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Cancer Is Crap So Fight Like A Girl
* Originally posted on Yummy Mummy Club September 14, 2010. Reposted today in honour of the amazing women and men who are walking this weekend. Especially Dee. And for Jan. I love you. There isn’t anyone who hasn’t been touched in some way by breast, cervical or ovarian cancer. Last weekend I participated for the…
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Tampax Cowboy!
Yesterday {on my Yummy Mummy Club blog} I wrote about backpacks. Specifically, tips to ensure your child’s spine doesn’t warp under the weight of all the crap they carry around. Plus, I’m giving away a fun Back-to-School-Prize-Pack…just because. As I was writing I had this backpack flashback: I used to teach second grade at a…
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Six
She’s six years old today. Our amazing girl is six. She’s sassy and strong. She’s happy and healthy. She’s curious and kind. She’s feisty and funny. She’s full of life. After Avery was hospitalized for the first time, we made a short video. It’s linked here. The song accompanying the video is called, “Amazing”, by…
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Summer Slide Is NOT An Amusement Park Ride
It’s July and we’re fully immersed in summer fun: swimming, travelling, frolicking but all the while, my nine year old is slip-sliding away…. specifically, his math skills are. All the progress made in the spring is slipping away. I don’t tell my children this, but I despise arithmetic. Words are my thing. It seems my…
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Mother Your Mother This Mother’s Day
Lucky for me my mother has strong shoulders, because I cry on them often. Learning how to raise a child with special needs has taken a toll on our family. Of course there’s been joy and plenty of laughter and an insane amount of punning (my mom = the Queen of the Punsters), but I’ve…