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Feeding ducks
When I was about 14 years old, my junior high band class earned a trip to Vancouver. A girlfriend and I, worked on our parents and extended that trip to include a stay with each of our Grandparents. So...
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Rite of passage
Like most things these days, we rushed off to the appointment, horribly late. This is not my usual way of approaching commitments. But this week, it sure has been. I am almost becoming accustomed to...
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Nostalgia
I was listening to a song on the radio today. The lyrics took me back to a time when I was 9 years old, living in Houston, Texas. My parents were barely 30, young ex-pats enjoying life in the South to...
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I’m only a munchkin
2 definitions from the urban dictionary: Some one who is very small, not necessarily a child, just a small person. Generally used by people bigger than them. Creepy things from the Wizard of Oz that...
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Never Never Land
The best known resident of Neverland famously refused to grow up, and it is often used as a metaphor for eternal childhood, immortality, and escapism. I think a ski run named Never Never Land could not...
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Ski for the whole family
Jerry Seinfield was quoted as saying, “There is no such thing as fun for the whole family.” I had never heard anyone dare to say what many of us have always thought. How can one activity, on one day,...
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School report cards
My kids brought home their report cards last week. This is a confusing situation for a parent. How we feel about our children’s grades, tends to be wrapped up in our own school experiences and improved...
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Enough sleep
At 3:15am this morning, my alarm was going off and for the life of me, I could not remember what I was supposed to be doing. I think I said something strange to my husband about having to download a...
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Buttermilk mystery
I opened my eyes just after 8am this morning. Running through my mental checklist, before getting out of bed: Where am I? What day is it? How do I feel? What do I have to do? Luckily I was: At home, in...
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Mom-to-be
“Sometimes when you pick up your child you can feel the map of your own bones beneath your hands, or smell the scent of your skin in the nape of his neck. This is the most extraordinary thing about...
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Flying alone
Thank-you Air Canada. I don’t think that gets said enough. I trusted my 2 precious children to the care of the unaccompanied minor program today. The whole experience was fantastic. Being a very...
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Small town
The first thing I used to ask when arriving to a new place was, “how many people live here”? It was an important thing to know when where you came from, was less than 5,000 residents. That town was a...
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Staycation
Evidently the term “staycation“, was originally coined by Canadian comedian Brent Butt in the television show Corner Gas, in the episode “Mail Fraud”, which first aired October 24, 2005. Of all the...
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Rainy day fun
I grew up on the prairies of Canada where there was a good chance you would be “snowed-in”, for a number of days every winter. Sometimes it was just the school being closed, other times it was already...
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Fancy Dress Party
I work for a company where the global headquarters are located in Europe. Therefore the rules are always slightly different. (And by slightly, sometimes I mean A LOT). We are used to that, living in...
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The tree
I bought our first Christmas tree from The Bay in 1992. We were living in an apartment that didn’t allow real trees, something about a fire hazard. The model that adorns our living room now, was so...
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Secret Santa
My husband bought me a gift for Christmas that we have hidden from the kids. I know what you are thinking, and no – it is not x-rated. It is very strange to be hiding presents from the children which...
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Ullr the god of snow
It might be our last journey along the Crowsnest Highway from Cranbrook to Vancouver. At least our last unplanned trek, in the winter. If you look at the map, it is a twisty tour through Southern BC,...
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Winter wind
As the wind howls outside tonight, I am taken back to the poems of Dennis Lee from Alligator Pie. It was probably about 1977 when I first came across this book. The combination of kooky illustrations...
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Fast friends
There was an 11 year old girl in grade 5 who met my daughter on our ski vacation this past week. It was an instant connection. All they shared was tied up into numbers and gender. These criteria are...
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