Our Witchy Family
The sunlit terrorist
Sunday, June 15th, 2008I’m sitting on the easy chair in the living room, reading a book, when I hear the deep drone of a wasp.
Lowering my book, I look around uneasily. I am terrified of wasps. Worse than terrified. Dealing with them outside is different. They have lots of places to go, and things to see that are [...]
She cut herself again
Monday, March 17th, 2008She cut again this weekend - while we were gone on our mini-holiday.
Three slices across her tiny wrist.
She denies it, of course. The cat did it. But the cat didn’t do it. I know a cat scratch when I see it. And if the cat had done it, she’d have told me, instead of hiding [...]
Flying away from the nest
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008My husband told me tonight that my son is moving away this summer… not just out of the house, but to a different province. I know this is normal, and I know I have to let him go, but it hurts so much… I feel like I’ll never stop crying. We are so close, [...]
Sex and mothering
Sunday, October 21st, 2007I’m pretty open with my children about sex. I spare them the details, of course, but I’ve never been one to shy away from the topic, or pretend sex doesn’t exist, or is something other people do - but not me. I think letting my kids think my husband and I don’t have sex is [...]
Ripping off the tooth fairy
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007My daughter went to the dentist yesterday and had two baby teeth pulled (one more still needs to come out). One of the teeth was unbelievable… the adult tooth below it decided to take the path of least resistance and was pushing out through the gum instead of up under the baby tooth. That allowed [...]