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.
Happy Everyday, Mom
Mother’s Day is months away, but Mary Rose proposes that we celebrate the mothers among us and the mothering spirit, every day.
Google doesn’t have Children: 5 Morsels of Advice I Would Give Myself
What advice would you give yourself before you had children?
Achieving Balance: 5 Ways to Ease Post-Partum Recovery
Becoming supermom immediately after delivery may be detrimental to our health. Christine Roome explores how traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture aid postpartum recovery.
Learning How to Duck When Dealing with Kids’ Anger
A mother puts into practice the advice she read on how to deal with anger in children.
Empathy By Osmosis
“We often shy away from our feelings, are even encouraged to suppress or ignore them, hoping in vain that this will make them go away,” writes Mary Rose. “But like a child in the midst of a tantrum, ignored emotions often become louder.”
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