Artist in Residence

It’s the art gallery cliché: My preschooler could’ve painted that! There’s just something Important about paintings hung on the wall in a nice frame, something that gives them a touch more class, something that makes the eye a little more willing to see the artistic merit in them. Unless of course they came with a [...]

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A Day to Balance Ten Great Days

“I hope tomorrow is going to be better than today!”   Cameron was lying on his bed, covered in his blue and white blanket, sobbing. He’d started off quietly, but when he knew I was there and listening – and Granna was on the phone and could hear – he turned up the volume.   [...]

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Things I Want to Always Remember

Curled up together on the couch, a fuzzy and soft creamy blanket over both of us. His head nestled into the hollow of my shoulder, soft hair just under my chin. He’d pulled my arms around him, then burrowed one small hand into one of mine. Relaxed, we watched How to Train Your Dragon like [...]

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Why Leaves Fall

Why do you think leaves fall off the trees, Cameron? Because they have to, Mama. Really? Why is that? Well Mama, it’s Fall. And it’s starting to get cold. The roots tell the leaves, “We just can’t feed you any more,” and they say bye-bye. And then the leaves say bye-bye, and the wind blows [...]

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We Go This Way

  Cameron held the map of Capilano Regional Park I’d printed out, firmly tracing his finger along the path we had highlighted. We had been here before, with Dad and Janice, but I figured we’d be hitting the trails and so a map might be helpful. Then Cameron wanted one of his own. The boy [...]

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