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Dear Nico, Today you are eighteen months old. You were still a babe when we met and now you’re a toddler. You’ve learned to walk–actually, swagger is more like it. You’ve got a cute gun-slinging bow-legged posture that says, “Here I come! Watch out, world!” You’ve even started dancing, turning in circles and raising your […]

All are welcomed to the baptism of Nico Han-Kun Gresik de Raaf to be held on the Fifth Sunday in Easter (Mother’s Day), May 10th, 2009 at 10:00 am at the Church of the Ascension, 253 Echo Drive, Ottawa, Ontario

I have a terrible head cold. Yesterday Shawn stayed home from work so I got a little break but today I suffered through one of my worst mornings evah: stoned on cold medication, sore nose, sniffly, lymph glands the size of walnuts. All I wanted to do was crawl in bed. Instead I dragged myself […]

I’m just now getting my balance back after being throw off-kilter by the postponement of the surgery. For several weeks, everything was focused on preparing myself and the family for the big event and suddenly … it wasn’t happening. The next few weeks felt devoid of meaning and event. I find the most challenging part […]

Shawn was at Ultimate tonight, so I was putting both kids to bed. Usually Shawn gets Lia down while I look after Nico, so I enjoyed the chance to read to her. Wrangling two squirmy, screamy kids into pyjamas was not as fun, but whatevs. When the time came to turn off the light, she […]