Creating a life that feels good on the inside
This is a guest blog post. I have a teenager who has a part-time job. Through this job, she’s been gaining some really important life skills! Needless to say, I think this guest post has some valuable advice. Have a read and let me know your thoughts. Do you think it’s important for teenagers […]
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The cell phone debate. Should we get our almost-twelve year one? Most of our seventh-grade daughter’s peers already have cell phones. However, she was content without having one for her entire first year of middle school. Until at the end of the last school year there was a mix up with something at school in […]
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Does parenting sometimes feel overwhelming and exhausting? In Dr. Shefali’s New York Times best-selling books she brings a fresh perspective to the parenting landscape, challenging the current paradigm it is steeped in and turning it on its head. Provocative, daring and evocative, her approach teaches parents how to raise themselves – first – into the […]
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My youngest no longer needs a push on the swing. I’m in a place where I can watch her smile proudly as she pumps her legs herself. It’s a whole new view from here. It’s interesting how when she used to ask for a push this voice inside would say: I can’t wait for her […]
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Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder”-Rumi When the thunderstruck when I was a child it felt intense, loud, angry, stressed and raw. The thunder made me feel ashamed, embarrassed, inadequate and worthless. Was the thunder aware of the impact it had? Did the thunder realize when it […]
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This post was written for the Mama Diary series in collaboration with Modern Fort last year. I haven’t felt the way I felt when I wrote this diary entry for a while. In fact, I think it’s because I’ve been exercising again! It’s amazing how beneficial exercise can be for not only our physical well-being […]
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Do you have something you want to give your children this holiday season that money can’t buy? This Christmas my daughter`s wishlists consist of a few toys and my eldest has asked for some electronics and typical teenager things. Santa will do his best to work his magic and make that happen for them. After […]
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Nyomi and I had a fun little mother/daughter date on Friday night at the Amanda Arneill Christmas 101 Chalk lettering workshop at La-Z-Boy furniture. We went home with all of the supplies including a personalized handwritten chalkboard brush, & Amanda’s new book Chalk Art & lettering 101. Best of all, proceeds from the evening are going to […]
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Did you know my most viewed blog post to date was the one I wrote a few years ago when my husband had his drowning experience? It’s one of those things I think about from time to time, and the memory of almost losing my husband always surfaces for me when we’re in or near […]
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Sometimes I prepare my children dinner from scratch and other times I pop something frozen, quick and easy into the oven and call it a day. And you know what? I don’t feel as guilty as I once did about it. I used to put so much pressure on myself to “do it all.” Who […]
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*This article I wrote was published a few years ago on Daily Hive Vancouver. I’m reposting this article today because my 14-year-old has been forgetting her lunch at home. She’s been texting me and asking if I can drop off her lunches when she forgets. I dropped it off to her the other day but […]
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