It was a sunny, sticky afternoon in late August 1998 – the 28th, to be exact. I was nine-plus months pregnant, and growing increasingly uncomfortable, weary and sluggish with every passing day. However, for some reason, on that day, I’d […]
Motherhood Musings
My motherhood, my self
So the other night I was relaxing, watching an old episode of Sex and the City with a glass of wine, getting delightfully lost in the ultra-glam fictional world of four beautiful professional women living it up in New York City In this episode, […]
To clean or not to clean?
As a busy working mom, I would love to maintain a spic-and-span home – but there just aren’t enough hours in the day. Here’s how I have come to terms with my perpetually slightly messy home. I don’t entertain at home all that often, […]
Bye, bye, baby
As my youngest child enters full-day kindergarten, hits up birthday parties galore and masters the art of printing, I’m faced with the cold realization that the baby and toddler years are behind me, this time for good. My youngest child […]
The secret, sexual lives of mothers
Sex. Motherhood. These things certainly aren’t mutually exclusive; one quite obviously leads to the other. That’s how we got here in the first place, right? But why, then, does parenthood so often, whether it flames out or fades out, drain […]
Life with a toddler, tween and teen
When I discovered I was pregnant with my third child in early 2010, you could say it was a “happy surprise.” She wasn’t planned, per se; nor did I take any real steps to prevent getting pregnant. I was 30, […]
The Motherhood Competition
I was sitting at my laptop the other day, just champing at the bit to write a scathing piece condemning Hollywood star Gwyneth Paltrow for her latest foot-in-mouth comments about how difficult it is to be a parent working as […]
The preciousness of ‘late’ motherhood
I always knew I wanted to be a mother. I wasn’t sure exactly how many kids I wanted, but I knew, with complete certainty, that I wanted to start my own family. I didn’t realize, however, just how early I […]
When hope is lost
Over the last few weeks, the world has mourned the high-profile death of a Canadian star, actor Cory Monteith, of the hit TV show Glee. And the hearts of many children who felt an intense connection to the actor were broken. Monteith, who played […]
My love affair with New York City
Every so often, a mother needs to get away from all of it and spend precious time pampering herself and pursuing her own interests. And there’s no better place to do it than in the bright lights, pulsing energy and […]