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Who’s Up For Some Hockey?

Posted on 3/25/2009 by cheesefairy

My post today at the Canada Moms Blog explores the hell of hockey-momdom. (Do you think I’ll get exiled? Is Sweden still our country of choice for exile? I hope so. I have always wanted to learn Swedish. But they … Continue reading →

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Why Canada’s National Sport Gives Me Nightmares

Posted on 3/20/2009 by cheesefairy

When I was working and pregnant with my second child I had a conversation with a colleague on a Monday morning. He told me about his weekend. On Friday night he had played in a hockey tournament. Saturday morning: up … Continue reading →

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A Few Months Ago

Posted on 3/17/2009 by cheesefairy

In my head, that’s when Fresco was born. In my head, he is a few months old. I am a few months post-partum. Trombone sure is doing well adjusting to his few-months-old baby brother. Dude! The baby brother is bigger … Continue reading →

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Mothers Hold On To Your Daughters

Posted on 3/13/2009 by cheesefairy

There is a John Mayer song that annoys me more than other John Mayer songs. It goes like this: Fathers be good to your daughters Daughters will love like you do Girls become lovers who turn into mothers So mothers … Continue reading →

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Brothers

Posted on 3/5/2009 by cheesefairy

I know kids are different. From one another, I mean. I knew going into this 2-kid thing that Fresco would be different from Trombone in significant ways. (I did, after all, call it when I wrote last year: Dear, Sweet … Continue reading →

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