We don’t celebrate Thanksgiving in Australia. There is no gathered family, no holiday celebration, no dinner with all the trimmings. In Australia it is just any other day, week, month of the year. I often wonder why we don’t have a celebration like it, a time to be truly thankful. Of course, the tradition of…
Category Archives: Family Life
Thankful Thursday on Wednesday
For those readers who have visited my personal blog, you have probably noticed that I have dubbed every Thursday as ‘Thankful Thursday.’ For the past two years, every Thursday I have listed 10 things for which I am thankful. When life gets difficult and complicated, I have found that my Thankful Thursday posts helped me…
Special Exposure Wednesday ~ One Little…
…Indian boy. This is a scanned image of a 35mm print taken November, 1999, of then four year old Lee at his preschool Thanksgiving feast. He made his vest and headband…which reads “Chief Running Fast”. Oh how appropriate is that you have no idea. HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Share a photo with us this Special Exposure Wednesday….
Wonderful Things I Wish We Didn’t Have
Our weekend was really ridiculously busy. We went to a hockey game where my older two kids got to announce the start of the game and we sat on the ice smack dab in the middle of the two team benches. We spent the after-game time meeting the players and letting the kids get autographs….
Just Right – An Interview with Jen
The family that is the subject of today’s interview is more than ‘just right’ – they are wonderful in a million different ways! Read on and see what I mean… Tell me a little about yourself and your family. I’m 34 and the mom of two kids: a six and a half year old son…
The stress factor.
Stress is a part of our every day lives. When you have a sick child stress can reach a whole new level. I am stressed at the moment. I know I am really worried when insomnia comes to pay me a visit. Wipes it’s muddy feet on my doormat and sets about to stay for a…
The Person I Was Meant To Be
Do you think parenting a child with a disability has changed you? Small changes or big changes? I believe I would be less patient. I would not be as assertive. I don’t believe I would find enjoyment in the smallest of things this world has to offer – real enjoyment, I mean – where I…
Mixed Blessings – An Interview with Bobbi
When I visited Bobbi at her blog, Mixed blessings, I saw a question posted that said, “If you were a pirate, how would you avoid laughing when saying ‘poop deck’?” I knew at that moment that I had to interview her! Tell me a little about yourself and your family. I am a 30 something…
Am I Selfish?
Again, in celebration of the 2008 National Adoption Awareness Month, the following is an article I wrote for Richmond Magazine. It published in November 2007, and was one of several stories celebrating adoption. Someone asked me the other day if I thought it was selfish to adopt children with special needs as a single parent….
Philanthropy knows no age limits
I try not to be a complete slacker when it comes to posts…I try. However, this week has been a bit overwhelming with the emotions of Peyton’s end of treatment capped off by my mother going into the hospital with pulmonary embolisms. Really, it’s been an upheaval pulling from every angle and my blogging thought…