Mother’s Day is around the corner and everyone is asking the moms what we want. I’m a simple gal and not particularly high maintenance in the gifts department.

My kids are far from spoiled, and I myself had a wonderful upbringing, but every once in a while I look at their lives and say to myself “In my next life, I want to come back as one of MY OWN kids

A while ago, my friend Louise relayed that she was horrified to learn that a woman she knows “unfriends” people on Facebook who brag about their kids a lot.

Parents often wonder what the appropriate age is to get a kid a cell phone. Some kids beg for one, claiming all their friends at school have them.

Several weeks ago, I was driving with my daughters in the van and ahead of us was a vehicle that said “Halton Women’s Place”. My 10-year-old daughter asked what that was.

It’s quite common to hear someone say “I’m a single parent this week” when their husband/wife/partner is out of town due to work obligations.

So I managed to do my ankle in, which landed me in an Aircast and crutches. I know what you’re thinking and for the record, I was not walking and texting.

My "Number One Son" with his life-long buddy. They met at "Moms group" when they were a couple of weeks old.

I spoke last year about the difficulty of outing Santa to my son.

Last weekend, the whole family was in the truck and Daddy-o needed to dash into a shop. The rest of us waited in the vehicle, talking about capital cities.