Family life

25 years without you

In February, my family reached a milestone. The kind you don't want to reach. 25 years since my father died. I wrote some words back then, and you can read them all here. Those words included mention of a song I was writing for my dad, one ...

Lucky number 13

The number 13. For some, it's an unlucky number. For others, an ironic take-that-superstition lucky number. For me, it's neither. But it's an important one nonetheless. Through no fate or design, the number 13 and its components and multiples pop up ...

25 years

Today marks 25 years since my dad died. 25 years. As recently as four years ago, I wouldn't have expected this day to hit me this hard. I knew it would hurt, and that I'd miss him. But, growing up, the big milestones and celebratory days were ...

Interview with my children (2017)

I've interviewed my children for this blog three times now. That makes it an official tradition, right? Time to do it again. Here is the 2017 edition of Interview with my children. --- What is the best thing about having me as your ...

The week my seven-year-old was my stylist

It's back! My daughter has been put in charge of my wardrobe again, and at the request of my mate Hugzilla, I'm sharing the results again. The week my seven-year-old was my stylist differs slightly from The week my six-year-old was my stylist, The ...

Sibling rivalry

My kids will compete about anything. ANYTHING. And everything. EVERYTHING. I did some research of the Facebook variety ('research', if you prefer), and it seems my kids are not alone in this. Kids will compete over who is first to click ...

Interview with my children

Two years ago, I brought you Interview with a toddler. Last year, I shook things up with Interview with a pre-schooler (the dad edition). This year, I interviewed both of my children. At the same time. There were laughs. There was lots of talk ...

The week my six-year-old was my stylist

My daughter is a little fashionista. She constantly asks to choose my outfits. I have let her do so before, in January of this year and in August of last year. So after weeks (months) of saying, "Soon, soon," I had to let her at it again. Last ...

Strobe (National Stroke Week 12-18 September 2016)

When I was nine years old, my family bought a VCR. We were so excited, so fascinated. It had a remote control! And the remote control had lots of buttons! So very many buttons! Our favourite button was labelled STROBE. If you pressed it, it ...

Father’s Day simplified

This post is sponsored by Bright Star Kids. Last month, I asked my husband what he wanted for Father's Day. After careful deliberation, he turned to me and said one word. "Socks." I waited for him to elaborate, whether to add to the list of things ...