I first became truly aware of vaccination when I was about eleven. I’d had my standard (Ontario) childhood vaccinations, but didn’t remember them, and hadn’t actually thought about them. Then I read a story about Edward Jenner in Cricket magazine – and I never forgot it. As you may know, Jenner was the English scientist…
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My Twilight Rant, a.k.a. Read Before You Ridicule
Wherein I maintain that you can’t judge a book by its movie version; Moreover, that if you want to pass judgment on a book, you have to READ IT FIRST; Secondarily, that if you take the time to read a book, you oughta have a good reason; Sixth and lastly, that if your sole reason…
BANG Movie Review: Breaking Dawn, Part I
You could say I am a fan of Twilight. It would be sort-of true: I love the books. Yes, I do. I’m 33 and not ashamed to say it. Also, I have now seen all four of the Twilight movies that exist so far. And here is my honest opinion: they’re okay, but they don’t…
Humanity’s Deepest Questions, courtesy of Google
Search engines are funny. Similar to my affection for my spam folder, I am fond of checking out the Google search terms that happen to lead strangers to my blog. Naturally, a lot of people are looking for book and movie reviews, which is fine, because I actually write those (while making no claims as…
PLEASE DON’T TOUCH THE KINDERGARTNERS
In the first week of school this year, I passed a kindergarten colleague in the hall with a student hanging off her arm. As we crossed paths, she said, “I’m too raw of a mommy for this job.” I totally get it. Her being a “raw mommy” means that she exudes maternalism that the kids…
Encroaching November
I was a little not-myself this weekend. I had several of those FAIL moments where I couldn’t believe my own stupidity, including locking my entire purse in the car and turning what should have been a nice TGIF dinner with my girlfriends into a parking-lot fest during which I had to borrow one friend’s phone…
Happy Halloween!
By day he’s a dragon. (With a hungry caterpillar sidekick.) By night, he’s a giraffe. He’d heard all about trick-or-treating from the other kids, so was all revved up for his first time out, saying, “I need candy!” (This from a kid who’s barely eaten candy, ever.) Skye and I took him down the street,…
A little note to my favourite two-year-old
Dear E, Yesterday, we went to the hospital. No big deal for us – you’ve been to the hospital several times recently because Daddy has follow-ups for his surgery. You like it there; there are elevators, and a tree of balloons outside the gift shop. You especially like the parking meters. (E: “There’s the meter!”…
What to say to the parents of a stillborn baby
At my parents’ house on the weekend, my dad handed me the local paper and said, “You’ll be interested in this.” Yes, I was. It was a series of articles called Breaking the Silence, focusing on baby loss. The next day, I wrote a letter to thank The Spectator for their feature, which talks about…
A Blessed Event
We are an incredibly fortunate family. I have always known I was a very lucky girl, and I have always tried not to take things for granted… although, of course, all of us do sometimes. But I have never been more aware of my blessings than I am right now. From the moment we began…