There are a lot of trends in lifestyle choices these days. One can choose their decorating style, diet, fitness routines, wardrobe and appearance, parenting style, relationship preference, sexual orientation and even gender is a choice now, apparently. There are a lot of fads, things that seem pleasing, generate a lot…
A bad habit begins in childhood When I was a child, my mother would often have to call my name four or five times before I would respond. It wasn’t that I was deliberately ignoring her or rebelliously refusing to answer. It was because I was usually so deep into…
Motherhood came with a bang The summer my husband and I bought a house is the summer my 5th daughter was conceived. By this point, I was expecting to fall pregnant again, sometime around the end of July-beginning of August, as that was the pattern. My then-youngest was about 9…
Motherhood begins at home September is my 4th daughter’s birthday. It’s hard to believe that she’s not a baby anymore! She was the only one of my five girls to be born at home, so her birth was special, in more than one way. She gave me hope. This little…
Motherhood planning attempts My middle child was the only one I can say I ever even came close to planning. My 2nd daughter was about 10 months old, and I brought up the idea of having another child to my husband. It was June 2009. I had just had a…
Motherhood surprised me again I conceived my second daughter the night I got engaged. The first inkling of her coming happened about two weeks later, when I had a craving for, of all things, broccoli. I’m not known for my preference for vegetables. I was a bit of a picky…
Motherhood began with a shock I was all of 19 years old when I discovered I was going to become a mother. 19 years old, just finished my first year of university, at home with my parents for the summer, and the relationship from which child resulted had ended. I’d…
Identity As a single parent, I wear many hats. I’m mom and dad, in a lot of ways, though my children’s father is as involved as he wants to be. I’m raising my children mostly on my own. I’m also their teacher, given that I’ve chosen to homeschool. Though even…
Raising Royalty I am raising royalty. I have 5 (soon to be 6!) adorable, amazing, beautiful, brilliant, caring, crazy, demanding, daring, excitable and .. well I could complete the alphabet on how much I think of my girls. They truly are princesses, complete with the royal attitude. Need to teach…
Outnumbered and Desperate to Survive When I became a single parent for the third time in August 2013, I had 4 children 5 and under. They were 3 months, 22 months, 3 yrs and 5 years (plus my oldest at 9!) I was nursing round the clock, had 2 in…
