I veer between happiness and dread as mom is wheeled out of the ICU.
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If we were having coffee together we’d be marvelling at how we were already in the 9th month of the year. The year seems to have sprinted past, I’d observe. And you’d laugh and tell me I say that about every year.
Continue reading “If we were having coffee together – 11”Five things I do when I don’t want to go to work
We all have good days and bad days, right? Sometimes we jump out of bed ready to tackle the day ahead. Other times we go to work simply as part of routine. And then there are ‘those’ days, the ones where you drag yourself out of bed and the thought of going to work seems impossible.
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Dear teen,
You’re out in the world, on your own. ‘Finally!’ I hear you say under your breath, even as mine catches in my throat at the thought of you gone.
Continue reading “10 things I’d tell my teen before he leaves for college”Rainy days and Sundays always make me smile
I feel the raindrops pitter pattering on my helmet as I negotiate the short distance to my store.
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