Tag: family
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Talk to Your Money Before it Says Goodbye!
Money talks. It jingles it jangles, it rustles, it clatters, it ka-chings. Most of the time, before you can even get a word in edgeways, all it does is whisper as it waves you goodbye.
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The Love, Joy, and Bittersweet Cost of Adoption
Adoption is not an easy process, emotionally, legally, or logistically, as two adoptive mothers explained during an Iris Session with David O’Sullivan.
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My Old Clothes Aren’t Hand-Me-Downs, They’re Lift-Me-Ups
A change in clothing has accompanied every phase of my life, as it has for my children. Nappies were their welcome-pants to life, but are mercifully no more. Now, I take deliveries of clothing from my sister and others, some which we parted from and which have returned.
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Talking to Your Kids About the Ultimate Taboo
Children are exposed to death, and need support to understand the sudden absence of a loved one, as does everyone. I have come to see that children are more candid and less guarded than their adults, and that there is much to learn from them.
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In the Melting-Potjie of South Africa, a Canadian Finds a New Flavour of Life
Born in Canada to Indian parents, I’ve gotten used to the gastronomic blending of cultures and it’s always been a delight.
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In Teaching me to Cook, My Mother Taught Me About Life
My mother taught me how to cook. When I was 10 years old, she stopped packing my school lunches and made me help her in the kitchen at night.
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Why the World Would be a Better Place if We Let Our Teenagers Run It
There’s something about the ‘in-betweenness’ of being a teenager that allows them to see things quite clearly, writes Mandy Collins.
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The Kitchen is Burning! Quick, Where’s my phone?
‘”Holy Moses, the kitchen’s on fire,” shouted my husband, as the glass cracked in the kitchen door and smoke started pouring in (I’m not sure I’m allowed to swear in these columns. But…he didn’t really say Holy Moses.)