Mondays with Mom

My mom is definitely solution-oriented. In fact, I joke that she will find solutions for her solutions! So when she encountered some mysterious marks (stains?) on her dressing table, she tried everything! But this time that can-do spirit ended up causing more problems instead of solving them... at least at first. But, as we learn, it's important to never give up even when the situation seems dire!

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My heart's a stereo... This week's story is how my stepdad George courted my mom. And while all the high adrenaline and super cliche romantic stuff made an impression, one of the most romantic things George did for my mom was deal with a mess of wires and an outdated sound system.

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When my sister Tina finally found an apartment, the next challenge was how to furnish it when money was tight... Cue my mom, ever resourceful and on a mission to help Tina out in any way she could (although Tina didn't need much help from mom in the end). What Tina definitely did not expect was that this would include bringing a microwave all the way from Greece in a carry-on suitcase!

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A story with an unusual start and another story with a surprising link. Kindness and treating patients as human leads to an unlikely friendship between my mom and a man she meets in ICU. And somehow there are also ants and wasps thrown in the mix!

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This week we talk about dreaded early morning phone calls, the link between water and grief and how our little townhouse flooded (which I was allegedly responsible for). In a moment of panic and despair, we're grateful we can look back at how it all started with a good sense of humour!

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Kindness truly changes lives. This week focuses on some of the times my mom was on the receiving end of unexpected kindness in hard times, and how her own kindenss was repayed back to her. As the saying goes, it pays to be kind, and these stories are proof of that.

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What happens when a hotel room is overrun by carpet bugs, or when a giant parktown prawn appears where you least expect it? In this episode of Mondays with Mom, my mom shares hilarious, shocking, and slightly traumatic stories about the insect invaders and creepy crawlies that have made their mark over the years.

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In my mom's life, nothing seems to just be easy and simple. I am a prime example of this. Picture this, a first time mom (soon to be single mom too) panicking because her baby just won't eat! (... allegedly *cough* *cough*). Moms all deserve an award for putting up with us and my mom really deserves a whole solid gold statue for her perseverance, love, creativity and ingenuity to get her first child to eat something and stay alive!

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Before the days of LinkedIn and being ghosted by companies' recruiters online, my mom talks about her own work experience during a rural hospital block rotation which was nothing short of wild. Getting super sick, far away from home was definitely not the plan, but it ended up working out in the end and led my mom to her first job. And if all I have to face is some rejection emails, I'm pretty grateful, especially after hearing my mom's stories!

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Your fiancé is sick in hospital and your future in-laws put you in charge of feeding their pitbulls while they're away. This might be the wildest puppy-sitting story you'll listen to because while the dogs were fine... The house wasn't! A wild case of a puppy party gone wrong, and a surprise workout routine all in one!

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