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Seven years old: No longer babies grown bigger, now teens in miniature →  July 4, 2010

BufferSeven years ago, I was standing outside the OR at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto when a nurse handed me two babies – one wrapped in a blue towel, the other in pink. After a few minutes, I had to sit down – not because they were heavy, but because I couldn’t really do anything [...]

Our home on the range →  May 26, 2010

BufferAccording to Wikipedia, Home on the Range is the official song of the state of Kansas. I’ve always loved that song and it’s come to feel like a bit of an anthem for our new life here on the central Alberta range lands. So when Ella started playing the song in piano lessons, I was thrilled [...]

→  November 15, 2009

BufferHere’s to the loving connection that these two sisters can and do share.

→  August 26, 2009

BufferThis is Ella. She was the most beautiful girl in the kindergarden, inside and out. Hayalda Hachi Yafa Bagan. Now she is in grade 1 – but the song will be hers forever. This song brings back many memories. While living in Israel in 1984, long before I had children, I fell in love with this song [...]