Category Archives: kids

Glass half full

Posted on January 4, 2025 by karenmeg

Glasses, some empty, some partially filled with water, so many glasses…strewn around the house.  A glass in the living room, a couple in the family room, errant ones in the bedrooms upstairs, on their desks. In the basement, in the … Continue reading →

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Learning to fly

Posted on December 19, 2024 by karenmeg

Around this time twenty four years ago, we were introducing my son to solids. He graduated to using utensils on his own. Winnie, then Blues Clues, and Paddington were favourites. But with so much to explore, so many things to … Continue reading →

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Secret

Posted on November 12, 2024 by karenmeg

Since our family was completed with the birth of our daughter, I’ve been quite open about our struggles with infertility, both online and in real life.  That’s the approach we’ve taken with our friends, acquaintances, strangers even (as I get … Continue reading →

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She knows what she wants …

Posted on November 21, 2020 by karenmeg

The other day my 15 year old daughter came into my office and showed me her ear – with a second piercing. Hold up – a second piercing? She hasn’t left the house much since the pandemic hit, and rarely … Continue reading →

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The dragon leaves the nest

Posted on September 1, 2018 by karenmeg

I heard the sound of the garage door opening in the middle of the night.  Followed by heavy footsteps into the laundry room, further into the kitchen, the subsequent opening of the refrigerator … all accompanied by the blinking of … Continue reading →

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