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Bully or Asshole? There’s a Difference.
When my daughter was young I could insist she wear a jacket. I haven’t been able to make her wear a hat since winter 2009, but I stood firm at a coat. When she suddenly resisted wearing it, I...
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Dog Daze of Summer
The kids have been home for just two weeks and it’s been a strange sort of summer so far. We’ve already done a few trips – including riding in giant water-filled orbs and off-roading in adventure...
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Gone to seed
S will be in grade ten next year. (I can’t continue to find different pronouns for my kids on this blog; it’s exhausting. So here: my daughter’s name is “S.” Or is it?) Although we live in the same...
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Are Dog Rabbit Hybrids a Thing?
I knew when we decided to buy the kids a puppy that it would necessitate becoming more active. For me, mostly. N is already on his feet 18 hours a day because there are things to be discovered and...
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Wanted: Money Tree (or perhaps a forest)
Without fail, every few months national magazines and news programs feature stories about, “The Cost of Raising a Child” and rarely do they mention anyone having a money tree. It’s usually parents of...
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A Hermit Goes Outside
The kids are away this week and maybe even the one following that, so I am taking advantage of the time alone and keeping my mind off missing them by staying busy. I have completely dismantled their...
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1983
I was born in 1973. Pierre Trudeau was the Prime Minister of Canada, a carton of eggs cost 45 cents, and construction began on the CN Tower in Toronto, so that future families could travel 114 stories...
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The Teenage Years: Welcome to Awkward Moment Parenting
Life is full of awkward moments. I’ve spent 41 years stringing them together, and there’s been no shortage of material since my oldest child became a teenager. It’s a regular grimace-fest here on a...
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I’m not interested in having it all. I only want to have enough.
Our rabid obsession with “having it all” wastes time which could be devoted to enjoying what we do have. We need to re-frame our thinking from wanting it “all” to finding contentment with having...
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I’m going to miss the journal years
My son just finished fourth grade, or, as we call it here in Canada, grade four. Tomato/Tomahto, Potato/Socialized Medicine, right? The last week of every June, I put on a pair of durable latex gloves...
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