The J Boy has officially lived 8 years on the planet. Sydney and I began his day by singing happy birthday to him. He gave us both a warm hug tht melted my heart. He gave me a great gift in that he not only complied with all my unreasonable morning...

For eight years I have been a mother.For eight years I have had another human being (and then two) relying on me forfood, shelter, love, acceptance and to keep all their fingers and toes attached.To that end, I have developed eyes on the back of my...

Jackson will turn 8 on Monday. Today was his big birthday party. Last year I researched, phoned and negotiated to try to get a party in place for the J Boy and just barely managed to sneak it in a movie birthday party at the end of November. This...

Top 5 Things I Loved About Being Away: 1. No after dinner chores or spelling practice. In a cruel twist of fate, Jackson had easy spelling words this week. 2. A little income tax, a lot of coffee and a few laughs with colleagues from across the...

Spelling is very important in the world of grade three, apparently. Jackson did very little spelling in grade 1, as is the trend apparently. Grade 2 he was given a poem one week and in a week he was expected to write it out when dictated. But we were...