Just Me

I know I rarely post photos of myself, but I want to remember everything about the day, the week, the month, it was taken.

My Devil Doll

In three more sleeps she is off to university... away from us. It feels like I blinked and suddenly she was grown up and packing her bags. I will miss her more than she knows. It has been an emotional week for me watching her dismantle her room and knowing I won't have her with me in the mornings with my latte. I sense a real sadness with her baby brother too. We did not spend much time together over the summer. I was away and she was busy with friends and work. We did get 4 glorious days together in NYC and for that I am grateful.

I know she will be great and do just fine on her own.....

True Love

I love that P. was able to capture this moment at his cabin last weekend. At the very second the shutter went off, it was just me and Mr. Bobo, - suspended on the water without a care in the world.... This little man is so precious to me.

It all goes so fast....

Viral

My teenaged daughter got her first 15 minutes of fame this week in the form of a photo in our national newspaper which accompanied a very provocative article about my sister's business. I took a surprising amount of flack for it, both in the form of jabs at my sister, and my lack of outrage for the photo. I would like to stop talking about it now so here are my final words.

a) I thought Princess photographed very well and it was a nice shot of her. She herself was not offended by any of it, so to me that was what was most important. She took a bit of heat for it, but hey, she has a lived the past 17 years of her life with a pornstar last name so her skin is thick. She laughed and said she felt a little like Miley Cyrus on the front of Vanity Fair. She did not see the big deal.

b) My sister has a great sense of humour. I understand it. We were, after all, raised in the same house with the same set of parents. They are also wickedly funny. So no, I am not offended by my sister's actions.... not ever. She works harder than most people I know. She gives back to her community and treats people with respect and that will always be good enough for me.

And for those cynics who think she exploited my daughter.. she did not. If you need to point a finger, point it at the journalist.

We now return to our regularly scheduled program.......

Broken

Some bells cannot be unrung...