Living Creatively, Living the Dream
Photo Credit: Christin Roper Last night was a little surreal. My friend Sharon, standing next to me with a smile on her face, told me to take a moment to look around. Really see what was happening before me. She Continue reading Love Wins…
As if the last few weeks haven’t been crazy busy…running from one thing to the next in preparation for the holidays…throw in the launch of a book and a whack of personal craziness…in the middle of it all, Bones wanted Continue reading Run, run…as fast as you can…
In slow motion, as I sat on my couch this morning drinking my tea and admiring the newly decorated Christmas tree…it fell to the ground. With a smash. I tried to jump, grab the tree, yell timber…anything, that would make Continue reading If a tree falls…
Pssssst….hey Halifax! I know a secret. See that door covered in plastic? Well, very soon, as in the next few weeks, Lion and Bright Cafe and Wine Bar will be opening! And I got a sneak peek!! Attached to Local Continue reading Lion and Bright Cafe & Wine Bar…
During the year, I’m not a bad shopper. I enjoy perusing the mall…well, unless it’s for a bathing suit for either me OR my girls! I enjoy buying a new outfit before an event and really get a kick out Continue reading Shopping in style…
It’s possible I’m just a sentimental old fool. Or a die-hard romantic. These Christmas Carols get me…and not in the “happy family cheerful” way but the “holy crap I wish I wasn’t single” way. This year will mark the fourth Continue reading Merry mistletoe…
She was three the first time I had my eyebrows waxed and as I walked into our little apartment, without missing a beat, she excitedly, with a great amount of exaggerated three-year-old energy announced, “MOMMY, I LOVE your eyebrows!!” A Continue reading Foreword…
One of my favourite speakers at WeDay, there to inspire kids to stand up and “use their voices,” was Molly Burke. At four, Molly was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, and by 14, she was completely blind. Molly tells of a Continue reading What Molly Burke taught me…
My parenting motto is simple. I try my best to communicate with my children and raise them to have respect for themselves and others; to be kind, empathetic and compassionate people. Time and time again I hear “what’s wrong with Continue reading WeDay Atlantic…
Up until 9:57am this morning, I was having a shitty day. Even running into an old friend at a volleyball tournament didn’t take away the feeling. Watching Bones spike a ball or make a fabulous serve, while exciting…I just couldn’t Continue reading Kindness…
]I’ve been so wrapped up in the book launch and everything exciting that’s been happening lately, that I haven’t even had the chance to tell about ANOTHER exciting thing! The thing is…every time I go in here I feel like Continue reading Life is sweet!
Pssst….I don’t know anything about marketing! That is, I know some things…I’ve taken and taught a great number of business courses but the ins and outs of promoting myself…nada…zilch…zip! And…while you’re all wondering where my latest blog post is and Continue reading To market to market…
OK, so here’s what’s been going on this weekend. I sat! After weeks of writing and designing to get my book ready for the printer, a few contracts thrown in, Spiderman breaking his collar-bone causing me to jump into “mom Continue reading Sit.
Were I smart…which I’ve never claimed to be…I would have had some remarkable, fabulous, inspirational and heartwarming blog post ready for today when The Coast came out with their “Best of Halifax” list. Or at least something funny. You know…just Continue reading The Coast…
HOLY CRAP I’ve written a book! As in…OMG the printer is waiting for it but shit hit the fan and Spiderman ended up with a broken collar-bone and Bones got the stomach flu and stuff’s coming at me left, right Continue reading It’s a book!
When bones was just a wee little girl…still with a ponytail high on her head…we’d curl up on the couch to read Good Night Moon and Guess How Much I Love You…her two favorite stories. She’d shriek with each page Continue reading I love you to the moon…
Do you remember the BEST concert you ever went to? For me, it was a show that included Peter Gabriel, Bruce Springstein, Tracy Chapman and Sting. I was in grade eleven and my older brother and a few of his Continue reading Best concert ever!
Three words will stay in my head after watching my son laid out on the ice last night. “Get. Up. Pussy!” With a minute left in the second period of the game, Spiderman took a clean “shoulder-to-shoulder” hit that had Continue reading Broken collar bone…
I’ve always been a bit of a Halloween hero for my kids. Usually, in early October, the crates of decorations come up from the basement. The mantle is decorated, the tables look like they’re ready for a ghoulish feast, the Continue reading Boo-humbug…
Remember The Friendly Giant and Rusty the Rooster? Or was Rusty the Giraffe? And who keeps a rooster in a bag? While everyone is changing their FB profile pics to giraffes, I remember the “look up…look wa-a-a-yyy up…and I’ll Continue reading The friendly voter…