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posted Thursday, March 3, 2016
I don’t often win, but when I do I consider it a triumph. The challenge; trying to gently make my child understand that he has to share even with me, balanced with my need to keep the peace and enjoy the payoff, which is an enjoyable evening. The occasion; movie night. I often contemplate the fact […]
posted Monday, February 1, 2016
One of the things I was worried about before I became a parent was the areas where I lacked knowledge and ability. My wife said to me “don’t worry, I’ll do math and science and you’ll do English!” So I took a deep breath and put that worry aside. Since she passed away, part of […]
posted Friday, January 15, 2016
“So why are you taking him to the chiropractor, what’s wrong with him?” This was the inquiry that I was being asked as a parent. This was a question I needed to respond to as a holistic practitioner, but at the moment I didn’t. It is hard work being a parent and it is easy […]
posted Tuesday, November 17, 2015
The roasting pan was steel, a little battered, and stained with many years of by gone turkeys. Just thinking about it I can smell the hint of salt and pepper, paprika and touch of curry mom sprinkled over top of the birds. However that is actually a separate memory from the one I experienced a […]
posted Tuesday, October 13, 2015
So The Ginger Menace had a shining moment today. Even though I had an appointment I just had to stick around for his special day, when he would get a turn to take attendance to the office, be the teachers assistant and most importantly and fabulously ring the bell. As he took hold of the […]
posted Friday, August 7, 2015
There is an urban legend in my family, and that legend is a sandwich. What? You say that seems pretty dramatic for the subject matter. Well, follow me and I will let you decide just how epic a little story about a sandwich can become! On the way home from an outing picking out his […]
posted Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Oh the sticky days of summer are here. Lining up our dinosaurs on the rug in an air conditioned house is definitely on the list, but The Ginger Menace can only remain cooped up for so long. So it is with pride that I announce that my little superhero has conquered the spiderweb! On a […]
posted Wednesday, June 3, 2015
So, The Ginger Menace has gone a little nuts about some very cool thunder lizards, it’s Dino mania in this house! Dinosaurs on trains, dinosaurs on fire trucks, dinosaurs on books, puzzles and television. When it’s time for lullabies he even makes me sing a new version of an old favourite, “every Dino that ever […]
posted Thursday, May 7, 2015
I have learned that I can give no credence to the old wives tale – mothers (or parents of any variety) do not in fact have eyes in the back of their head. Even though it can seem like that when they catch you doing something you’re not supposed to. The contradictory phrase that tends […]
posted Tuesday, March 31, 2015
So what do you do when your day care lady calls and says that she is sick as a dog? You go to Plan B. Funny thing is I think I’ve actually already been at Plan B for the last week and now I may be somewhere around plan S. As in S is for […]
