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My old blog

If you're interested in reading older posts, please visit my original blog. I've been writing since April of this year, and I have over fifty posts in my archives. (Eventually, they will all appear on this site.)

Nostalgia

“Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be.”

Peter De Vries

When we were in Vancouver the week before last, my husband and I were filled with memories of our lives in the city.  For some reason, we were often compelled to share little snippets of our past lives with our daughters.  Interestingly enough, [...]

Treasures

“The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.”

Denis Waitley

Don’t worry; I’m not going to be writing about Daisytree three days a week from here on in, but I have to let you know how Pip’s first REAL day at [...]

Moving from ‘we’ to ‘I’

“The art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.”
– Havelock Ellis

I completely underestimated the loveliness of Lily, (the name I’ll give Pip’s teacher,) and her gorgeous pre-school, (which I’ve chosen to call Daisytree.)

Two weeks ago I wrote, (at great length, I might add [...]

Dorothy

“A heart is not judged by how much you love;

but by how much you are loved by others,”

The Wizard of Oz

Grandma P. treated her two daughters and two eldest grand-daughters to an afternoon of theatre yesterday: we went to see,”The Wizard of Oz.”   We’d been talking about [...]