Health Scares Bring Gratitude
I’ve found myself at the point in my life where I never wanted to be, yet knew I would inevitably be here. The penny has dropped and the years of…
Caregiving
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Step-child answers Q’s from step-mom
From the very beginning, my fiancé and I talked about his kids. I felt like I knew them and their little personalities very early on before ever meeting them in…
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Hey there, me, 2.0…
Yah, I know we don’t usually “talk”. But please, don’t drop your drink and run for the exit. Let me reassure you that I wish you all the best as…
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Autism Fatigue and Making Memories
I wrote this piece for the Huffington Post on November 4, 2016. I have some new thoughts to add at the end.. This Halloween, we drove to a neighbourhood where…
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Questions from a step-child for her step-mom
There is a whole hidden world for us step-moms. We don’t quite fit in with the bio-moms because we didn’t birth the kids and we weren’t necessarily there from the…
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Thank You – from a distracted writer
When I sit at the computer to write a post for the blog, I am usually inspired by something that has moved me emotionally and I can’t wait for a…
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Lessons in Parenting Through a Mental Health Journey
Part One Bell’s Let’s Talk Day was last month and I have to admit that it burns a bit to know that since its introduction in 2010, it doesn’t feel…
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Mutually Exclusive Negative Nellies
My poor Nan. She was a Nellie – Ellen, to be exact. A Negative Nellie she was not. A Nervous Nellie – absolutely. But it almost hurts my hearts to…
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Missing My People
Last time I spoke about Maeve’s exclusion, now I want to talk about mine. Listen…I warned you all in the beginning, that I am a complainer! As a parent of…
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Piece by Piece
There are many lines that stick out for me in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy. It’s easily in my Top 10 favourites of all time. (On my list…
