My dad was the eldest of 5, and the only one to move (slightly) away. The rest of his siblings all lived within roughly 15 miles of each other and I had loads of cousins. When I was growing up, these cousins would all have massive family birthday parties. One of my favourites was when … Continue reading Party #1000wordsofsummer
Kids
#1000wordsofsummer
So, it's been a minute. I've still been writing, but not in formats that seemed ripe to publish. Recently I made a new friend, Mary, who introduced me to a fun challenge: #1000wordsofsummer. Best selling author, Jami Attenberg, started a challenge back in 2018 to inspire her writing community to write 1000 words per day, … Continue reading #1000wordsofsummer
Super. Heros?
Today My boys told me Of the silly game They had played with classmates One wanted to be Captain America One, Captain Crunch One claimed Captain Canada (he was born in Canada) The last declared himself Jeff Bezos And so, Captain Crunch decided Bezos sounded like Basil So he would, instead, be Jeff Pesto And … Continue reading Super. Heros?
Hands
Some say Eyes are the window to the soul and I (sort of) believe that But if there were a close second I think it would be the hands I have one son (and not my youngest) who will still reach for my hand any and all times I have it free, outstretched at my … Continue reading Hands
Mini-Slice: Kitchen Hockey
Inspired by my daily writing challenge around "a funny incident." My mom didn’t iron. And I have absolutely followed in her footsteps. As children, we went shopping. A lot. In fact, it was likely my mom’s biggest hobby – happily taking a mini road trip the 45-60 minutes to get to a mall and browsing … Continue reading Mini-Slice: Kitchen Hockey
Mini-Slice: My 14-Year-Old Little Girl
My daughter, Emaline, is fourteen years and 5 months old today. She is a smart, healthy, 9th grader. Honestly, high school has been a breeze as compared with the transition to middle school. Augmented by the ongoing pandemic and the desperate desire to feel alive and push boundaries, she and her friends made some unwise … Continue reading Mini-Slice: My 14-Year-Old Little Girl
20 Minutes: A Childhood Fear
One of my mom’s favourite hobbies was shopping. She approached the art of shopping almost like a sport, hunting for the best deals and finding treasures at department stores, always scouring the clearance racks. From my small hometown, we would drive 45 minutes to a bigger city with a mall and spend the entire day … Continue reading 20 Minutes: A Childhood Fear
20 Minutes: Earliest Memory
When I was just over three years old, my parents introduced me to my newborn baby sister, Melanie. I have a faint memory of sitting on the concrete front porch step with my grandma, watching for them to drive home from the hospital. It was early July and I waited with longing – mostly just … Continue reading 20 Minutes: Earliest Memory
Mini-Slice: Lost
Inspired by my 20-minute writing exercise today around the theme: "If you can delete a memory, what will it be? Why?" It was a perfect summer Saturday – Labour Day weekend. Tim was working and I had planned to take my 3 young boys, plus one add-on friend (for good measure) to Centre Island for … Continue reading Mini-Slice: Lost
20 Minutes: Letter To a Younger Self
You are enough. Always. I know you want to make your mom, your teachers, your dance instructor, your friends, proud with your accomplishments, but they will love you regardless (or even in spite of) what you achieve. And if they don’t, then that says something too… Because the thing with real love is that it … Continue reading 20 Minutes: Letter To a Younger Self
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