For Your Eyes Only
Buying glasses is quite frequently an experience that leaves a person feeling like they’ve been put through the wringer. I know that my own experience last year felt like someone turned me upside down and shook my lunch money out of my pockets.
When I was a kid, the drill was simple: [...]
Instead of some beautiful birth story here, today you get introspection. As I write this one handedly Micah sleeps peacefully at my beast, warming my body and heart. I wonder at the meaning, or lesson(s) of his birth, not one I planned, one I am sorely disappointed with.
Yes, I know he’s here, he’s healthy, he’s [...]
In a matter of hours, days or weeks Erron and I will welcome into our family another baby. Our family of five will become six. Four little ones at home, outnumbered by a factor of two when we are both home, and possibly a 4:1 onslaught when it comes time for one of us to [...]
Seems a few people I know are experiencing grief in a big way this season, it’s the first holiday after the death of their loved one. I wish there was some way for me to bear it for them, because it really is so hard. The world is happy, full of mirth, joy, and thanksgiving. [...]
Our best sleeper has become our worst, this morning I sat at the Kitchen table with Natalia watching the snow covered landscape out my kitchen window turn from violet to twilight blue to winter white. Drinking my coffee with my littlest one, who doesn’t seem quite so little anymore, got me to thinking about how [...]
If you don’t get the title read my last blog post.
Yesterday I got the swine flu vaccine. Was it the fear of death or a higher calling to help keep my fellow man healthy that changed my mind? Nope… I decided to get “the shot” because Erron is planning on taking a trip [...]
I assume you’ve heard, or read about James, the 7 year old the Nova Scotia boy who followed his dog into a wooded area, and was missing for two days during blizzard conditions, was found miraculously alive,was medi-vaced, and died in hospital of extreme hypothermia. If you have not the link is below.
James Delory, 7, [...]
…and ornaments that hold sentimental value are left shattered on the floor broken into too many pieces to be repaired. Our tree just fell. We spent the day decorating it as a family affair, and now it looks just terrible. This tree hasn’t been with out it’s problems from the beginning. As [...]
I’m never entirely sure how much to believe of what’s said in the media. Radio, TV, print, even these here fine blogs. So much is hearsay, rumour mongering, made-up statistics, and outright lies that when I hear anything, read anything, or find anything out, I tend to take a step back and try [...]
Every year, we gather to remember the sacrifices of those who have given so much in defense of our ideals and our freedom. It is important because of the direct effect those lives, that innocence, given so willingly has meant for us, as regards our way of life and the high standards of living. [...]