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…
Category: Ponderings
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…
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…
Left handedness and knitting
I’m left handed, which is fine, except when my daughter, Becca, who is right handed wants to learn how to knit. Ahhhhhhhhhhhh! None of my kids are left handed and there are certain skills that are just really tricky for me to teach to right handed people, such as, knitting (which is not something I…
Nate and mountain biking
Nathan asked me if I would take him to this place at Greenlake where you ride your bike over dirt jumps etc. I took him this afternoon, along with a book and a comfortable chair to sit in. There were some big hill/dirt jumps and a fair number of kids and adults riding really fast…
Dinner with Eugene Peterson
Last night I had the opportunity to sit, chat and eat dinner with Eugene Peterson and his wife, Jan. Yes, the Eugene Peterson who wrote “The Message” translation of the Bible. Dave and I were invited through connections with Regent College. The couple who were hosting the evening are involved with Regent College here in…
Sharon Richards 