Who else is over the ‘New Year, New You’ crap that gets thrust down our throats this time of year? I don’t need a ‘new’ me, and, frankly, neither does anyone else. Instead of falling into the ‘diet and exercise’ culture that the New Year seems to bring out in overabundance, let’s instead take a […]
Surviving Covid 19 with Tweens
We’re well into this pandemic in Canada now, and what a crazy time it is. Government officials are speaking to us every day. Numbers are thrown around in ways that are often hard to visualize. Our futures are completely unknown. When will school continue? Will it resume this year at all? Are we flattening the […]
What we do impacts our children: Teach through example
Parenting is a tough gig. Life with kids is chaotic, stressful and amazingly rewarding. Sometimes I forget that I am the example, and that I’m teaching my children about the world through my actions. As a mom of daughters I find I’m noticing more of the things I’m saying (and sometimes doing) are coming back […]