My Hardest Days as a SAHM are better than the best days at a job

Posted on March 1, 2019 by Ali Jayne

It’s true.

My toughest days as a SAHM are 100x better than the best days at a job.

Being a SAHM can be beyond exhausting, and confusing, and the most challenging puzzle that seemingly has no solution because it changes every time you blink…

But woven in between each of those most challenging moments is a smile that fills your heart to overflowing, a touch that says “I love you”, and the witnessing of a life expanding before your eyes.

And it makes the toughest of moments dissipate like smoke in a vacuum. Immediately changing your despair to joy and restarting the clock.

As though each giggle, each smile, each hand hold, or new discovery by my angel, wipes the slate clean and we start over fresh, new, ready for anything – challenges overcome and forgotten.

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Transfer Day – Part 1

Posted on April 18, 2017 by Ali Jayne

March 30, 2017 – Transfer Day – Olomouc, Czech Republic How do I feel? I wish I could say I was excited. I wish I was excited. I don’t feel anything much at all really. It’s just another day. I woke … Continue reading →

First Day in Prague

Posted on April 16, 2017 by Ali Jayne

Even after a long day of travel, missed connections, and missing luggage, I was a little in love with Prague. My first night was wonderful. The sights (Prague is so beautiful lit up at night), the tastes (good McDonald’s burger!), … Continue reading →

Artificial Insemination

Posted on December 14, 2016 by Ali Jayne

Artificial insemination (AI) is the deliberate introduction of sperm into a female’s uterus or cervix for the purpose of achieving a pregnancy through in vivo fertilization by means other than sexual intercourse. Insemination may be called in vivo fertilisation (from … Continue reading →

NaNoWriMo 2016 – 90,657

Posted on December 5, 2016 by Ali Jayne

NaNoWriMo 2016 – 90,657 That’s how many words I wrote this time in the National Novel Writing Month of November 2016. Proud much? I am. Truly proud, happy, content, humbled. Each day I sat to do what I called my “writing … Continue reading →

Crisis outweighs heartbreak

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Ali Jayne

Not for the first time in my life has a crisis outweighed what could have been a heartbreaking experience for me. Crisis outweighs Heartbreak. A good friend, someone I considered up and in line with my best of friends, “broke … Continue reading →

The face before she laughs

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Ali Jayne

A few weeks ago I sent a belated birthday card and letter update to my mom. I couldn’t find the address to where she is currently living so I Googled it. Clicking through the website for the retirement home to … Continue reading →

The Blanket Exercise

Posted on April 11, 2016 by Ali Jayne

Saturday I participated in an Early Child Development Conference workshop entitled “The Blanket Exercise”. This was an interactive workshop about the history of First Nations people in Canada, with particular emphasis on First Nations people in BC. There were many First Nations … Continue reading →

Greyson’s Broken Leg

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Ali Jayne

On December 30, 2015 Greyson had to be hospitalised with a broken leg. This happened because I was walking to the bedroom and he usually races ahead of me to jump on the bed and either play a game or … Continue reading →

My First Snowshoeing Adventure!

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Ali Jayne

Snowshoeing is the Bomb!! I love firsts! That heart-racing exhilaration of doing something – anything – for the first time in your life. (Or for the first time with someone new….like the first time he (or she) brushes your fingertips with … Continue reading →

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