This post was first published on Vie de Cirque in September 2014. I was having coffee yesterday morning and overheard a young woman talk about how having children wouldn’t change her routine, that it was all a matter of making the right choices. It reminded me of a blog post I wrote 4 years ago. […]
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Daily Blog: Change, Change, Change Part 4
You may be wondering why I titled my series “Change, change, change”. Everything comes to me with a song and this one was the melody to Aretha Franklin’s Chains of Fools. It just occurred to me that she’s singing “Chain, chain, chains” and that my series title made no sense to anyone but me. In […]
Daily blog: Change, Change, Change Part 2
I started this blog post yesterday by sharing a condensed version of our move to and from the country. A friend asked me to write about change and it may be trite to say that change is the only constant in life but when we see how much energy people expand to fight or avoid […]
Daily Blog: Change, Change, Change, Part 1
I’m continuing down the list of suggested topics my friends sent me on Facebook. One friend asked me to write about change and another one didn’t know we had moved (thank you Facebook algorithm for being weird, I’ve been yapping about nothing else for 6 months it seems… or maybe she just muted me… who […]
Daily Blog: What’s not on your resume?
I have been looking for work lately. We moved back to the city last May, my children are all in school and my husband is working from home. Sounds like as good a time as any to finally launch into a career. I’m 45 but I don’t feel it. Maybe that’s why not finding […]
Podcast Episode 13: The Deal with Teenagers Part 1
Today’s podcast is titled “The deal with teenager” and is the first part of a two-part series on handling the delicate balance of privileges and responsibilities with our teenagers and young adults. Parenting teenagers is like flying a kite: it’s all in the art of giving enough rope and maintaining tension. Should the kite ever […]
New podcast: Where have I been and a reflection on kinship
Hey everyone! Long time no podcast! Yesterday my husband took our teenage daughter out on a movie date and I took the opportunity to record a new podcast. I rarely record when my husband and teens are in the house because someone always crashes into the room I’m using to tell me something wholly irrelevant […]
Podcast 002. Self-care in the midst of chaos
there is no amount of stuff, credit, spa treatments and girls nights out that can buy you happiness in your marriage and family.
Podcast 001. Homeschooling: Is it for you?
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“I was spanked as a child and I turned out fine”
This post was first published on Vie de Cirque in 2015. I am reposting it in light of the recent policy statement by the American Academy of Pediatrics recommending that parents avoid corporal punishment to manage challenging behaviour. A Facebook Friend (who is also a blog reader, hi!!) recently posted the meme above on her […]