It is with some urgency that I dial the number of the public school in our neighborhood. I have that nagging feeling that registration for Junior Kindergarten commences in December. And it’s already almost the end of November. Maybe, my crazed thinking goes, if we don’t call in time, they won’t take her. I mean, […]
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Help my hair is shrinking. My dignity is not far behind.
Every time I go to the hair stylist and tell her I am growing my hair, it seems to shrink. Take an inch; means take three or four inches. Just the ends, clean it up, means give me the 2009 posh spice, and that’s, like, […]
Ask any little girl about her relationship with Barbie, it’s simple; you play, you undress, you dress, you mess up the hair, you fix the hair. Ask adult women – it might be simple or it might explain years of therapy. Ask a dad with little girls, well it might be more complicated than you think. It’s not that […]
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We inherited a piano from my mother. It’s an upright originally manufactured in Toronto by Gourlay Pianos. My grandmother, a nurse by profession worked a lot of overtime to make sure my mother had a piano to play and my mother was clear on one thing: despite her decision to downsize, the piano was staying in […]
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5 kilometers. 3 miles. Bib number 10715. 30.43 minutes. In plain ol’ English - I did it!
Along with hundreds of other participants – I ran (mostly) my first 5K as part of the 15th annual Toronto Marathon.
I started training 4 months ago as a completely new runner, even, dare I say it, a reluctant runner. […]
“Don’t do it,” my husband warns.
I give him a smirk. “Are you serious?” I think he’s joking.
“I’m serious, don’t do it.” Now he sounds like he is almost begging or at least worried (which is out of character).
“I can do it. Just watch me.” I am confident. (Well, at least outwardly confident).
“You’re gonna hurt yourself,” […]
Thanksgiving comes every year on the second Monday in October. It’s a short weekend so if you have two families (plus) to squeeze into the festival calendar or if you have to travel out of town, it’s hard to be inclusive.
Because my in-laws are out of town and my family is nearby, we usually […]
Isn’t it great? We live in a time when men and women clean equally. Well, maybe that’s not the right phrase. I should say they clean the same amount of time. Okay, that might not be accurate either. What I really mean is that it’s okay if your male partner picks up a broom, a […]
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As soon as I handed off my credit card to the cashier behind the counter of the baby boutique, I felt disappointed in myself. My purchase - a black tee with the classic image of Che Gevara: I don’t even know who this guy is. You know the one.
I don’t know what changed, but […]
I am trapped in the body of a unquestionably obedient 4th grader, I blush when someone calls my name unexpectedly, I would rather weigh myself every morning, than communicate bad news to, well, just about anyone. I am not meek or milquetoast, just sensitive, way too sensitive. (Okay, maybe a little bit too passive) I […]
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