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Conversations with My Mother: A Year Later: An Exposition on Grief
A year ago today my mom died on an unimaginably beautiful autumn day. I started Conversations with my Mother as a way to capture her spirit and life and to share the ways in which she could surprise so many … Continue reading
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Forced Relaxation: Now that I’m over the terror I love it!
When I was first laid off last year it took awhile for the panic to set in. I had been given a ‘working termination’ so I had 3 months with pay that included the opportunity to work with my employer … Continue reading
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Conversations with my mother: Oh Tessie, isn’t this great!
For my mom, the little Dutch girl. Often when I was a young girl my mother would look at the incredible dinner we were eating and say, “Ohhhh Tessie, look at this. This isn’t so bad at all. If only … Continue reading
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Conversations with my mother: How Grief is Like a Super Nova
Today is December 1st 2010. Today is also the day that a new person will be moving into Apt.301 371 Lakeshore Road West, my mother’s apartment. It feels weird to think that 40 years of living have drawn to a … Continue reading
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Conversations with My Mother: Things I’ve learned from Rosie
My mom died in the amazing Dorothy Ley Hospice on Saturday October 9th in the late afternoon. It was a brilliantly beautiful fall day and she had her family by her side. Dorothy Ley lies somewhere just outside Port Credit … Continue reading
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Alex Morin is a devilishly handsome genius. Funny too!
Tessa: Most people who know Alex Morin, his mother and myself included, maybe even Alex himself, would agree that he is not only devilishly handsome with those big brown chocolate eyes but he is also rather brilliant. At three he … Continue reading
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Conversations with my Mother: The Neighbour
Ring ring: Tessa: Hello Rosie: Gaboodle Tessa: Gaboidle Rosie: My mutha Tessa: Is a toitle After my mother and I get our traditional greeting out of the way, I wonder why Rosie is calling me for the third time this … Continue reading
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