Tag: Life

• Amelia’s Surgery at SickKids

  

  Celebrating Amelia’s 7th birthday at SickKids was definitely not on my bingo card for 2025, but that was what happened. I must have verbally told this story a hundred times to family, friends, and coworkers, and now I will share it on this blog for posterity. I would imagine this would be an interesting read…

• Happy Birthday, Hei Hei!

  

  My boy, Athan or Hei Hei as we lovingly call him, is now officially a teenager! Wow, how time has flown by! He’s going to be in Grade 8 this September and we’re all very proud of him. God has blessed him with many graces and I’d like to share some of them with you…

• That Gnawing Feeling

  

  Have you ever had a gnawing feeling that something is wrong in this world? I have! Come explore this with me as I reflect on seemingly disconnected things like The Matrix, Laura Story, and St. Augustine.

• Date with Kids: An Update

  

  Back in 2018, Renee and I started a family ritual of taking turns to go on 1-on-1 dates with each of the kids. I wrote about this briefly in my 2019 review post. We have continued this family ritual and only wish we have more consistency in it. At times, we would do this a…

• Introducing Trickling Sand!

  

  Today, the name of my blog is changing from the very unique and creative “Felix’s Blog” 🤣 to “Trickling Sand”! This change has been in the making for several years. Something There When my firstborn, Adele, was born, I started this personal blog. I didn’t really have a goal for the blog at the time…

• Dropping Off the Teenager in the Mornings

  

  Adele is in grade 9 now and takes the Mississauga bus to school.  She has to catch the 7:15 am bus in order to get to school on time.  Since the bus stop is about 1 km away, I had decided to drop her off in the mornings.  It’s a short 3-minute roundtrip and it’s…

• Family Alberta Trip 2021

  

  After being mostly cooped up at home for a year and a half after the COVID pandemic started in 2020, we made our first out-of-province trip in September 2021.  The last time Renee and I were in Western Canada was before we had kids, about 13 years prior (although I had been several times in…

• Collecting Comics: Picking Up My Childhood Hobby

  

    Me and My Prized Possession – Amazing Spider-man #361, 1st Appearance of Carnage Like many kids growing up in Canada, collecting baseball cards and comics was a big part of my childhood.  Particularly, when I was in grade 7 and 8, I spent much of my spare time reading, drawing, buying, and trading comics. …

• My Encounter with Racism

  When I was between 10 and 14 years old, newspaper/flyer delivery was a major source of income for me.  First, I had a flyer route that paid $20/month for delivering 70 sets of flyers each week to my neighbors.  The job included assembling flyers from multiple stores into one package and then delivering them throughout…

• COVID-19 Baby Boom? Is it real? Yes…and No. 6 is On Its Way!

  

  Yes, we have anecdotal evidence that the COVID-19 lockdown has started a baby boom!  Renee and I are pleased to introduce Baby No. 6!  Amelia is now two and a half years old so we’re definitely overdue! LOL! This time, we’re really going to fill the Odyssey and there will not be any spots for…