A Room With a View

My grandmother grew up on a tiny Maritime island, a stone’s throw from the ocean. Her father was a fisherman, and lived his life by the tides and the catch. Every day she saw, smelled, and heard the ocean.
When my grandparents moved out to the Island they built their house with a view of the [...]

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Power and Peace

Quick update – we’re at the Lake, had a fantastic visit with my (step)sister and her family, and over 48 hours with no power. It’s not that the ‘cottage’ is rustic or has no electricity normally. It’s actually very well equipped to put it mildly. Luxury. But a windstorm ripped through, and it took forever [...]

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Running With the Pack

The Girls have arrived – and by that I mean the trio of my little cousins (6, 8, and 11), down from Timmins with their parents. Which also means that chaos reigns in this house now.
I had worried a little about their arrival. That my sweet little love who takes a while to get used [...]

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Mama Renew

During the summer and fall I took a Mama Renew course, or a discussion group you might call it, about adjusting to the role of being a mother, in a way. Specifically, this one was geared towards working mothers. We met every month and worked our way through The Mother’s Guide to Self-Renewal, one chapter [...]

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Christmas Happinesses

A little boy in PJs dancing at the door, peering out and yelling, “It’s gone! Hey! The hay is gone! The carrot is gone!”
A dash to the cookie plate to confirm that only crumbs remain.
A stocking full of toys for Cameron, and another for me with tea and kitchen stuff and other neat stuff.
Yellow stars, [...]

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