Archive for July, 2012

Labour

Four times I had been to this part of the hospital.  Four times, and yet it wasn’t all that familiar.  My memories where blurred with the nervous energy of a mother in pain; a mother in labour.  This time I took in it all, all but the pain.  My memories of this birth will forever be sharper then the birth of my very own babies.

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Antisocial and Profamily

 

Camping… That has been our goal this summer, to go camping with the children. With success in this area has come, also, antisocial tendencies.  We have hunkered down to fun in the sun as a little family unit. No kids running here and there to events of every kind this summer, just my man and I, our two girls, two boys and the dog. The kids said their favourite part of last summer was camping and we heard them!

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The Island

Wild horses couldn’t tear me away.  This thought lingered in my heart as I drove away from my childhood home once again.  A summer visit of great significance, things were different this vacation.  I witnessed the knitting of the north to my eldest two’s souls; and realized with their connection made, I was even more bound to this land, in as much as is possible while on this temporal earth.

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Something New

Yup, this is the new blog… under construction, that should be pretty evident.  I want to welcome those who have popped or linked over because of my little blurb on facebook.

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