As new parents, it’s hard to find a regular babysitter and go out for date nights (like we used to). So we’ve had to use our creativity to find fun things to do on Friday evenings after Allie goes to bed.
Read More
Why I Scrapped My To-Do List
I am henceforth replacing my daily To-Do List with a Ta-Da List.*
In place of the endless litany of tasks to finish, I am choosing to note down all the things worth celebrating in my day. Being a mother of a young child means that most of my things to do are in a state of partially done by the time evening rolls around. Dishes? Half in the washer, half in the sink. Emails – read but not responded to. As I type this, our bedsheet is sitting on the dining table, waiting for me to finish patching it (I WILL have to finish that before I get to sleep on it tonight!). Actually crossing something off of my To-Do List is a major, major accomplishment and looking at the ever-growing and unfinished list is discouraging.Read More
These Eyes of Mine: A Fresh Perspective
[This is a preview of a guest post I wrote for SheLoves Magazine]
“Haha, you’re cross-eyed!” “Cross-eyed! Cross-eyed!” The kids in the schoolyard mercilessly taunted me. This, unfortunately, was one of my earliest memories at school.
Read More
How The Hunger Games Changed my Remembrance Day
Spoiler Alert: In this post I write about The Hunger Games trilogy written by Suzanne Collins and refer to parts of the plot.]
After reading the last book of The Hunger Games trilogy I felt sick to my stomach. It was more than a sadness that I felt: it was a mixture of disgust and despise. This was the closest to hatred that I had felt in a long time. The feeling I felt was towards war.
Read More
In Memory of Grandpa Chan
Our grandfather Yee-Noon Chan passed away last night. This is our tribute to him – first Olive’s, then mine.
Last night, for a brief moment, a baby’s laughter filled the room where a frail, 91 year-old man lay dying. The child was my daughter. The man was her great-grandfather – the father of my husband’s father. This was the second and final time she would ever meet him in her life.Read More
Please Celebrate Your Birthday
So your birthday’s coming up.
Soon you will turn 20, or a quarter of a century, or 29, or the big 3-0 (…GASP), or 37, or whatever age you will be. You are trying not to think about it because there is this feeling of disappointment that comes with thought of getting another year older.
Read More
Grateful for the Small Surprises [Celebrating Thanksgiving]
It’s Thanksgiving in Canada. I’m glad for this holiday as it prompts me to reflect on things that I’m grateful for.
Gratitude is a powerful thing. It causes me to be content. It gives me reason for joy. Most of all, it opens my eyes to appreciate the life that is happening around me.
Read More