I just finished a great book that demonstrated some of my own take on the need for balance in life. Left Neglected is about a corporate mom, with a highly successful and demanding career, living a very fast-paced life with her husband and three children. She is forced to change everything when she has a … Read more
Help us raise funds for Team Diabetes Bluenose 5K! This year my 10-year-old daughter has decided she’d like to join in. Breanna ran the Bluenose Youth run last year and has decided that this year she wants to run for the cause and enter the 5K event! You can make a donation in support of … Read more
My children have always loved for me to make up stories to tell them at bedtime. I’m always so tired at the end of the day that I’m not feeling very creative. I usual just regurgitate recent events and something that I want them to do. For instance: Once upon their were two little Princesses. … Read more
My children have changed my life. There is never any doubt about this. Of course, it has happened in the most obvious ways – I get woken in the middle of the night, I require childcare arrangements before I can make my child-free activity plans, my home is cluttered with toys and items strewn about … Read more
My mother will love reading this. Do you remember those days when you heard “just wait until you have children of your own”? This stuff is small potatoes, but I really feel like I’m reliving what my mother went through with me when I was the very same age as my darling 9 year old … Read more
This will come as a surprise to many who know me (but not to those who know me REALLY WELL), but I’ve had to work really hard to gain back my self-esteem. Granted, it’s been a long time since I’ve become my former confident self, once again. So it really burns me when something happens … Read more