“How many of these could you possibly need?” my husband asked in an exasperated tone.
Though he pointed in a general way at the plastic bins and packing boxes stacked on a shelf in the basement, I knew exactly what...
Aside from parents, few people spend as much time and have as much influence on children as teachers. Teachers are the most seen and heard authority figures during the most important years of a child’s development, and aside from...
‘Tis the season for heart-shaped lockets, bouquets of lillies, sappy cards, and supper out at a restaurant. That’s right, boys and girls – we’re right in the thick of Mother’s Day season.
(Disclaimer: Dads are great. I have an awesome...
I figure it’s about time I write about one of the great joys of my life these past few years: baseball. I am a baseball mom and a Toronto Blue Jays fan.
I’m not a lifer Jays fan, though I...
Strange what makes us feel sad and old.
Did you hear that Toys ‘R Us is shutting down its operations? It’s closing or selling its 740 stores in the United States, as well as giving up its international operations, Canada...
There are lots of important stories in the news, about the U.S.-North Korea summit and the Stanley Cup playoffs, about flooding in New Brunswick and escalating tensions between Iran and Israel. I’m well aware of those, truly I am,...
I sit here still incredulous.
Somehow, impossibly, contrary to every prediction I have made over the past 18 months, contrary to almost every poll and survey and projection available, Donald Trump became the newpresident-elect of the United States.
I have no...
One of my friends announced good news the other day by posing her youngest daughter in a pink dress and with a sign that read: “Soon-to-be middle child. Good thing I can’t read yet.”
Predictably, justifiably, people in our group...
Is there anything worse than traffic?
I don’t mean just a large volume of vehicles – as long
as it’s moving, it doesn’t matter if there are two cars or 2,000, I’m not
bothered by busier...
My friend’s 5-year-old has been asking
her mother a lot of questions about heaven, not an unusual line of inquiry for
children trying to figure out how the world works. If adults wrestle with the
concept of an ever after,...