A lot goes through one’s mind as they are sitting in a tiny doctor’s office and hear the words: “You have cancer.” For example: “How can I be wearing a 30-year-old, emerald green Hugo Boss hoodie when given a cancer diagnosis? That just doesn’t make sense.” The doctor is still talking but I can’t hear…
I was dropping my 16-year-old daughter off on her first day at her co-op placement and she was understandably nervous. As grateful as she was to have found this placement (thanks to a family friend) during the pandemic days of COVID, and as excited as she was for the opportunity, her nerves were jangling –…
I suggest the scientists hired to get to the bottom of the mysterious crop circle phenomenon in the US put a temporary pin in their investigation and head on over to my house – as there are hella strange occurrences happening in our household. Spoons for one – strange and mysterious spoons – most of…
I’m a strong advocate for teenagers retaining their privacy. I believe everyone’s entitled to their secrets – and so long as it doesn’t harm anyone – this goes for teenagers too. But not everybody feels this way – as somebody in my household just recently discovered. So while my husband and I do not feel…
I received a very interesting letter the other day. To be fair, it was actually an email – but it had been carefully crafted and written with a precision that I imagine took some time and effort. Reading this letter gave me pause, it made me rethink some of my previous actions and more importantly…
Before there was Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda – there was Blanche, Dorothy, Rose and Sophia. These four ladies – the OG Sex and the City, if you will – may have had more miles on their engines and lines on their faces than Carrie and her crew but there was nothing these silver-coiffed beauties…
Grape, pink, the ever elusive banana. Those were the popsicle flavours that defined my sticky sweet childhood summers. Windsor summers got so hot that as soon as you stepped foot outside of Chuck’s – the corner store at the top of my street (I still call it that even though Chuck is long gone and…
I am living two lives. One is slow and quiet and enjoyable. It’s the one where I get to relax at home and spend time with my kids – time I’ve never had before. And time I’ll probably never get again. The other one is cloistering and overwhelming and frankly quite horrible. This one keeps…
I’m in a discombobulatory free-fall right now. And if I may speak for everyone else – I believe we all are. The last time I felt this topsy-turvy was when I brought a baby home for the very first time. I was thrown into a tailspin of confusion like nothing I’d ever experienced before. Day…
Eight weeks and one day ago, I replaced my Brita water filter – then the world went crazy and I didn’t even see it coming. I’m a creature of habit and routine which means every two months, I religiously change that filter. I crack open a fresh one and hold it under a gentle water…
