Parenthood: A New Dad’s Perspective
In the Beginning. To truly understand this new dad’s perspective on parenthood, it’s necessary to go back almost a year. You need to understand how my wife and I went from planning for a child to being the proud parents of a beautiful baby … Read more →
The Packet of Seeds
After the birth of her daughter, a mother makes developed a new set of priorities and makes peace with a disastrous flood that caused damage to the family home.
Babyfied
From Urban Barn to Fisher Price…What happens when an established, hip couple with a smartly decorated home brings home the baby? Read what our guest author, Lara Perzoff, has to say about the gear, baby rotations and noise-making gadgets.
Vancougar Island
Cougars roaming the streets of Saanich and Victoria are giving Guest Author Mary Meldrum the heebie-jeebies!
Life As A Human Likes…8
It’s January and you’ve made a resolution to get out and exercise more, to eat right and to stop swearing in front of your kids. But, it’s cold out, gets dark early, comfort foods are in season and somehow your kids are still interrupting you when you are trying to have a good session on the web…
Love Thy Neighbour
Sitting on my balcony, enjoying the beautiful crisp morning, my meditation was interrupted by the sound of yelling. It was a female voice. I opened my eyes and saw a young boy carrying a garbage bag running ahead of the yelling sound. Around the … Read more →
What Was I Thinking? Towards a More Realistic View of Motherhood
Guest Author Lara Perzoff is throwing off her rose tinted glasses, embracing her sense of humour, and exchanging her idyllic view of motherhood for something just a bit more grounded in reality
School Daze #2: I Don’t Know How She Does It!
Christine Roome recounts the harried moment when she was late for volunteer duties at her son’s school and ponders the seemingly age old question of work/life balance.
School Daze #1: Wooden School Desks, Cherry-red Apples and Scribblers
What do an 93 year old man and 5-year old boy have in common? Their love of early 20th century wooden school desks.
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