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late night plays
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in the quiet of the night, my thoughts all jumbled and overflowing in the rush of my day, come together like short plays. they tell the story of relationships, motherhood and an earnest hope for happy endings.
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lights, camera....POUF!

When my high school announced a Grease musical, several of my close friends auditioned and I braced myself for months of build-up and excitment for a show I wasn't brave enough to try out for. F...

3 days ago

PHOTO BOOTH: On a Path of Her Own

You know when the baby you've carried in your arms and close to your heart for so many months squirms and leaps from your embrace to run ahead on sturdy legs? And then she turns from her place o...

25 may 12

perspective

I went to bed with a headache last week. It was the weekend and finding myself with a little more time than I'm used to, I decided to pull out the floss and give my teeth a good work out. I admi...

23 may 12

can i ask you a question?

My five-year-old is the master question-asker in our house. "How did the world start?" "How many seconds until I start grade one?" and today, "Is being a Mom hard?" It w...

18 may 12

a story quilt

The last time great news about this space came to me, I was looking for something in the plumbing aisle at the hardware store. This time, I was cooking dinner while watching the kids chase bubbles in...

15 may 12

behind the garden door

{Behind this door a garden sleeps} Writing about our efforts to build a garden each summer with our children might come across as many things: ambitious, goody-two-shoes, cute. But for us it's a...

10 may 12

flight of love

Sometimes what I need is a good swift kick in my parenting behind; a new perspective. Today, I got one. And the giver of that kick has no idea what he's given, because as much as he deserves to ...

06 may 12

one night fireworks display

There's been discussion in my mom-posse about why a certain book (yes, I've read it) is being called mommy porn (shudder) and what that classification even means. Sure, there are props and ...

01 may 12

PHOTO BOOTH: Stork-Dogs

Why in heaven's name is there a stork in a nest on top of a street-meat stand, you ask? Because the proprietor of that cart happens to be known for his ability to predict the gender of babies in...

25 apr 12

a bit about me: 10 things i cant do

heights: not even the second level of the local mall crafty things: especially the kid-kind sit near anyone who is eating cereal: the simultaneous crunching and slurping make me shudder let someone e...

23 apr 12

she had me at bonjour

I was one of the keeners who took French right through high school. I thought it made me a worldlier version of my bookworm self. Then, when I was in my 20s, I walked into a shop in Montréal and was ...

20 apr 12

a majestic call

It was on opening night of TIFFkids -- an evening already lit with excitement -- that my two oldest kids and their cousin met a filmmaker for the first time. He stood in front of the big screen and s...

19 apr 12

like a tin can phone

Every Tuesday morning, my husband's alarm goes off at an ungodly pre-dawn hour. Its been his routine for several years now, yet he can't seem to master the art of quiet movement. For a guy ...

17 apr 12

every girl should have a betsy

On the day of my firstborn's 10th birthday, I'm reflecting on a 10-year friendship. We first met in prenatal class at our midwives' office. My husband and I forgot our pillows and hel...

11 apr 12

a swell film, a swell song

Find us a movie that mixes romance and musicians and you've got two happy viewers (me: romance, JB: music). I found the movie ONCE back in 2006, while browsing the aisles of our local movie shop...

11 apr 12

PHOTO DAY: Art Meets Hunter

Defenseless against the earnest egg hunter. {Instagram: Lomo-fi}

09 apr 12

hi ho, hi ho...its off to the AGO

We were living in Toronto when OCAD started their fascinating "crayon" renovation. The project finished up after we'd left the city, but we made plans to come back and get an up-close ...

04 apr 12

this is how you know your kid loves music

As a music-pushing mama, one wonders when the eye rolls and sighs will come with reminders about practicing. It wasn't today. While tidying the play room, I found a beautiful re-creation of so...

30 mar 12

PHOTO DAY: bookworms and bling

It's much easier to read the words when you bring your BLING so says the little bookworm. {Instagram photo with Brannan filter}

28 mar 12

a gratitude attitude

I'm writing to congratulate you on winning the Readers' Choice award in our Tales of Bliss contest. Like many of our online readers, we loved and identified with your honest tale here at ...

26 mar 12

irish rovers and the gift of song

There are a lot of links to music in this post, but then again, there is a lot of music to be heard ************** My earliest concert memory is vivid: an itchy wool coat, Mary-Jane shoes, and the fr...

21 mar 12

ill meet you in the family room at 9

The first time I locked eyes with JB in a crowded student pub, we were standing on beer-soaked carpet. And for the next several years, it didn't get much fancier. We were students and we lived l...

18 mar 12

a mothers heart

A mother's heart wears the weight of worry from its very first moments. Knowing that it's meant to make the best choices, the right choices, the selfless choices. Knowing that it's nee...

12 mar 12

objects in the rearview mirror

Bear with me, because Im about to pour a whole lot of emotion into a post about a car. Actually a minivan. But it all started with a car. When the time came to say good bye to my first car, I w...

02 mar 12

PHOTO DAY: Hipsta-Style

One of my great blogging mentors tells me I owe my readers more than my stories; a good blogger shows her readers know who they are: the good, the bad, the silly. So, although I usually run for cover...

29 feb 12

there you are

It's report card time around here. A couple of days ago, I received a courtesy call from our son's teacher. She wanted to warn us about a mark that didn't look like the rest. It was no...

27 feb 12

carpal tunnel and tiny kitchens

From the time our oldest first learned to stand, we've had a play kitchen within view of the real one. Three houses and three kids later, we always found a place to park that kitchen. We are det...

24 feb 12

you surprised me, again

The past couple of months have been surprising. And who doesn't love a surprise? I am still in the "blush" and "rush" phase of blogging. To see one of my posts appear on some...

21 feb 12

family day is for feasting

Remember the Sundays of before? No work, no school, no errands to run. Slippers all day, play dates and play mates, forts in the living room. Learning to drive in the parking lot of an empty mall. ...

21 feb 12

in a land far, far away

Okay, it wasn't actually that far away. But we did stay in a hotel for Family Day weekend. For two nights. With four kids. These are the things that happen when you stay in a hotel with four you...

20 feb 12

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