IMPORTANT UPDATE
As of April 2024, my blog has moved over to Substack where I’m co-hosting A Tender Space (together with my business partner at Centre for Holding Space). You can find my new writing plus podcast episodes there, or sign up below to get them in your inbox.
Here’s some of my earlier writing…
Yikes!
Marcel is a teacher! He just got his first substitute teaching job today! He's getting PAID to teach!After 5 and a half years of university, lots of stress and agony, way too many assignments that I had to edit... he's actually teaching!He got thrown into the deep end...
The jet set life
This week I had a whirlwind trip to Ottawa to participate in a big (and rather crazy) press conference. (Thanks to the federal government for giving us more money to support hungry people in the middle of this food crisis.) I had just enough spare time for a quick...
The things he does for me
Sometimes it's the little things.Whenever I leave for a business trip (like today), Marcel always calls a cab for me. I don't know if I've ever told him how supportive and affirming that feels.I guess this is my way of telling him.
Just look for me where all the action is
Back in 2003, SARS, West Nile virus, mad cow disease, and bird flu all hit Canada within a 3 month period (more or less). And where was I at the time? Working in media relations at the only lab in the country that had live culture of all of those diseases and was...
There’s hope
Despite their many (loud and sometimes vicious) attempts to convince me they can't stand each other...every once in awhile there's a little glimmer of hope when I find them curled up on the couch reading a book together...or baking a cake together.And when I remember...
This fragile world
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Yay!
My irises are coming upThere are ladybugs in abundance on the front lawnThe bocci-balls we bought at a garage sale last fall have seen their inaugural useNikki and Julie have healthy colour on their faces from hours of soccer practiceI rode my bike to work this...
Momin’s Pumpkin
Note: If you're getting tired of my stories from India and Bangladesh, feel free to ignore this post. I'm doing some writing for work and thought I might as well post it here too.The pumpkin plant grows healthy and strong, as though there were nothing out of the...
Free from WHAT?!?
I was happy to learn that, at least in Bangladesh, I didn't have to worry about arsenic in my drinking water. Ever wonder what's in YOUR water?
Sleep
If Mr. Ferber is right and sleep patterns have anything to do with parenting choices and abilities, then I have reason to be depressed. That would imply that our parenting skills regressed fairly dramatically from our first child to our last.Our first child slept...
Shawnigan Lake, B.C.
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