between my ears.

I think TOO much. It truly is as simple as that. And yet, its not. We are complex creatures, we are. And I have been busy, the past few months, trying to assess and compare all the similarities and differences between us all. Assuming all the while that I could somehow formulate some concrete foundations […]

so, where am i?

Well, since you asked (tongue in cheek)… I will tell you. I am drowning in the sea of self-doubt, codependence, and people pleasing. I am deep amidst the flood of crappy self-talk, in the ever-threatening world of denial, isolation, and negativity. My every interaction with others finds me bouncing constantly between defense mechanisms, offensive attack, […]

new horizons.

I meet this Halloween with some mixed emotions. I don’t go for all the scary stuff, but I certainly enjoy this holiday vicariously through my children. This year is the first that neither one of them need me. I have no classroom party to attend. It was pretty much the, “Just drop off the juice […]

my happy hour.

My favorite part of every day is when I can snuggle into bed with our two kidlets for an hour of downtime. It is when the rest of the world just falls away. (click to tweet that if you like.) It is the one to two hours that we get as a family with minimal interruption, […]

attitude of gratitude.

It is the second day of October and the weather has definitely turned. It is rainy and cold, enough that I pulled out the kids’ winter coats this morning, and am wondering when the snow will start to fly. Yup, that is how we roll here in Canada, and it certainly has that feel in […]