Posted by Delaine - April 21, 2009 - Parenting, Single Dads, Single Moms
We hear about it all the time – this thing called “balance.” We’re told it’s something we all need and should strive for. And if we’d just get our acts together, devote the time to properly mastering the art of juggling, we’d acheive it too. But you know what I’ve never understood? How it is [...]
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Posted by Delaine - February 24, 2009 - Parenting, Single Dads, Single Moms
I feel like I’m going crazy; pushed and pulled in a hundred different directions. I should have known today would be one of ’those days’ when at 6:30 a.m., the scream of one my boys getting hurt while wrestling launched me out of bed. Work deadlines loom, my nanny called in sick, my kids’ schedule today is more demanding than most, kripes – [...]
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Posted by Delaine - December 20, 2008 - Children, Grief/ Anger, Surviving
I’m not sure why the memories came at me tonight. Perhaps it was the fresh fallen snow and smell in the air that triggered them; Xmas is coming after all. Perhaps it was because my ex moved last weekend to a small town outside Calgary; I know he will now spend even less time with [...]
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