True Confessions
I knew the news wasn’t going to be good. I’ve been avoiding my day of reckoning for a while. I’ve been consciously remiss – if I didn’t know, I could feign innocence, then I wouldn’t have to address the problem, I wouldn’t have to own it. But I knew what I was doing, I knew […]
The dregs
We are down to the dregs of the chocolate box, those last few dipped morsels that were strategically overlooked while there were caramels and truffles to choose from. They are the last of the Christmas chocolates, the ones nobody wanted. They’ve been nestled in their assigned compartments for as long as it has taken for […]
Throwback Thursday Jan. 25/18
Eating Words. BC Parent Nov. 1999 Motherhood is a grand adventure, an ever changing enterprise, and I love it. From the moment I found out I was pregnant with our first child, I found myself imagining scenarios in which I, as a profoundly innovative parent, would excel. My children would be the epitome of everything […]
Life Lessons
Just when I thought I was getting a handle on this Mom thing I looked up and found all our kids had grown up and moved out. I finally have some answers and nobody’s got any questions. I have all this wisdom to impart and no one to impart it upon. I’m willing to bet […]
The Old Person Club
I was filling out a questionnaire with a young woman the other day – on it were the usual questions; name, address, age group. It was a regular fill-in the blank survey, the type data collecting organizations like to use to target various products and services. I like to be honest with my answers, data […]
Throwback Thursday Jan. 18/18
Back In The Day Published in 2006 in Chicken Soup for the Shoppers Soul My dad was a traveling salesman and on the road three weeks out of four. He’d come home for weekends, in time to save Mom from cabin fever and to drive us to the supermarket for our weekly shop. On Friday […]
Image — Imagine
I chose ‘The Skeleton in my Closet ‘ as the throwback essay last week for a reason – I have a few things I would like to say about self esteem and that particular story gives me courage. It’s interesting – an essay that took so much courage to write now gives the same back […]
Throwback Thursday. Jan. 11/18
The Skeleton in my Closet Broadcast on CBC Radio – First Person Singular 2000 published – Chicken Soup for the Recovering Soul 2004 My graduation dress made a surprise appearance from the back of my closet last spring. The kids dug it out in an effort to supply vintage clothing for a fashion show […]
Best present ever
I struggle a bit when it comes to buying gifts for our granddaughters. On one hand I want to buy them everything, on the other, they already have everything. We have opted for experiences lately – a date with Gramma and Papa in lieu of additions to their toy rooms or closets. We upped the […]
Un-decking the Halls
Well, 2018 has officially left the launching pad – we are a week into the new year and my halls are still decked. I’m sitting here, coffee in hand, looking at the beautifully fluffed garland that is about to dive back into the large green garbage bag it lives in when it is not festiving […]