I am an avid reader. My life can be mapped out, sectioned off into different time zones, by looking at what I was reading at a certain time in my life. I recently have become interested in this phenomena as I am in a position now, as someone in her mid-thirties, where I read moreContinue reading “Reading: An Autobiography”
Category Archives: Personal blog
Drudgery
How much of living is just plain drudgery? This question was forefront in my mind as I, squeezed into my daughter’s desk, sat through another 2 hour meeting at the school. Now don’t get me wrong- this meeting was nowhere near as painful as those of yesteryear. It involved a few students from my daughter’sContinue reading “Drudgery”
Boys already?
I want to talk about the new developments with one of my daughters, but I don’t know how to start. More and more, I am increasingly aware that I am airing my children’s laundry (clean or otherwise) in this blog and that is not my intention at all. What I really want to do isContinue reading “Boys already?”
Why you should never ignore your blog…
Once again, I have been participating in that favourite November pastime, Nanowrimo, and so have been a little lax in the posting to this blog. It took a call from CBC Daybreak Montreal to wake me up and make me take a minute out of busily writing a crappy first draft to write this. BecauseContinue reading “Why you should never ignore your blog…”
High School Hell Begins at Age 10
One rainy late August afternoon, after the kids and I had just emerged from the public pool, hair dripping and that kind of relaxed-tired that you get after a good swim, I ran into an acquaintance of ours that just happened to have a daughter the same age as my oldest. After all the nicetiesContinue reading “High School Hell Begins at Age 10”
Getting off the fence
Being a parent means that you have to get off that comfortable picket fence (the one with the white pickets impaling your ass) and choose a side. It starts as soon as you are pregnant.Doctor or midwife? Breast milk or formula? Cloth or disposable? Then, when they are babies and toddlers you have to decideContinue reading “Getting off the fence”
Free the children! Let them come home alone
We thought about it all last year. It is possible. I am sure they could do it. But a vague sense of fear and trepidation held us back. But what if…no matter that we couldn’t finish the sentence. It was still beyond the realm of possibility. The anxiety of parental backlash alone was enough toContinue reading “Free the children! Let them come home alone”
How long does it take to register your child in swimming lessons?
Well, if you live in Montreal and like to make things over the top stupid complicated, 3 hours. Yep. 3 hours. In a registration period that was only supposed to last 2 hours. But let’s start at the beginning shall we? Every year, all of Montreal’s public swimming pools shut down at the same time.Continue reading “How long does it take to register your child in swimming lessons?”
Ten Going on 20: experiencing the tween years
My head is spinning. No. More like a hive of bees have decided to take up residence inside my brain. Because, as you will know if you read this blog, I have got a 10 year old who seems to have grown up over night. Symptoms include: fashionable clothes, (actually, now that I think aboutContinue reading “Ten Going on 20: experiencing the tween years”
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 