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Did anyone else catch the article on the front page of the Saanich News today about how strollers and parents are selfishly taking up space on BC Transit buses thereby causing disabled people to have to wait for the next bus?
I was shocked and dismayed by the article as I think it needlessly pitted two [...]
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“Please smack me upside the head if I become the kind of mom I hate,” I emailed my sister in law shortly before I gave birth.
When I was pregnant, I wasn’t really afraid of that much. I was afraid that the bebe would die inside me, or that he would be unhealthy and die once [...]
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The lavender candlelight flickers across the infant’s soft limpid cheek, rocking within the curved caress of the gazing, singing, sighing new mother. The wee one’s dulcet squawk; so gentle yet urgent. Mother smiles and slides her pink nipple into the tiny open mouth that carefully draws the warm milk in an opiate rhythm that soothes [...]
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A friend just called me and told me she had read a post on KIV that says Island UltraSound is handing out a paper to clients asking them to not ask the technician about sex determination at all. Apparently, they are suspending the service until they can figure out how best to deal with the [...]
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Today I picked up my 3-year-old from preschool and he had a special gift for me. The teacher informed me it was a Mother’s Day gift that each child had worked very hard on. My little guy was very excited to give it to me and when I asked him if I should wait to [...]
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Mother’s day is nearly a week away. My daughter was born on Mother’s Day last year. My daughter’s first birthday is nearly a week away- how did that happen? I have been going through this exact thought process at least 4 times a day for the past couple days which has led me to realize that I have mixed feelings about this upcoming [...]
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I went back to work last week and the wheels seriously came off the little vehicle that is our family. I know I will not be the first or the last mother to experience this but, it does not make it any less challenging. The worst part is, I only work part-time! I can only [...]
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We took the boys swimming the other day and I have to say it was not a fun time. Things were just off from the start. The baby was fussy and my 3YO was jumping all over me and I could feel myself getting more and more annoyed. We weren’t even there for an hour [...]
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