Archive For January 28, 2013
If I am completely, mathematically honest with myself, I am middle aged. If I make it past 90 (with brain and body still functioning at a life quality level) those are bonus years. I can only speak for myself, but I have found being in my forties a very reflective time. My teens were fraught…
I have been thinking about stereotypes lately. One of the stereotypes I have been thinking about is that of the mother. I am a mother, so I guess I can be a voice of experience. There are several different mother roles: overwhelmed/end of her rope mother; super mother; the archetype mother (I am thinking the…
I have a very clever dog. She is another character in a house full of characters. She has perfected the boneless dog flop that some how makes her immovable from the best and warmest spots. She takes advantage of the fact that I only ever sit on the front edge of my seat. The empty…
I am one of the many that experience wintertime blahs. It is hard not to fall into the greyness that can be winter in central Canada. The doldrums start in November, temporarily usurped by the self-imposed panic of Christmas, and once the Christmas clean up is finished, it gradually settles over me. I battle it…