everything
(Alternate Title: I’ve Been Waiting 1,128 Days For This Moment)
