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Patience Required

By Free As Trees on Sep 15, 2017 in: photo

Thank you for your patience. Thank you for your compassionate smile as my son loads onto the bus on a lift that takes his wheelchair up. He smiles down at me as we wait for the driver to get on and then roll him in. You see us smiling and it’s cont...

On my first Mother’s Day I was carrying a photo with me of Sebastian in an incubator, connected to machines, as I was waiting for the second bus that would take us to the hospital to see him. We ran into one of Ali’s previous work colleag...

…with the new Splashy, by Firefly. We were super excited to receive the new bath seat, the Splashy for Sebastian to try out. Sebastian chose green (one of his favourite colours) and that’s all we knew about the product until it arrived in...

Do Better

By Free As Trees on Jan 13, 2017 in: Love, Activism, Health, Canada

As we were leaving Sebastian’s nutrition clinic the doctor said ‘You are doing a good job. But you can do better.’ Um, thanks? I bit my lip to hold back the tears. I felt defeated. Again. It had been a tough week and rough couple of...

What I See

By Free As Trees on Aug 2, 2016 in: Canada, Love

‘I love you, Sebastian. Do you love me?’ Tallula leans over me to see her big brother, anchored down into the accessible spot on the GO bus back to the train station. Sebastian smiles. Tallula sees him and repeats his ‘yes’ ou...

On Friday I took the kids to Kortright Maple Syrup Farm to meet Sebastian’s class for a school field trip. We were running late due to a morning appointment and I wavered between going and staying home. The clouds hung heavy and rain was in the...

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