I remember being spanked 2 times – there may have been more, but this is what I remember. The first time was when I was about 5 years old. The neighbourhood of parents brought me to our front door and told my mother of my inappropriate behaviour in the courtyard park. I and a friend had been pulling our pants down […]
January 26 is Kawasaki Disease Awareness Day, and this one hits close to home for our family. Our oldest daughter, Natali, was diagnosed with Kawasaki Disease when she was just 4 months old. It was without a doubt the hardest thing we’ve ever had to go through. With ongoing efforts from her medical team at BC Children’s Hospital and the support of […]
When you buy bananas, do you avoid the ones with brown spots on them? What about people? If they drive a piece of crap or live in a trailer park – or on the street… If they have a scar on their face, purple hair, tattoos, piercings…. will you make the same effort to befriend them? Is your glass half […]
From the BC Coast to Quebec, to the maritimes, Territories and throughout – Canada prides itself on being multicultural, with Native / Aboriginal celebrations, french festivities, Highland Games and Celtic Festivals, and so much more! We have a wide variety of races, religions and languages throughout our fine country, and aside from some childishness that is mostly human nature – […]
The world today lives on social media (duh!). Everyday you see the celebratory posts and photos of clean houses, makeup’d faces and happy kids all filtered through instagram. But what about the photos that don’t get taken? Or the posts that don’t get written… It’s easy to feel very alone in the real struggles of motherhood when all you ever […]
There is always loads of controversy whenever anything comes up about vaccinations, whether for or against. This documentary film “VAXXED” got pulled from the Tribeca film festival for bringing up a long argued debate on the link between Autism and the MMR (Measels Mumps Rubella) Vaccine. In 2013, biologist Dr. Brian Hooker received a call from a Senior Scientist at […]