Archive - March 2016

Month 7. It wasn’t the prettiest, but it was the most real and honest approach yet. Life hit me hard this month. I wrote a little about it here and this past Friday my Nanny passed away. This month was full of heartache, physical and emotional exhaustion. The previous two weekends I didn’t sleep each[…]

So this might sound odd, but tonight I am pretending to have a tea date with my Nanny. I dropped my son off at a birthday party and I am sitting at Tim Horton’s. I have ordered fairy pee (what my Nanny called my green tea) and her favourite donut. She isn’t here with me[…]

I have a special friend turning another year wiser tomorrow. The gift most suited for her is something I haven’t yet figured out exactly how to give – more time and a cure. I don’t always gift my friends something for their birthdays, I prefer a more random approach to gifting, but if I was capable, I[…]

For a week now I have cried every day on the way home in the car. It is my safe emotional place. I’ve fought tears at work and been carrying a lump in my throat most of the time trying to keep the emotions in check. If I keep busy things are better, but a[…]