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"I just don't know what to do!" My husband stood above me in the darkness as I lay in a crumpled heap on the floor next to my previously crying baby who was now staring at us with huge wide awake bug eyes. "How can I help you?" he quietly said. Future husbands of all... Continue Reading →
With every baby, I would carefully select a blanket and a stuffy in the hopes that they would become attached to it. There was a lot of "Here, hold this... you love this... it's so cute and soft and snuggly!! Just let it soothe you... please..."
"My phone is being so weird... like every time I open this app it crashes and the screen turns black..." I held my iPhone out towards my husband with a facial expression of, 'You know how to fix this don't you... obviously... since you bought and set up all of our other things with the... Continue Reading →
"It's OK mom, you're doing great... you're doing a really good job at staying calm.. I think if he was crying at me all of the time I'd get super frustrated too... oh, and I think you look really beautiful." All of these words came spilling out of his sweet little 8 year old mouth... Continue Reading →
"Mom! Can we ride the Ferris wheel?? Please??!" The plan was simple. My husband and I were going to divide and conquer inside the middle of the Disney California Adventure park. He would take our 8 year old on the 'Incredicoaster,' complete with its upside down mid-section, and I would take the other 3 boys... Continue Reading →
Family vacations hold a super special place in my heart. Every summer my parents would take us 4 kids on road-trips all over Canada and the United States. On my 7th birthday we spent the day at Disney World, which was a pretty hefty drive from our home in Ontario. But we did it, and... Continue Reading →
"Mom, can you put my other sock on? Can you also tie my other shoe too? That'd be great." I'm a professional helper. My kids do as much as they can and go as far as they can - and then my job is to come alongside and help them complete the rest of their... Continue Reading →
"Mom, you're always so tired, why don't you just go to bed when we go to bed? Then you won't be so tired anymore..." A simple solution offered up to me by my 8 year old. I could hear the voice of his father (and my father) echoing through his little vocal chords. "I would...... Continue Reading →
It was three weeks into my husband's new job in downtown Vancouver. He said, "This is crazy... I'm going to sit in traffic morning and night and never see you guys... What if we moved closer?" To which I said, "If we're going to move closer, why not move closest?" A few weeks later my... Continue Reading →
"Guys! Quick! Look at Mom! She cracked open a book and sat down peacefully with her coffee ready to read... That's our signal... If somebody could start spontaneously bleeding from a tooth that would be awesome. We also need another volunteer to ask her incessant questions, and one other brother to complain about his breakfast,... Continue Reading →
Rebecca Bergman 