It’s my birthday & I made a video!



i am your willow

i am your willow and i will keep you safe. i will bend. i will adjust. i will surrender: to the process to the storm to myself i will flex to the best of my abilities and i will not break. i will wrap myself around you, and weep with you through joy and grief. i…

Confessions of a Reluctant Hockey Mom

I was sitting at the table tonight, coordinating upcoming hockey games, goalie clinics, tournaments and training when it dawned on me… I am officially a hockey mom! (*wince!) Here is a flashback to something I wrote last year that was previously published here: http://bunchfamily.ca/reluctant-hockey-mom/ Last year my son Rain said the unthinkable. “Mom, I want to…

Pre-adventure Adventure: Pick up rental car (it sounds so easy…)

The Plan: My dad will drive from Grimsby to Mississauga and pick up me and the kids. (Thanks Dad!) We will drop off kids in Grimsby with my mom. (Thanks Mom!) My dad and I will continue to Buffalo Airport and get rental car (this should be approx 1 hour each way). Back to pick…

Meet the Team

Introducing the members, in accordance to birth order: Moxie, 7 years 11 months Moxie is a free thinker. She’s creative, dramatic, independent and sweet. And she very well may save the world one day. Rain, 10 years 4 months Rain is a problem solver. He’s athletic, thoughtful, artistic, and analytical. And he very well may…