Archives: Savvy Stories

The Best Thing You’ll See All Day – ‘Sorkinisms’ (VIDEO)

Aaron Sorkin launched a new show this weekend called ‘The Newsroom’. I didn’t watch but it debuted to mixed reactions.

I was a better mom before I had kids.

Before I had children I was a great mom.

You Never Learn to Swear Until You Teach a Teenager to Drive

When you’re growing up your kids, you look forward to the milestones they achieve as a sign of their development. But driving is another story

Bye Bye Kids, Hello Camp, Hello Me

Every year, end of May, same question. “Have you started packing?” I shake my head no but the question is on repeat.

Parenting and Obscenity: Learning New Words Is Not For Kids Alone

I want my kids to know what what swear words mean, I just don’t want to hear them used.

Three days…

Not even, more like two and a half days, until school is out and summer really begins. That means the kids twenty-four hours a day for two solid months.

Muskoka Woods

Camp songs and campfires, silly skits and the Tuck Shop. I remember camp fondly

How to stay married forever

It’s our wedding anniversary today! Seven years, 2 continents, 2 kids, 3 houses and multitudes of highs and lows later… I love him more than ever.

Twin Logistics

The joys of having twins!

A Grand Time Just Around The Bend

I can’t remember the last time I was here dragging my hand across the hot sand, feeling chilled breezes that kissed the lake before rustling through the wisps of hair that framed my face.