[VLOG] Alice and the Stanley Park Ghost Train 2019
With last year’s Stanley Park Ghost Train, we followed Jack O’Lantern’s journey through the dark forest. The year before that featured an alien invasion. But, if you go all the way back to 2010, we...
View ArticleRecognizing the Privilege of Hard Decisions
I’ve been thinking a lot about privilege lately. In particular, I’ve been thinking about how much my daughter’s childhood has differed thus far from my own. This is not at all to take away anything...
View ArticleSunday Snippet: The Joker (The Killing Joke)
Remember? Ooh, I wouldn’t do that! Remembering’s dangerous. I find the past such a worrying, anxious place. “The past tense,” I suppose you’d call it. Ha ha ha. Memory’s so treacherous. One moment...
View ArticleGIVEAWAY: Win Tickets to Disney on Ice in Vancouver
So, you know how Disney on Ice is coming to Vancouver next month? How would you and your family like to go? What if I told you I was giving away a family four-pack of tickets? Why am I asking so many...
View ArticleChallenge, Skill Level, and Your Mental State
If you’ve ever wondered how I manage to “do it all,” how I “hold it down,” the truth is that I don’t. Most days — every day, if we’re being perfectly honest — I feel like I come up short in one way or...
View ArticleSonnet Sunday: This Is 37
So, uh, thirty-seven sounds pretty old Thought I’d have it all figured out by now So, what to do, I just want to be told Quiet demons! I just want to know how So, yeah, thirty-seven, that’s pretty...
View ArticleThe Root Cause of Child Misbehavior
I am, in no way, some sort of child psychology expert. I can, however, speak both from my own personal experience and from what I’ve seen. Kids “act up.” All. The. Time. As much as we like to see the...
View ArticleWhat’s Up Wednesdays: Parenthood in Focus
Let’s get this speedlink underway, shall we? Andrew B. Knott kicks things off with a question of life transitions and identity crises. If you’ve been a stay-at-home parent for a number of years, what...
View Article30 Days of Gratitude Challenge
Maybe you’re familiar with the feeling. When “having it all” is still not enough. You have all the fundamental blocks of what a good life is supposed to have: A safe and comfortable home, a fulfilling...
View ArticleSunday Snippet: Kate McKinnon
I think it’s the reason why I feel so driven to try to scream out at people, “This is me. Isn’t it weird? What do you think?” And see if they think it’s weird, too. I mean, we’re all kind of weird in...
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