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If “The best things in life aren’t things” as the plaque (ironically, another “thing”) on my desk reminds me, then why do I have so many things? Why do my children have so many things and why do I continue to buy things? I’m sure…

Quitting a program - how much say should your child have?

November 14, 2011

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By now, your child has likely chosen and settled into extra curricular activities that many fill their after school and weekend hours with. My 12 year old, Chloe’s choice, is a no brainer. She’d dance at Attitudes Dance and Performing Arts Studio every night of…

Caring community is such a blessing

November 5, 2011

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Once again I am reminded of how blessed I am to be living and working in such a great community and how important a sense of community is. Earlier on this year, an event unfolded outside of my daughter’s school in Thornhill. My husband had…

Hospice welcome home during mom's final days

October 6, 2011

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I’m browsing through a column that I wrote several years ago on mothers and daughters. In it I wrote how my mother had presented me on my 40th birthday with a tiny cushion on which was embroidered “a daughter is just a little girl who…

First Week Back To School Jitters

September 8, 2011

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Ask any school aged child, parent or teacher and you’ll likely hear that of all the school weeks, this is the most anxiety provoking. For children, there may be anxiety about how well they’re going to get along with the other students in their classroom,…

Home on time - how to set a fair curfew with your teen

August 10, 2011

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