This blog is a gift to my wife, Renee, and my children, Adele, Athan, Audrey, Anne, Amelia, and Andrea.

Showing posts with label Love. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Love. Show all posts

Friday, May 10, 2024

Dropping Off the Teenager in the Mornings

Adele is in grade 9 now and takes the Mississauga bus to school.  She has to catch the 7:15 am bus in order to get to school on time.  Since the bus stop is about 1 km away, I had decided to drop her off in the mornings.  It's a short 3-minute roundtrip and it's one of the most mundane things in the day, but I have grown to cherish it.On most days, we just sit in the car silently because...
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Saturday, January 2, 2016

New Year Resolution: Live Each Day As If I Had Five Years Left to Live

Happy New Year!  Another year has flown by (sorry, a little cliche...)!  We are still expecting our little one to come, any minute now! New Year Resolution Last night, as we unceremoniously celebrated the new year, Renee asked me what my new year resolution was.  I gave it maybe five seconds of thought and then answered, "To exercise more...to go to bed earlier..."  But...
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Monday, December 27, 2010

Helplessness

This December has not been good in terms of health for our family.  I was literally sick for 3 weeks, starting at the end of November.  Then, about 4 days ago, Adele came down with a fever and a cough.  Since this happened over Christmas, there were some mandatory family events that we could not miss.  So, we dragged her with us to a couple of parties, and even to my own birthday...
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