Category Archives: motherhood

Obedience…

It’s midweek… and it’s harder and harder to get the troopers up and at ’em. “Mommy, I feel sick” interpreted “Mommy, I’m tired and don’t want to get up.”  Sigh.  It’s grey outside and I too, want to just bury … Continue reading

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Jesus, Help me.

Happy New Years! I haven’t been writing lately.  I even wondered if my blogging days are over and would it matter?  Partly because my computer in my office as been at the “shop being fixed” for a long while and … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday, Jesus!

Merry Christmas! The traditional Christmas morning picture … can you tell which boys are morning people? 🙂 Our house is in the mode of quietness, everyone is off playing with their loot.  Even the dogs are content with their juicy … Continue reading

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Dying Traditions…

Do you send out Christmas cards?  If not, how come?  Is it simply laziness, lack of time or you really just don’t care?  Do you like getting them?  I love Christmas cards!  I love knowing and appreciating the fact that … Continue reading

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Getaway!

We’re back!  Sanj and I went to the Bahamas for the weekend.  Literally the weekend… we left Friday morning (early) and came home Sunday evening… this was my birthday present from my favorite man this year.  Not bad, eh? This … Continue reading

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Surviving…

And the week has started off with a bang… Max and I made the trek to Sick Kids yesterday to meet with our doctor.  The results from the esophageal manometry came back and we learned that his esophagus is not contracting … Continue reading

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“What Can I Pray About For You?”

Yesterday while at church… a lady (whom I know but am not close to) leaned over after church and asked me, “What can I pray for you about?  You seem to be battling something heavy.”  I was suffering from cramps … Continue reading

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Real Steel, Lamb Chopping, Apps…

Tomorrow will be a week since I went under the knife and survived. It was frustrating to come to and be told that they did not remove my uterus… due to issues such as an abundance of scar tissues … … Continue reading

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Apples and More Apples…

Writing is a way of de-stressing for me.   (Bushels of apples in my van…. lots of apples). Sometimes I write and delete my post while other times I really don’t care how public my thoughts are.  I realize that … Continue reading

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730 Pies, Craziness and Ostriches

What a crazy number of pies to make and who ever thought this up was a crazy genius! Today I went grocery shopping to begin getting ready for the pie making craziness. Here’s what was in my cart… 105 Kg … Continue reading

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Baseball, Dancing, Darkness…

“Fear is only as deep as the mind allows.” Japanese Proverb Over the years, I have discovered, grown, changed and conquered things that eventually made me whom I am today.  Not an easy feat.  I spent so much of my … Continue reading

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Friends, Fever, Hot Dates

My body is not sure what to do with all the exercise that’s been coming it’s way! Today I met a lovely friend and went for a walk.  It was a beautiful day and it seemed everyone was out and … Continue reading

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Week One…

The first week of school is almost over. Everyone survived.  Even me.  It’s been a good week for me.  The first day, I found myself restless, unsure of what to do with my day.  Day 2, I went to the … Continue reading

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Water…

I have always said give boys a little dirt and or water and you have a happy, busy boy! Today my  rich brother-in-law, Raj (Sanj’s younger brother) came up with his two kids and took us on their boat. What … Continue reading

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Cool, Rainy Days Make Me…

It’s one of those cool, grey days. I have to say that I love this kind of day every once in a while.  It’s the kind of day that I don’t mind doing laundry or hanging out at home.  It … Continue reading

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Camping 101

I was unplugged for a few days.  So were my boys. This was my favorite part of camping! I loved that within minutes of parking at our sight, they were off on their bikes, exploring.  They don’t do this as … Continue reading

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Let’s Try This Again…

We’ve been jinxed! Well, at least the last two times, we’ve attempted to go camping, something huge came up.  The first time was when my dad was really sick and I ended up in Tennessee for a week of craziness … Continue reading

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Calling All Mars-ions!

Lately, as my boys are growing up from gibber jabbering about everything, they have become tight lipped males that seem  to grunt answers. The grunting and one syllable answers are highly annoying.  It makes me become an annoying female that … Continue reading

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Sickies…

As with everything, there is the good and the bad… Having a houseful of kids being bit by the flu bug is no different. Sammy is still down, feverish and then sweating it out. Max came home yesterday, his eyes … Continue reading

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TGIF and Green M&Ms…

Thank  you, God that it is FRIDAY! The only thing that would make this evening perfect is if I didn’t have to go out again. Yet, that is not in the cards.  One teenager is needing to be picked up … Continue reading

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