Trigger Warning: Canadian residential school system; child abuse; trauma Humans love euphemisms. The media is flooded with reports that the remains of 215 Indigenous children were found in an unmarked mass grave on formal residential school grounds near Kamloops, BC. Let’s rephrase the description to better reflect the gravity of this situation. 215 Indigenous children…
Author: Kay at Blue Speckled Pup
I spend my weekdays days teaching junior high fashion and fitness courses. I spend the rest of my life making up recipes and ignoring my measuring cups, singing, dancing, writing, and making dinosaur noises.
I'm clumsy, passionate, spontaneous, and rather ridiculous. Luckily for me, I am married to a wonderful man who balances me perfectly. We live in Alberta, Canada, with two lovely dogs and one dumb cat.
Behind the Curtain
So many people have commented that our surrogacy experience–and victory–sounds like the plot of a movie. I agree. Recently, our movie falls into a totally different category than “feel-good.” A letter addressed to me showed up a few weeks back. I am still figuring out how I feel about the news it carried. Writing helps…