I’m sitting here with the hubby watching the Superbowl. I don’t really have a stake in this game, but there is one team that I am rooting for. Let me explain. When I was dating, I quickly learned to keep my mouth shut when my boyfriend was annoying me. Often, a frustration within my relationship…
Family Life
Love Immunized
I kind of feel bad about yesterday’s post. I feel bad that I was busy feeling sorry for myself when my baby was going from “coming down with a pesky cold” to being in a full blown respiratory disaster. He currently sounds like an old lady who has been smoking all her life, and his…
Groundhog Day
I’ve never seen the movie Groundhog Day so I probably won’t make an entirely appropriate cultural reference, but I get the gist. And I feel like I am stuck in my own personal Groundhog Day hell. Actually, I feel as if I am stuck in a Groundhog Day loop that repeats a day three months ago. Or,…
You Are Not Alone
Yesterday, I missed my weekly bible study. I typically enjoy my Monday mornings. I am blessed with a reason to get out of the house, delicious treats and coffee, friendship and good conversation with women, and a spiritual boost. As much as I dread going back to work because I have leave Cameron with someone…
Love The One You’re With
I wasn’t going to write about this today. I had another topic in mind that I was busy writing in my head before sitting down to start typing. But as I walked towards the computer, I tuned my radio to CBC Maritime Noon. They were discussing the question: “Are we doing enough to prepare for marriage?”…
Toddling
I still have a baby. I still have a baby. I still have a baby. … a baby who walks. In this past months, Cameron has gone from taking his first steps to walking almost everywhere he goes. It is so precious. Dan and I just sit in the living room and giggle as he toddles…
Three Things
I have some announcements to make. It totally doesn’t make for good blog reading, but hopefully it will be informative and help you find other good things. First of all, I am very excited to announce that I have launched my photography company O La La! Photography by Laura O’Rourke. I will be primarily doing photography…
Level-Womanship
There is something that annoys me. I mean, it really gets at me, right under the skin. It makes me want to scream and sigh and roll my eyes and snap people out of it any way I can. Have you ever met someone who is a one-upper? I’m sure you have. Every story you…
Are Ours
I don’t know how to rectify this feelingI’m feeling. This numbness. This emptiness. Empty. Even thoughI didn’t know you for very long. You were a part of me.Are a part of me. A part of this family. AndWe loved you.Love you.We had big plans for you.For us. Huge dreams for such an insubstantial being.Still so…
Sleep in Heavenly Peace
Peace. Peace is a word that evokes the flickering of a flame at a Christmas Eve service or the crisp newness of the freshly fallen snow draped over the lawn or a Silent Night. Christmas is peaceful. Except when it isn’t. Peace might be one of the last words I would use to describe this…
A Question of Santa Claus (Caution: Spoiler Alert)
Christmas has always been my favourite time of the year. It is always full of magic and beauty and joy and fun. As a child I used to have such a hard time falling asleep on Christmas Eve as I was so full of anticipation for the following day. Now, I look forward to the…
