It has been awhile since I last penned a post for my blog. I have been consistently distracted and rather uninspired these past 6 months. Perhaps because of how busy I have been and how overwhelmed I feel. Perhaps because my focus has been elsewhere, on pending life changes and new adventures. Regardless, I recognize that I have been absent,…
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It has been a season of magical moments. A season of family moments. A season of joy. This year, with all these moments intertwined in our daily lives, it actually felt like Christmastime. No more isolation, cancellations, and desolation. We were a family unit enjoying wondrous holiday activities, alight with the Christmas Spirit, and memories in the making. Special moments…
It has been a season of good-byes, as I had previously confided in my post Love and Loss; and here I am enduring yet another difficult parting. My Physiotherapist of 7 years has moved on. She is leaving the city as well as her practice. Although I wish her nothing but love and happiness as she embarks on her newest…
These past few weeks have been emotional. I said my final good-bye to someone I loved, and then I learned of the abrupt loss of a beautiful friend. Two people whose light has forever dimmed, and my heart aches for the loss. “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” – Dr. Seuss I have always been mindful of…
For those of you who follow my blog, first let me apologize for being MIA once again. It seems to be an annual occurrence – me, missing in action during the summer months. Although I did upload a post on July 20th entitled Healing From Trauma, I truthfully haven’t written or invested time in my blog since. I wish I…
It has been awhile since I’ve written a post about parenting – more accurately – parenting through a milestone. And so, with that in mind, I thought I would share three fun facts about the age of eight going on pre-teen. Fun Fact #1 – It’s all about Style. My son has always personified favourite characters. In grade 1 it…
In previous blog posts I have talked a lot about how journaling has always kept me grounded. It gives me a safe place to express intense emotions/thoughts/anxieties without judgment. Expressing my thoughts on paper helps to centre me, calm me, and allow me to reflect on my current life and life situations; and to find gratitude within the mess of…
Today is Valentine’s Day. Seventeen years ago, on this day, I went on a date that altered my life forever… I know I am – somewhat – plagiarizing previous work from my post 25 Reasons Why I Love You. However, three years have passed since I penned that blog post and since that time, a pandemic overtook the world. We…
I have spent the final days of 2021 reading through blogs with the tagged post This Time Next Year. The idea of this tag is to write a post outlining your resolutions for the new year, how you are going to achieve those resolutions, and then, 365 days later write a post about whether or not you were successful. It’s…
There is nothing more gut-wrenching then seeing your child – your sweet, lovely child – hurting. Whether it is a physical pain or an emotional pain, it tears a mother’s heart to shreds. With physical pain, there are remedies that can swiftly heal and temper the wound, but with emotional pain, all you can do is hold your child close,…