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  • Sidekick

    “I think this one should go on the mantle and this one in the stairwell,” Owen says to me while we are holding some Christmas signs. If it’s to do with Christmas, Owen wants to be included and do everything with me. Also if it’s to do with shopping, particularly…

  • Keep Going

    “I kept saying to myself on repeat: there is no way, if you work this hard, that you will not be rewarded. You have to believe that this moment is preparing you for something amazing that hasn’t happened yet. Keep going.” These are words Mel Robbins said, the clip which…

  • Summer Expectations

    Well into July.. and it feels like I am just ‘recovering’ from getting my older son through grade 11 ~ making sure he worked to complete and hand in all his work. 😂 We aren’t going anywhere this summer, just taking some time off each month to do some day…

  • May Madness

    “The tournament next weekend in Nanaimo, is that hockey or Lacrosse?” Me, asking my husband Jay, who ‘manages’ our younger son’s sports schedule. I was asking as there are 4 weekends in a row of tournaments. Vancouver for hockey, then Vancouver for Lacrosse, then Nanaimo for Hockey, then Vancouver for…

  • Month 4!

    I was scrolling back through some of my posts and remembered that I had written earlier in the year an update at the Week 4 mark, and now, it’s month 4! Already. The year is flying by and we are well into April. And as always, it feels like there…