by denise budd rumble | Family
Snow gently falling. Sun streaming through the clouds. Birds busy about the birdfeeders. A massive thick blanket of glistening snow everywhere you look. It’s a Christmas postcard of brilliant white – beautiful. I live in rural Southwestern Ontario, Canada and late...
by denise budd rumble | Ageing Parents, Family, Midlife
Some years ago my mum moved from her house of over 4o years to an apartment complex. It was a difficult transition, not only for my mum, but for me and my siblings. We sorted and organized and cleaned and sorted and threw out and sorted and kept and tossed and… You...
by denise budd rumble | Family
“Yuck! I don’t like that!” “How do you know you don’t like it? You haven’t even tried it yet!” How many times have we, as parents, had that frustrating conversation at the dinner table? Something new is on the plate and the child immediately decides he doesn’t like...
