This coming Saturday, I will mark my mother’s 72nd birthday. Except it’s not her 72nd birthday, because she’s not here to celebrate it. But her children are. I am. I’m turning 36…
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The Extraordinary Thing.
You spend the major portion of your adult life with a backup plan in your pocket. This isn’t a get-out-of-jail-free card. Life isn’t Monopoly. It’s a survival tactic that’s sewn into the…
Love and Lunchboxes | Six Years
If you ask me what my favourite number is, I’ll tell you that it’s a multiple of 3. Usually, I plump for 12, but there’s a reason why I always live in…
You Don’t Get This Back
I am always first on the line to smack heads when someone tries to give me “advice” on how to parent my child. It’s funny, but the people who pass this advice…
You can call me a woowoohead and that’s okay
She: “Mom I’m making a toy at school. It’s a project. I’m making a robot alien” Me: “That’s so cool, babe. What are you going to call it?” She: “424-424”. Recently, my…
The Yardstick of Nine | Dadadadad.
Dear Dadadadad, It’s been nine years. The idea that it’s now just a skip and a little hop of a year to a full decade since I last heard your voice or…
Father’s Day.
Dear Dadadadad, It’s almost Father’s Day. A funny day, where we’d have tempted you with soap on a rope, socks and silly mugs. The last Father’s Day-like moment I had with…
A very special playlist.
Growing up, there were a variety of songs that stuck with me, that I hang on to, as they remind me of my folks. Specifically, though, I have a strong memory…
life is… the great editor.
I’ve just finished off my work for the week and am settling down for a little quiet night to myself. But, maybe, just for a minute, I’d like to just write, just…
Winging it.
Sometimes, when I look at people around me, or that I pass by on that usual walkrunslog I do, I’m amazed at how “put together” they are. I’m never going to be…