by parrish | Jan 7, 2024 | Being Human, Loving, Mental Health, Mothering, Parenting
I’ve done very little personal writing the last few years. I used to blog about being a mom to two spirited children. I wrote about moving home to my small town, about my own mental health. But since my divorce in 2018, it’s been harder to know what to say. I haven’t...
by parrish | Jan 23, 2021 | Being Human, Faith in Many Forms, Feminist AF
I wrote this paper as an assignment in my Spirituality & Counselling course in the fall of 2020 as part of my Masters in Counselling & Spirituality at St. Paul University, Ottawa. This paper contains some minor mistakes but I have done my best to reference my...
by parrish | Sep 7, 2019 | Being Human, Mental Health, Mothering
It’s quiet. They’re gone. It’s just me, a glass of pinot grigio and my laptop. I do love my kids, so very much. And yes, I often miss them when they aren’t here. But also, I so very much love my time alone. I love the quiet. No interruptions. Following my own rhythm...
by parrish | Apr 26, 2019 | Being Human, Mental Health
Yesterday was a hard day. I muddled through the morning well enough, no yelling to get the boys out of the house early for my oldest son’s piano lesson before school. I had hoped to then be able to walk my other boy the 5 blocks to kindergarten but I got pulled back...
by parrish | Nov 29, 2016 | Being Human, Mothering
My sweetie, two kids and I are one of the many families that sold our way-too-expensive “family” home in Metro Vancouver and headed East. Way East, all the way to my little hometown in Ontario. It wasn’t an easy decision despite the clear financial benefit. Like...
by parrish | Nov 22, 2016 | Being Human
In this moment, as the snow blankets the world with its pristine whiteness, I crave curling up with a good book, a hot chocolate and a roaring fire. I crave simplicity. I crave comfort. I can clearly see that a busy life is a wasted life because we miss the moments...
