Ok now that the New Year is upon us. New decade. Not so babyish 21st century. Let’s evolve a little shall we?? Let’s Do IT Guys and Gals! Let’s think outside the safe zone, and go a little broader in perspective and kinder and see a little clearer and sit [...]
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So I know this blog is about me and about my experiences, my honest opinions and my truth. Having said this, there’s something I feel like I need to be clear on: I’M NOT MARRIED TO ANY OF THOSE THINGS. What can she possibly mean, you may wonder? Most people hear an opinion from someone. A [...] Ok, I admit it, I’ve always wanted to be Jewish. Or at least have a surrogate Jewish family who would invite me to Passover feasts. I love Jewish people, I love their food…chicken mazo ball soup and bagels??? COME ONNN! Their way, their stories, the SPIRIT OF THE JEWS!!! They are so, like, OLD TESTAMENT. [...] December always brings about a great deal of ambivalence for me. Actually, it starts in November but December is the real count down to Christmas. I hate it, I love it, I hate it, I love it, I resent it, I don’t want to give anyone a damn thing, I want to give [...] When I was a child, I used to think that we were born into our families in order to be our parents’ servants. Y’know, child labour. No really, I really DID think that was my purpose for being alive, to serve these big people. Just a straggling [...] So one of my goals in this thing called Parenting Small Children is to do things for myself whenever I can. I’m acutely aware that children learn the most about how to live their lives by observing their models. Sure, sure, I do stuff for myself so I don’t go nutso living in only one [...] SO TIred. is how i feel. And how I’ve felt much of this year. I know I’m a broken record to people who ask, but it is what it is right now. Max is now one year old and still wakes up at 4:30 in the morning expecting me to come and help him [...] Last week Lula wanted to discuss the word RICH. When I said that the “cake was rich” while doling out a tiny sliver of my dark chocolate and espresso birthday cake, Lula said, “I thought that rich meant a lot of money.” I said, ” It’s more like a lot of good, like lots of [...] A few mornings ago, my 6 yr old kid Lula and her friend were discussing ‘family’ on the drive to school. They discovered that they both have cousins from Edmonton named Mackenzie, then Lula decides to discuss RACE and was like, “my Mom’s side is Chinese, and my dad’s side is……(she trails off, tries a [...] |
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