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Quote of the Week
When parents talk about having a child who is ill or struggling, nonparents often take the wrong message. They think, Thank God I was spared all that pain. If I can’t order up the precise specifications for my child, the condition in which he emerges, the choices he’ll make, if I can’t be assured that he’ll skirt the dangers that await him, maybe it’s better not to have children at all.
Those of us who know the airless terror of the 10 steps between the second you first glimpse your child’s surgeon through the glass doors and the moment he’s standing in front of you, delivering the verdict—we don’t think this way. Each time one of ours is ill or in pain, we think, Thank God I am here for him.
Source: Abigail Shrier, The Free Press
Posted: 2025 Oct 10Music of the Week
Our politics probably vary, but I expect that we all hope for the hostages to come home, for all the killing to stop, and for a better life for all people in the region.
Photo Memory of the Week
Go, Blue Jays!
Blog Memory of the Week
Category Archives: Photos of Flora
Hot Peppers, Ottawa
Peppers in a Byward Market stall. Continue reading
Flowers, Echo Bay ON
Different perspectives on everyday flowers. Continue reading
Brown-eyed Susans, Echo Bay ON
Flowers in a country rock garden Continue reading
Fireweed, Yellowknife NWT
Fireweed, a common flower in the boreal forest, of which Canada has more than its rightful (or reasonable) share. Continue reading
Lily, White Lake ON
Yellow lily. Continue reading
Day Lily Blossom, Ottawa
Day lily blossom defying gravity. Continue reading
Blue Berries, Vancouver BC
Blue berries; not blueberries. Continue reading
Succulent, White Lake ON
A succulent on a log as today’s contribution to the week’s theme. Continue reading
Dried Leaves, Ottawa
Beauty in dried leaves and thoughts on the process that got them to where they are. Continue reading
