What an amazing experience, watching Gwyneth Sharon Febus’s birth. She arrived at 10:50 pm, Thursday, September 1. She weighed 8 lbs. 2 oz and is 21 inches long, all healthy, pink, lots of hair, and so darn beautiful and cute. I started to cry when Beth and Jeremy told me her name. It’s truly an…
Author: Sharon Heaney Richards
SoulStroller, writer, poet, mom, wife, home chef, dual citizen and lover of books, art and travel. Many years of exploring the globe contribute to my ability to navigate and engage in the world with a sense of ease and anticipation. I am a pilgrim at heart and love to explore new landscapes, language and culture. As a former teacher (Bachelors of Education, University of British Columbia) I'm a curious learner and avid listener to both young and old.
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Waking Ned Devine
I highly recommend this movie. It is set in either a very small Scottish village (which appeals to the Scots in me) or in Ireland (from which my maiden name descends). I just finished watching this movie with my kids. One of my favorite parts is when a young boy in the film is interacting…
Family, Canadian style
I’m Canadian. My parents are a mix of Canadian and Scottish and my in-laws are Canadian and Jamaican. It’s an interesting mix. I just got back from spending a week with both families, including my brother. He is kind of a stranger to me, even though we are siblings. He’s been through alot of health…
Final American Day with the Grettons
Today we said goodbye to the Grettons. Hannah slept over last night and she, Bethany and Nathan were outside, on the back deck, watching the night sky. This morning we had our “american breakfast” of home made waffles and bacon. We went over to the house where they were staying, swam in the pool for…
2nd trip to the ER in two weeks
I am feeling sorry for Dave as he had this rather unusual, strange accident happen to him today. He is such a wonderful dad, so there he was, hanging with our girls at the Shoreline pool, swinging off the rope swing when on his way off, letting go, a knot on the rope caught his…
Camping at Mt. Rainier
The skies were not pouring with rain on Saturday morning, so with a small amount of faith we all headed up to Mt. Rainier to camp together. Our adventuring group consisted of the Grettons, Febus’s, Diane, Reid and Leigh. The rain held off on Saturday and we had a very fun time. We pitched our…
Willamette Valley
We left our kids at home with Daves parents this past Monday and drove down to the Willamette Valley to do some pinot noir wine tasting. We had a great time together. We stayed at a beautiful bed and breakfast outside of Dundee, ‘The Black Walnut Inn’- it reminded me of Italy. The house is…
Life and Death
One warm spring day, at a beach in Marin County, I witnessed the tragic death of a teenager. Bethany was 2 and we were at the beach with our dear friends Carol and Dannah. We were living in San Rafael, CA at the time and Carol and I had taken the girls to the beach…
Nathan and disco dancing
We had a lot of fun at a friends wedding yesterday. Nathan was the ring bearer. It was Lis and Harvey’s wedding. Lis started babysitting for us when Nathan was six months old, and she asked him if would like to be the ring bearer at her wedding. He agreed and yesterday donned his tuxedo…
Confessions of a mean mom
I called Becca a baby yesterday. To be precise, I said, “Stop being such a baby.” Oh, that was harsh. I knew as soon as I said it that I had cut deep into her heart, then I was mad at myself. She wouldn’t/didn’t talk to me for a while, quite understandably. I eventually owned…
Confessions of a slacker mom
I realized tonight that Nathan had not had a bath or shower or washed his hair in at least two weeks. Yep, pretty bad. He hasn’t learned to appreciate showers or baths or washing his hair, unlike his older sisters who pretty much take care of themselves. So, after comments from Bethany like, “Nate really…
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