I originally wrote this post for the Huffington Post in 2016. Since then, my hometown has a new symbol that lines our streets in the weeks leading up to Remembrance […]
The weather here in southern Ontario is glorious. No other word for it. We are being teased with this last burst of warm temperatures, lovely breezes and blue skies. The […]
November 3, 2020
Stacey aka WillowjakMama
Where there are secrets, there is shame. Shame can only exist when things are kept secret. Healing cannot happen in the shadow of shame. These are not my words but […]
November 2, 2020
Stacey aka WillowjakMama
So I’m about to step into very scary territory. My heart is racing just typing these words and knowing I’m crossing into a place of more honesty and sharing. It […]
October 30, 2020
Stacey aka WillowjakMama
This post was put together late Thursday afternoon. I dug back into the archives of my old blog from when my kids were younger, in search of a specific time […]
The pandemic has put a strain on so many small businesses and I thought I would do my part to support them in a weekly feature that we’ll call Small […]
I put this website together thinking it would be my written word- companion of my steps towards the next phase of my life. I’ve strayed a bit from that personal […]
On September 4th, I launched a little passion project that I thought would be my own space to sort out my thoughts and work through my tough stuff. The moment […]
October 19, 2020
Stacey aka WillowjakMama
I haven’t done this before, but I thought that since I had such a strong, emotional response to yesterday’s post S(care)d by Shy Liza, I would write about my reaction […]
October 16, 2020
Stacey aka WillowjakMama
There is an element of my life where I live in two worlds. One has me with pom poms and cheering, snapping photos of an exuberant child as he opens […]
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Remember some of those events, but mostly the primrose marker! My kindergarten classroom had more markers than we would ever use in years—all boxes minus the primrose!
In our minds you are the strongest “hero”
Love you, Lois. You and Harold have always been such a wonderful support to my boys and I. We may not see you, but I always feel it. Thank you!