a site about trying to find balance, with kids.
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Falling Into Change
Sigh. Fall is such a pivotal season. Way more so than the new calendar year. At least for me. I’m not sure of a time when it wasn’t. As a student it marked the beginning of a new school year and a whole novel set of unknowns. As a parent, I pile my kids’ anxieties…
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Balance & Align
I spent years studying and practicing architecture, with the intention of improving the human experience of space. I attempted to draw on my passions for childhood development, trauma recovery, and understanding how we interact and learn with our bodies and minds. I kept one foot firmly in architecture, and the other dipped in and out…
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Game-Changer
First time ever that a School Support Team meeting felt productive! What can you hope to accomplish in a 20 minute virtual meeting with multiple attendees? Well . . . even if we did go over time a little . . . Really what it came down to today though, was me being prepared for…
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Diagnosis: Vindication
We’re on day nine of a return to school, after eighteen months at home and I haven’t really had a chance to process what that means. EIGHTEEN MONTHS. AT HOME. TOGETHER. SCHOOL. WORK. FAMILY SPACE. MEETING SPACE. PLAY SPACE. All rolled into one. This return to some sense of the before, is anything but. Three in three…
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My Wellness Journey
As I’m sure many of you know, I’ve struggled with anxiety, finding balance and juggling my kids’ needs. I hit burnout last fall: my body was physically and mentally failing me. I had gained almost 30lbs in a fairly short time – weight that I had previously slowly added and even more slowly lost several…
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The Power a Hug Holds
Summer is palpable right now. I can hear it billowing through the wide open windows and screen doors; the playful squeals from neighbourhood kids, the hum of distant lawn mowers, and the hullabaloo of nesting birdsong, all breeze through the house, bringing it to life. The tree leaves stretch open and fill the gaps between…
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Spring
Giggles from a nearby backyard merge with a cacophony of birds chirping; boisterous chatter narrating busy spring preparations of gathering materials, and building nests. Little green buds highlight each of the swaying branches outside our front window, each bursting with anticipation of bloom. The muddy yellow patch of lawn, slowly coming back to life. The…
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Triggers
This morning, a seemingly insignificant verbal exchange triggered me intensely. I didn’t really understand why in the moment, but I was instantly heart-pounding-out-of-my-chest, head-throbbing, ready-to-explode, upset. I needed to catch my breath. I stepped outside, felt the shock of cool rain drizzle onto my bare arms and face and felt like I had run a…
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Stretched Thin
It’s late afternoon and the sun is streaming through the front windows. It feels a bit like a Friday, despite it only being mid-week. I stand on the kitchen side of our island/peninsula, watching the boys in successful parallel play. Pleasant surprise and relief settle over me, turning my expression into a smile. It’s “Fake…
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One Year
ONE YEAR. 12 MONTHS. 52 WEEKS. 365 DAYS. We have been home together. All six of us: My husband and I, our 13yo, our 10yo, our 3yo, my mom – and our dog. No unmasked contact with anyone else.No visitors inside our home.No inside visits in anyone else’s home.No in-person school or office. NO ILLNESS …
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