The 2015 Toronto Pan Am games are just one month away.  Celebrations are already underway including the torch relay race and community festivals but really, preparations for these games began long ago.  Mainly, the athletes have spent years and years training, competing and patiently waiting for these games to arrive.  I can only begin to imagine how much […]

I’m not one for depressing or deep-thought posts, but I think that this is an important one, especially in the wake of what happened with the Duggar clan and what appears to be in my feed constantly these days. Harassment, sexual or otherwise, is an important topic and should demand our time and attention (and overrun our […]

Mother’s day is coming up and while I’ve been celebrating it myself since 2010, this will be my first year celebrating it as a mom of THREE! We typically keep the celebration low key and celebrate the day with extended family including my mom and my brother’s family.  Truthfully, I feel so fortunate that I […]

My oldest son Kyle may be four (and a half – as he loves to state), but sometimes I feel like we’re raising a teen.  While he doesn’t mess around when we tell him that there will be consequences for behaving a certain way, he’s already questioning our requests and answers. Lately, we’ve noticed that […]

Today, I failed as a parent. It was 7:30 PM and I was losing my mind. It wasn’t the first time this had happened today. I probably lost my cool on three separate occasions. But tonight, I made threats, I yelled and  I stomped on the floor as I was heading towards my sons’ room. […]

My blogging friend Renee who writes at My So Called Mommy Life (who you should totally follow if you don’t already)  published a post titled “10 things you didn’t know about me”.  I thought it was a great idea and while I tend to over share on my blog, there’s some tidbits I haven’t shared… Yet […]

One of my blogging friends, Christine, who blogs over at Life on Manitoulin, started a #ThankfulThursday link-up. Christine blogs about her family, farm life (she used to be a city girl, turned farmer) and her awesome recipes (she posts daily pictures on Instagram of her daughter’s bento box lunches). Christine’s a beautiful person inside and […]