Look what some beautiful soul gave us for Valentine’s day… But enough of the mushy stuff already.Nomeansno. The sweet sound of my youth. Okay and my adulthood. Nothing makes me happier than listening to these two sounds. Except for maybe listening to the whole album. And God knows I need happy these days. I don’tContinue reading “A little nostalgia and just in time…”
Category Archives: A Day in the Life
A list of things NOT to let your children do
Yesterday was officially negligent parent day at the library. Now, I am pretty relaxed kind of mama (that is, if I don’t need to be somewhere). You know, of the laissez-faire school of parenting. But there are certain things that I stamp my foot down, certain basic rules I thought all parents followed. Oh, howContinue reading “A list of things NOT to let your children do”
All she wants to do is dance
Tuesday night. Open class at my oldest’s ballet class. But let us back up shall we, to about 7:30 in the morning, at the height of the morning rush to get out of the house. She woke up in an emotionally volatile mood, biting our heads off when we told her to brush her teethContinue reading “All she wants to do is dance”
Black, for total failure as a parent
Colour coding, letter grades, number grades- it is all the same in the end, isn’t it? I mean whether you call it an F or 40% or colour code it Black for unsuccessful, it still means you fail, right? I hate school. I hate what it did to me as a kid and I hateContinue reading “Black, for total failure as a parent”
That’s my mom
It is 7:40 in the morning and as usual we are rushing to get to school. Yet today, there is an added facet to our morning chaotic dash: my mother is going to New York and taking my sisters’ belongings with her. Pause for BackgroundSince she could say the word, my youngest sibling has alwaysContinue reading “That’s my mom”
KO’d by 8:00 in the morning or How The Day Kicked My Ass
7:59 amA woman in her thirties pauses on the steps of the elementary school, her shoulders, slumped and her head drooping. It is only for a second, but if anyone was watching, they would recognise the posture of defeat. It was not yet 8:00 in the morning and already the day had won. 7:57 amTheContinue reading “KO’d by 8:00 in the morning or How The Day Kicked My Ass”
Lina Branter 