I was going to write this blog post about how the Canadian women have been rocking the Olympics. I've been thinking about it all week, planning it out in my head, just waiting for the perfect kid free moment to write it all down. I mean last Sunday the medal standing was at 12 medals for Canada, all of them earned by women. That day I read this article in the Winnipeg Free … [Read more...]
What’s it like to be the mother of an Olympic athlete? #ThankYouMom
What's it like to be the mother of an Olympic athlete? I get teary eyed at school events and banjo recitals. I can't even imagine what it would feel like, to be there in the crowd at the Olympics watching my child perform. Then add in the fact that cameras might be watching you, to see what your reaction is as your child is performing. Ack. Pressure. I don't think I could … [Read more...]
How Canadian Men Talk About Our Olympic Athletes
There were these three guys talking loudly on the train ride home the other day (when I was riding home to Windsor from Toronto). I couldn't help overhearing them as they went on about various olympic athletes and how Canada's been making out so far in Rio. I wasn't really paying attention, but it was a constant background noise, and then they started talking about the bodies … [Read more...]