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A new year is a great excuse for starting fresh. My fresh start one new year was to begin the process of letting go of some of my mothering responsibilities. Then, since my children were older (12 and twenty) and fully capable of making their…

Helping your child develop healthy self esteem

December 16, 2011

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When Chloe, my then twelve year old daughter was about four, she stood in front of her full length mirror admiring her reflection. When she saw me standing in the doorway, she smiled and said, “I love myself.” My heart was filled to overflowing as…

Modelling appreciation for things we have

December 15, 2011

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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…