jen | September 17, 2009
Lately, I have been dreaming of Paris.
It’s not your typical “I need to escape my reality” type dreaming. I dream of a happier life and a wish come true. A softer reality finally come to fruition…for someone else. And I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Now don’t get me wrong. If my life looked differently [...]
jenadmin | September 11, 2009
Midnight. Another anniversary of 09/11 over. What could I possibly say that would add anything to today’s conversation? Of course I remember it. Of course I was impacted by it. Who of us will ever forget the images we saw on television, the words heard over and over on our chosen television or radio stations. [...]
jen | September 11, 2009
If you’re joining me for the first time, I would strongly advise scrolling down and reading the previous post (one, because then you’ll know why I’m talking about cab drivers, and two, because it has a bunch of f-bombs in it. Oh, yes it does.) For those of you who enjoyed the story of my son exploring some [...]
jen | September 9, 2009
The funny thing is that I didn’t go spontaneously deaf, which is what I had thought might happen if I ever I heard my young son say this word aloud. Maybe it was because this wasn’t the first time.
Rewind a few days. My husband, four year old son and I are driving downtown in rush [...]
jen | September 9, 2009
Catherine Newman’s book Waiting for Birdy has become one of my all time favourite books. Newman used to write for a magazine I liked called Wonder Time. I stumbled across this book in the parenting section of my bookstore one day, recognized her name and bought it. I adore it. It’s been in my possession for just over a year, and in [...]
jen | September 7, 2009
My sweet baby girl, you are smiling, laughing, cooing and squealing your way through life. At only nine months old, you haven’t seen much, but you are tickled by it all. I joke that you must dream of unicorns and rainbows, because I can put you to bed giggling and you will go to sleep [...]
jen | September 7, 2009
That’s what your grandma calls you. And there are times when the light hits your hair just right and I wonder if perhaps the light is coming from inside you. For you are certainly our golden boy; you are the one who brought the sunlight in.
How could we have known, back when you were just [...]
jen | September 5, 2009
Reading and writing have always been an escape for me – I do both for fun, mostly unofficially. I have bookmarks in about ten books in my living room and my coffee table is covered with stacks of magazines that I know I will end up hoarding. When I need to get away and find some [...]
