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Posts Tagged ‘Montreal Canadiens’

To Endings… and New Beginnings

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

Today’s Blog post is a bit of a mixed bowl, so as I’ve said before, stick with me Chiquitas.

Last week brought the end of camp. And end of camp = end of summer. As soon as camp’s over, it could be 100 degrees and scorching outside, but my head always feels back in the game. So despite feeling the usual sadness that the summer flew yet again, too quickly, we ended off the season on a high. My whole family gathered ’round the arena to watch my big son play in his final hockey camp tourney. I’m gonna be the annoying, bragging, proud momma now. Because after telling you how my son and I have always been the tortoise,  on Friday, he was the hare!

endings and new beginnings

His first shift, we all cheered him on, but he was clearly out for a leisurely skate. He was slow, and sloppy. But then his daddy walked in after the first 3 minutes. And something snapped. My sweet little guy got hungry. And he started to skate. And want it. And to watch me and my husband were to see two completely different people. I was screaming and shouting his name after he scored the first goal, the second goal, and then the third goal… a “hat trick” as they call it. My husband only smiled at him and gave him a thumbs up and his nod of approval. And I got angry at my hubby, “Why aren’t you cheering for him and showing him your encouragement?” To which he replied, “I want to keep him humble, hungry and grounded. I will kiss him after. He should know I love him and respect him when he’s good, and when he’s not good. ” And I loved that. I couldn’t argue there.

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Off The Fence and Making Memories

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

It’s Thursday morning. I’m in my home office sitting and trying to think creatively about an “On the fence” topic I’d like to cover. But nothing’s coming to me, so we’re OFF the fence today, girls! For the simple reason: Sick child + Sleep deprivation + two kids off school till next Tuesday = creative juices NOT flowing. So it was no blog, or a true confession. So I opted to get chatty with you.

So far, over the past two days,  I have slept a total of 142 minutes. This is not a joke. And when mama doesn’t get her beauty rest…. ummm…. well…..

my mommy is a bitch

But, staying close to home hasn’t been half bad. It’s been great bonding with the boys and I’ve been able to spend most of the day in sweats.  So far, in the past few days at home, I’ve witnessed: (more…)

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Never Underestimate the Power of Will

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

I feel like everything that’s gone down in the past 24 hours has come down to one word: WILL. Not “will” as in a guy named William. I mean “will” as in sheer desire. As in, wanting something badly enough, to make it happen. Or simply flipped: Willpower!

will power

Last night, at the last minute, I found myself at the hockey game. My hubby was already taking my big son to the game, and I was feeling a little left out. So, thankfully my good friend and it just so happens yesterday’s guest Blogger (whose hubby is one of the players) came to my rescue, and scooped me up to take me out for a night of intense, edge-of-your seat hockey action. See, last night was a BIG game for the Montreal Canadiens. We are currently in the playoffs against one of the best teams in the NHL– The Washington Capitals.  The first team to make it to 4 wins, goes on to further compete for the Stanley Cup. The score out of four games before last night was 3-2 for the Washington Capitals. They pretty much had it in the bag. With Alexander Ovechkin leading the team, they were a sure thing. But we came out firing. I swear, it was like something came over us, this burning desire, a sheer will, and we took the game, 4-1. It was truly like watching Rocky beat Clubber Lang or Ivan Drago. We were the underdog. And so today, we’re 3-3 against Washington, it’s a brand new game, and we’ve put ourselves back in the competition. I’m not sure if it was Washington’s overconfidence and sloppiness, or our great fight that brought us back, but we obviously wanted it badly enough. And we got it.

So besides watching my son go into complete “sugar shock” over popcorn, chips and sour patch kids, watching his excitement made my heart full.

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How Fragile Life Truly Is

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Hi Ladies.

I had a few things I wanted to cover today, so this one will be a bit of a mixed bowl.

I firstly want to thank WordPress (www.wordpress.com) for choosing yesterday’s blog on GUILT as one of the featured articles of the day. It brought me insane amounts of traffic, and I was excited beyond belief. One of my Facebook friends wrote, “If you build it, They will come.” This made me teary. I write from my heart, day after day, and I visualize a whole bunch of us women sitting in a room together just discussing the issues. I feel connected. I do.

I also wanted to share what happened Monday evening. It will have a point at the end. It’s not just all drama, so stay with me…

Monday evening, my entire family was over for dinner. We were eating, talking, enjoying. My two boys were running wild in the living room, as they always do. Next thing I know, someone is crying. Hello!!! This happens five times a day! But this time was different. I picked up my two year old to comfort him, and next thing I know,  his eyes rolled to the back of his head, he was turning blue, and he was lifeless in my arms. In fact, he then slid right out of my arms directly onto my hard wood floor, as I wasn’t expecting to receive his body in this nature. I picked him up off the floor but he was dead weight, and not moving.

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