An Extra and Ordinary Wednesday
In Mother Words Blog March 20, 2020
“Mama! I peed in my bed!” my three-year-old yells as he slams his bedroom door shut behind him. I check…
Remembering the Beginnings
In Mother Words Blog February 14, 2020
Last spring in a Chinese restaurant, I watched, transfixed, as a young couple passed their baby back and forth and…
Gather and Give
In Mother Words Blog February 7, 2020
My parents owned a little corner store. An ice cream store nestled in a quiet blue collar neighbourhood along a…
In Sickness and Solidarity
In Mother Words Blog January 31, 2020
My aching spine tenses for a moment at the angry car horn. I’ve dragged my painful, sloppy jumble of bones,…