Imagine this: A beautiful, sunny, perfect blue sky Sunday at the end of September. An adorable family, all perfectly styled for a family photos being done just as the trees are starting to show off their gorgeous fall colours. They get out of the car and lift their faces up to the sign to bask …
I was getting all ready to write a post about how we’ve been watching in amazement as Lily becomes this smiley, giggly little girl; how she is overcoming her aversion to using her hands with so much speed that we can barely keep up with her; how I no longer feel slighted when she stops …
The last few days have felt like an incredible roller coaster, but the good kind for once: the dips have lead right into these amazing highs that have sent shivers up our spines with hopefulness and finally culminated in today. It was Lily’s first day of Junior Kindergarten. It wasn’t perfect, not by a long …
There are absolutely no words to describe the day we had…but of course I’m going to try. Today was Lily’s playground build – an incredible gift granted to her by the Million Dollar Smiles foundation and sponsored by the Bank of Montreal. The volunteers were all in place by 9am this morning, and after a …
5 years ago. My sister’s first pregnancy was like a stab in the heart. Not intentionally of course, but it seemed to come so soon after I lost Ben, that I didn’t know how I would handle it. For the first while, it was okay, she could tell me about her experiences and I could …
I’ve been taking part in a Summer Disability Blog Hop Series. The entry I wrote about the challenges we face when Lily is sick was part of that. This weeks post is asking about the Comforts and Connections that we make and as I started to write a new post, I realized that I had …