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Who Let the Dogs Out? 20 Aug 2013 | 10:45 pm
This past week I was convinced a mischievous ghost was haunting my house. Weird things were happening. It was subtle at first; so much so that I hardly noticed it at first but one morning, at around ...
Sixteen and Saving The World 16 Aug 2013 | 11:05 am
When my daughter was four years old she stood in front of my husband and me and declared she was going to save the world. We had been watching a lot of super hero movies and I was envisioning her wea...
Rules of the Road 13 Aug 2013 | 10:29 pm
"Hey Nash, I'm going to the store. Do you want to come?" I asked him as I walked past him while he was shooting hoops and opened the car door to buckle Knox into his seat. That's when he said the thr...
Melt Down 9 Aug 2013 | 12:04 am
I had a melt down this morning. I'm being kind to myself by sparing you the details but you wouldn't be far off if you imagined an over-tired, hungry two year old with an angry scrunched up face, glis...
It's My Civic Duty 5 Aug 2013 | 11:03 pm
It's a long weekend up here where I am and I'm exhausted from trying to keep up with my kids. Pool parties, sleep overs, football games with streakers. I have no energy. At this point, my idea of fu....
Better Than Gold 1 Aug 2013 | 01:51 am
I had barely dragged my carry-on luggage up my deck stairs, thumping it behind me as I walked, and opened the front door when I was swarmed by eager teens. "How was it? Did you have fun? Did you see ...
Living a Lie 22 Jul 2013 | 11:53 pm
Thursday, July 18. 4:17 pm. That's the moment everything changed. By 'everything' I mean nothing, and by 'changed' I mean 'stayed the same' but I just paid the dues for my poetic license so I figure ...
Accidents Happen 19 Jul 2013 | 01:05 am
When I was 8 years old, my brother and I decided to go spend the dollar we had each conned out of our father and go across the street to the newly built strip mall. My brother, Stretch, was riding a b...
Salted Caramels 8 Jul 2013 | 11:45 pm
On my fourteenth birthday, I applied for my first job. Oh sure, I had a paper route when I was 11 and I babysat regularly for neighbours but this job meant I'd be a clerk in an giant clothing store ho...
Mudder Lover 24 Jun 2013 | 10:14 pm
My yard has been a construction zone for over a year. Since the morning of April 27, 2012 when the first backhoe of many arrived in my yard to dig what seemed then, a giant gate to hell. If only I kn...
