My Parents

It has only been 9 days since the last post, however it feels longer …

I was a bit busy with my parents’ 40^th anniversary celebration. It was a 2-day event. Celebrating my parents and their life together brought back memories. I wasn’t always the perfect child; however my parents have always been kind and generous with me. Of course, my mom does say some choice words to me once in a while and I believe that one should cleanse oneself of all negative feelings! It is cheap therapy J I will dedicate a post or 2 to my mom sometime in the near future. She is quite a fascinating person.

My dad, on the other hand, has never said anything negative to me till I became a mom. His grandchildren are the centre of his universe. As my dad’s daughter I could make mistakes and was forgiven umpteen times, however as the mother of my dad’s grandchildren, I am not allowed to make any mistakes! Parents!!

However, through all the ups and downs, my parents have been fantastic and I am very fortunate to be their daughter.

An aside: Dear boys, momley’s life is not this perfect and she is not always this positive and happy. You live with her, so you know! She just seems to pick really good days to blog about her life!!

I am NOT an Island

Today, I finally watched the movie Julie and Julia! I cried and laughed through the movie. While I watched, I also felt the intense urge to call Craigley at work and say to him, “You are the butter to my bread”! Hope I quoted that accurately.

Wanting to stay home and take care of the kids is not an easy decision for any couple to make … I am glad Craigley supported me. There are days there is resentment. We could do this if we had two incomes! There are days there is gratitude. I am glad you are the one staying home and dealing with all this. There are days there is jealousy. You are so lucky you get to spend all this time with the kids. There are days of joy. Thank you!

Through all the emotions and ups and downs, I feel lucky. I want my boys to know that their dad loves their momley. And I couldn’t have done it without him!

Thanksgiving ...

On October 2, 2012, I celebrated (mentally) 20 heartwarming years in Canada. I can officially say that I have lived more than half my life here!

On this special 20^th Anniversary Thanksgiving weekend, I am most thankful for my family and my friends. Everyone has contributed to my growth as an individual … daughter, sister, wife, friend, and most importantly, mom!

Recently, my oldest wrote his autobiography for a school assignment and I quote the following excerpts from his work:

I’m really not sure what makes me a worthwhile friend, but friendship means a lot to me.

I don’t really know how to describe my character. But I would say my physical appearance is okay, but not so great, normal, regular and fine.  

This is the same kid, who at 5 years of age was worried about not looking like a “Canadian”! 6 years later, his writing reflects how Canadian he is!

I am so thankful for him and so proud of him.

My youngest, on the other hand, has this tendency to invite everyone to our home. He doesn’t write yet, however this one trait of his reflects his being Canadian J Always welcoming!

While I am on a roll here mentioning the great Canadians in my life, I will also add a few excerpts from my friend K’s comments in response to My Family post from August 21, 2012.

I have a few friends … who used to get asked where they were from a lot. I think people ask in the hopes of starting a conversation or curiosity.

Canada is a multi-cultural place. Being Canadian means having the privilege to understand all cultures which makes us more informed and inevitably smarter and nicer!

On that note, Happy Thanksgiving Canada!