Sometimes we are so focused on our destination, we forget about the beauty of the journey. Today a leaf reminded me to slow down.
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3 Signs Your Kids Are Playing Too Much Minecraft
Read MoreWhere I overhear my 2.5yr old playing with his cow family..
Read MoreIt was weird and exciting, as we'd been pretty out of touch with each other's lives for our 20's -- saving sporadic contact for weddings and congrats at the safe delivery of babies, etc. I was really glad to have the opportunity to get reacquainted and relieved that, despite the years of radio silence, she was still the same person I remembered. What I didn't anticipate was the connection she'd forge with my kids. My oldest was intrigued by the adult who didn't speak down to him and taught him the basics of chess. My youngest fell head over heels in love, creating detailed stories about what they'd do when he grew up -- always ending in marrying her.
With H moving to Alberta, I was anticipating a bit of fall-out -- not from #1, as he easily rationalized it and decided he could talk to her on the computer or in email -- but from my youngest, for whom going away is still rather mixed up with the "going away" that happened when his Grammie died this winter.
Nothing prepared me for what actually happened. [...]
Read MoreI incorporated some machine-dodging and crater-hopping into today's Fit-in 15 entry and took #2 on some neighbourhood errands. While walking on Armstrong behind the GT Express, #2 spied some litter in the road and made the following comment..
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