
a mom blog : writing, living and parenting in Calgary Alberta

When I was a kid my mom and dad accumulated a fairly large library of books for me. Berenstein Bears. Cat in the Hat. Fox in Socks. Peter Rabbit. There were so many. I was lucky to have those books and I knew they were special. I remember being so excited to go to Kindergarten [...]

Today I realized that when I became a mom, I also went completely insane. I came upon this realization when Hannah told me she had a sore neck today. She’d been a little sick the last few days. She had a touch of a tickle in her throat (no cough) and a bit of a [...]
This is my Monday Mojo post for this week…I figured if a laugh can’t get the mojo going then nothing will! P.S. You might wanna turn your speakers down a touch

I often lie in bed at night, waiting to fall asleep with my husband snoring in my ear and think about things that didn’t get done during the day. ‘I wanted to clear the clutter from the dining room, I wanted to cook that dish just a 1/2 hour longer, I wanted to write that [...]

It started with my daughter walking up to me and spitting a mouthful of milk on my face. It dripped down my neck, down my shirt. I resisted the urge to rage at her. I hadn’t even had a cup of coffee yet. I wanted to yell. ‘WHAT THE FUCK HANNAH!’ Instead I said, “go [...]

OK. First things first. I love my husband. He’s an amazing man and father and he’s wonderful to us all. I am so blessed to have a man that loads and unloads the dishwasher. This post is in no way a ‘slam’ on my guy. OK? Now, look at this picture. This is an EXACT [...]
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