Fifteen years ago today, my life changed forever. My beautiful daughter Cailyn was born and I finally became a Mom… someone I had wanted to be since I was 5 years old. In hindsight, the exceptionality of my pregnancy might have been foreshadowing for what has certainly been an exceptional 15 years. The last 6 weeks […]
September is a special month in our lives. It is the month in which Cailyn was born and it is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month! Some general statistics about Childhood Cancer (from childcan.com and coasttocoastagainstcancer.org): 1. In Canada, 1700 children and youth between the ages of birth and 19 years of age are diagnosed with cancer each year; 2. […]
Today I’m thinking about “cake”. Cake comes in many shapes, sizes and delicious flavours and, although it can be eaten anytime, is often considered an important part of a celebration. This week-end, we had a family gathering to celebrate two birthdays… my brother Michael’s and my daughter Cailyn’s. Since there were two different people to celebrate, there were […]
The girls started school yesterday and I think the balance of emotions was more positive than negative! They were definitely looking forward to seeing their friends but they were both a little anxious. I think this had a lot to do with “the unknown”. The unknown is always a little uncomfortable, especially when it brings work, projects, tests and marks!! We have […]