Yesterday I went for a walk with my children. We were on Ave. Mount-Royal, a crowded, funky street with lots of cafes and stores. Right in the middle of this oasis of funky consumerism is a church with a shelter for the homeless. At least I think it is a shelter (it just might beContinue reading “Conversation with my daughter about charity”
Monthly Archives: July 2009
My biggest Fear
My biggest fear for my kids is not that they will be abducted, or join a cult at the age of fourteen, shave their head, wear a bed sheet and announce the second coming. Nor am I deathly afraid of them being run down by a cell-phone talking SUV driving, class A-hole, although that isContinue reading “My biggest Fear”
Absence of children
My children have been gone for almost two weeks now. My mother took them to visit extended family in Victoria and they’ll be gone for another week. I have to say, I am in a weird place. It is not until they are gone that I realize how much time is spent just hanging outContinue reading “Absence of children”
Lina Branter 