Category Archives: Parenting & All The Works Thoughts

I’ve lived through the ‘wafer thin’ era. The ‘cigarette pants’. The ‘skinny jeans’. We had so many different names for them. Basically, it was the era of starvation equals discipline. Counting or restricting calories resulted in applause and adoration from your peers for getting into those old school size 24s. Boobs? Sure. Bums? Meh. Hips?Continue reading “The ‘Wafer Thin’ Pendulum Has Swung Back?”

Yes, Ms. G is starting high school, but no I’m not talking about her obvious jitters—but my own instead. Her elementary school days are now memories as she begins high school. Why do I feel like throwing up? I am feeling quite anxious about the whole thing. It feels like the first day of kindergartenContinue reading “High School Jitters”

Just like that My baby girl is no longer Standing tall in her heels Bidding adieu to her peers Along with crafts on special holidays & Parent volunteer days Just like that Child years officially disappear With fresh made up faces gleaming under flashing lights and a streaming sun Not realizing that in essence lifeContinue reading “Just Like That”

There are two topics that I have always kept in the forefront since I became a parent. Two dangers that I’ve warned my kids about—using age appropriate language—as the years have gone by. The first is sexual abuse and the second is drug abuse. This most likely stems from my Children’s Aid Society days (asContinue reading ““Mom, What Does Cocaine Feel Like?””

Waiting on the moment when The bud appears on the stem The warm sun awakes it ever so Off it goes seemingly slow Then suddenly it’s beauty it bestows Upon watchful, hopeful, soulful eyes For its beauty cannot be found Bended knee to the ground Just a blink of an eye With heavy heart BidContinue reading “When Flowers Bloom”

When life is quiet we think it’s loud, but when the whirlwind hits it’s deafening. I went in and out of four hospitals in seven days. My sister had a beautiful baby girl, Emily, and my daughter had urgent knee surgery. I wanted to be in so many places at once to help. I feltContinue reading “The Ebbs & Flows Of Life”

Prepare them for the world they say Protect them from danger each and every day Let them fly on their own when the time is right Watching them fall is a parent’s plight Gated boundaries makes for smoother smaller steps Boundless, endless, open air makes for free-falling difficult to bear The time has come toContinue reading “Time To Let Her Fly”

It is all meant to come apart Like the snake that outgrows its’ skin Like the caterpillar that must alter into a butterfly It must all come apart in order to make whole again The egg must crack to be of use The tree sometimes must fall Sometimes, sometimes it must all topple down ToContinue reading “Anew”

Mystery over mastery Invisible yet visible in gesture and smile Untouchable yet palpable Undeniably powerful With its most delicate touch To witness it is to testify That without it you cannot deny Its purity and perfection Innocently innate That grand little thing you call love I took my daughter and her friend out on anContinue reading “Like A Summer Breeze”

A little peanut on a bonnet Organic cotton sheets Only the best for my baby to touch her soft cheeks Princess, frills, and pattern stockings Berets to hold her curls She’s growing up so fast, I miss her ballet twirls Formal white Baptism and Communion Perfect crease with patten shoes What a union Soft pinkContinue reading “Threads Of Life”