'Tis a grand year for the League of Canadian Poets! It's turning 50! Many new and exciting things are happening this year, including the start of a new blog. I'm happy to announce that I will be writing a bi-monthly column on Parenting & Writing! I'm super happy about this as I feel I always have… Continue reading New Year – New Column! Thanks LCP!
Author: Vanessa Shields
Writer. Mother. Lover.
Cry Day(s)
January 7, 2016. We're a week into the 'new' year and I've yet to map out my goal-for-the-year chart...or have that major long-winded write in my journal to re-set my energy and focus... The sun is out, I can feel the sun shining. And yet, there's a heaviness on my chest. Today is a cry… Continue reading Cry Day(s)
Holiday Happiness!
It's been quite a wonderful holiday thus far! We are busy, busy at the Shields' house, but happy and full - inside and out. Santa came with a wildly generous heart...so Christmas morning was a rustle with paper tearing and loud yelps of joy. The one thing that Jett wished for was a Lego Millennium… Continue reading Holiday Happiness!