“No one thinks Thanksgiving is the best holiday.” My sister was setting the table a couple of weekends ago in preparation for our family’s turkey dinner. Amy loves Christmas, and she is the first to admit that Christmas is the best because it has presents. She was always the kid who hoarded her gifts until…
Holidays
Hating on Halloween
Every year when Halloween rolls around again, I’m convinced that I don’t like the holiday. I have a vague recollection that I might have liked it the previous year, but it makes no sense how that could be true. What is there to like about Halloween? Nothing. There are quite a few things that I…
Share Thanksgiving #Halifax!
Hey! Psst. If you’re in the Halifax Regional Municipality, this is for YOU. I need you to read it and think on it. I am calling you to action. I’m challenging you. And if you’re a reader who isn’t in the HRM, I encourage you to keep reading too. Maybe it will inspire you. And…
She Never Needed to be Perfect
My Mom didn’t have it all together when I was a kid. It sounds like a terrible thing to say, especially considering all the guilt I know she carries from that time. While I reassure her about how lucky I am to have her as my mother, and I am lucky, those positive things aren’t what…
The Magic in Marriage
What does love in marriage look like? What does love look like with three kids under five? What does it look like when nights are full of newborn wake-ups and days are full of meetings and a child has laid claim on my breasts? What does love look like when life can be classified as…
Contractions
Photo by Sonja Langford courtesy of unsplash.com Every year when January rolls around, I realize how much I love this month. It is so fresh and full of new resolve. I spent the first day of 2015 cleaning out a terribly disastrous email inbox and knocking a few of those long standing items off my…
2014 in 12 Photos
2014 found me in two countries. I went ran a half marathon in the first month of the year and neared full-term pregnancy in the last month. I ran 4 races plus completed a “race” with my kids. I cut my hair. I became reacquainted with my role as a Swimming Mom while also becoming a Soccer…
Ringing in the New Year with Kids
It took me a while to adjust to New Year’s Eve with kids. Not only did we have kids, but all of our friends had kids too. And if you don’t know it before you have kids, you certainly do know it afterwards – with kids, routine is the most important thing. If your kid…
Share Thanksgiving
If you live anywhere in Nova Scotia (like I do) other than under a rock, you’ve probably heard about a recent report released on the state of our economy. Many have heard it called “The Ivany Report” or “The Now or Never Report”. It is a nice big document that essentially puts Nova Scotians on…
Loving Canada
I love Canada Day in a very nostalgic way – the same way someone loves a favourite home-cooked meal from Mom or a favourite cookie found in an old tin at Grammie’s house. There’s a pride in it being really special, but there is also the comfort and familiarity of home. Canada Day is a holiday…
Stepping Up – a Father’s Day Reflection
“We have a rule in our house,” said a female Member of the Nova Scotia Legislative Assembly at an event called Campaign School for Women that I was attending all weekend. “Whichever parent that is not in the middle of an election is what we call the P.I.C. – the Parent In Charge. The P.I.C. makes all the…
