The Want Want Want
There are many things I want, things I covet. I know it’s wrong. I should be more grateful and content with what I have, but I can’t help myself, I just want more. I’ve read many articles that say it’s a predilection of my generation. We that sit on the cusp of Generation X and Generation Y, sometimes referred to as the Millennials or Generation Owe. We are the generation that does not quake in the face of debt or credit but rather, we embrace it. I can’t speak for all areas of North America, but I know that in read more…
Rest… WTF is rest?
It’s funny how, as a mother, I get used to being really tired all the time. Most of the time, I just ignore it and push on, but sometimes, being as I am 21 weeks pregnant, I will permit myself to have a little lay down if my Hubby is available to step in. I have been sick the last few weeks and last week I was even too tired to blog (weird right) but I persevered because that is what Mamas do right?. So today when I actually took a moment to listen to my body (well it was read more…
Just Tell Me If There’s a Penis or Not!
This gendering issue is turning into a huge gong show here in my home town of Victoria BC. First some news outlets reported about 12 weeks ago that Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA) was going to charge $50 for parents to find out the gender of their unborn child. VIHA quickly responded and said that a review of their policy was happening but that a fee was not being introduced at this time. Then a few short weeks later, it came out that VIHA would no longer, under any medically unnecessary circumstance, tell parents the gender of their baby. That read more…
Strollers Vs. Wheelchairs
At work today I happened to catch a headline on the front page of a small local paper the Saanich News. It read: Strolls Cramping Wheelchairs & Strollers Push Wheelchair to Curb I dropped everything I was doing and took a minute to read the short article. It wasn’t much, just 10 or so paragraphs but the potential implications of the article go way beyond those 10 poorly written (in my humble opinion) paragraphs. The article either naively or recklessly, pits parents (mostly mothers) against the disabled in a war for priority seating on public transit buses. The opening of read more…
