SUMMER HOLIDAYS...

All of us are working hard to sustain our daily needs and to support our family. Working hard is not easy. It gives you lots of stress. I think we need time out sometimes from our jobs. Summer is coming and it is a nice season to pamper ourselves and get out from work. My family will be having it's summer holiday this coming June 28 to July 3. We plan lots of places to visit. We hope that time and weather will cooperate with us so that we can visit all the places we wish to visit. Our itinerary are as follows: June 28 - leave Saskatoon at 5:00 in the morning heading Drumheller, Alberta and plan to have dinner there after that we will travel straight to Calgary and stay overnight there to visit there zoo, tower, fort and Callaway park. June 29 - we will be heading to Sicamous, British Columbia. We will be staying there for 3 nights at my friend's aunt. We will have a chance to see the beautiful tourist attraction in this place. They said that you can see beautiful house boats in Sicamous. Hopefully we can afford to rent one because they said it is expensive to rent one. We plan to rent one just to gain experience about having a house boat. Also plans to visit some of there beautiful attractions. July 2 - we will heading home but we will spend overnight at Banff, Alberta. In Banff, Alberta we plan to visit there Banff Gondola, Lake Louise, Kicking Horse Sightseeing Gondola & Grizzly Bear Refuge and the Glacier adventure. June 3- heading back home in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
There will be ten of us who are going to the said holiday adventure. We will use our own cars. There will be two cars and each car will have a maximum of five passengers. We just hope that the kids will cooperate with us specially in travelling since it is a very long drive for them. But we will sit to it that they will be entertain with their gadgets while we are travelling. We are very excited on this trip. We are starting our count down on Saturday since it will be June already.
How about you guys what's your plan this coming Summer? Do you have plans the same as my family have? or maybe it's more different. More exciting and challenging. Hope all of us will have a very good summer this year.

THE STRUGGLE OF A SINGLE MOM IN A NEW LAND...

Being a mom is not an easy task. It is even more challenging if you are a single mom. I have a friend who is a single mom. Her name is Lorrie. She arived in Canada last July as a permanent resident. She was two months pregnant when she arrived here. She didn't know what life she would be having or how she would start her new life in Canada knowing that she was pregnant. She stayed at her aunt's place. It was not easy for her to search for a job. After a month of searching she found a decent part-time job as floor associate in Walmart. A few months later she was hired as a food service worker in a hospital. She worked hard so that she could buy stuff for her coming baby. She worked two part-time jobs and worked night and day just to earn the money.

In February 2010 at nine o'clock in the evening she gave birth to an 8lb, 52.5 cm baby boy. She was so happy when she saw her first baby. She was a mom now. From that day the struggle of being a single mom started.

Two months after giving birth she went back to work because she didn't receive any help from the government since her hours of work didn't met the requirements to get an employment insurance. It was not easy for her to leave her son at a very young age to the babysitter. Good thing her sister helped her take care of her baby when she went to work. Her routine everyday was dropping off and picking up her son at the babysitter, going to work and after work taking care of her son.

Months later she got a permanent full-time position in the hospital. She worked a full-time job and a part-time job. Sometimes she worked 12 hours a day just to sustain their basic needs. It was hard for her to be away from her son for long hours but she couldn't do anything about it because she was the only one making money for them to live on. The first year of her stay in Canada was full of struggles.

After a year her son still couldn't speak that much. He would only use gestures to communicate. She brought him to a community clinic for vaccination one day and the nurse asked her if her son was talking much. She told the nurse that he was not talking as much as other kids of the same age. So the nurse give her advised on what to do and she decided to send her son to a speech therapist. This was another challenge for her since no one could bring her son to therapy. So she decided to trade all her shifts just to make the days of her son's therapy.

Every time the season changed her son would get sick and have a high fever. He was prone to seizures so everytime he got a high fever he would have seizure. He could only take Tylenol for medication because he was allergic to Advil. So that was another challenge for her, not to let her son's fever go too high. Her son would had an ear infection and had to be hospitalized for five days with pneumonia. It was then she decided to quit her other part-time job so that she could spend more time looking after him. She decided not to take any overtime so that she could spend her days off with her son, who was everything to her.

I felt sorry for her seeing the struggle she is having. One day, I finally decided to help her. I asked my husband if it was okay if we would help Lorrie. We were married for ten years and didn't have any children. On September of 2012 we decided to move into a duplex together with Lorrie to help her take care of her son. When she went to work early in the morning I would be the one who babysat her son. When she came home after work we would hand him back. If she worked late she would leave her son at the babysitter. We would treat her as our younger sister and her son as our little nephew. So far this situation is helping her. My husband and I are very happy to see them every day.

Right now, her son is a three-year-old boy. He is very energetic and very active. She let him join some activities this summer and brings him to his therapies and doctor's appointments. She is now used to their daily routine. Being a single mom is a challenging role. I am very proud of my friend Lorrie because she is brave enough to face the storm by herself. I know that there will be more trials that she will be facing later but I think she can manage them. But there's one thing that she is afraid of, the day her son ask "Who is my dad?" "Where is my dad?"

THE STRUGGLE OF A SINGLE MOM IN A NEW LAND...

 

Being a mom is not an easy task. It  is even more challenging if you are a single mom. I have a friend who is a single mom. Her name is Lorrie. She arived in Canada last July as a permanent resident. She was two months pregnant when she arrived here. She didn't know what life she would be having or  how she would start her new life in Canada knowing that she was pregnant. She stayed at her aunt's place. It was not easy for her to search for a job. After a month of searching she found a deccent part-time job as floor associate in Walmart.  A few months later she was hired as a food service worker in a hospital. She worked hard so that she canTense buy stuff for her coming baby. She worked two part-time jobs and worked night and day just to earn the money.

In February 2010 at nine o'clock in the evening she gave birth to an 8lb,52.5 cm baby boy. She was so happy when she saw her first baby. She was a mom now. From that day the struggle of being a single mom started.

Two months after giving birth she went back to work because she didn't received any help from the government since her hours of work didn't met the requirements to get an employment insurance. It was not easy for her to leave her son at a very young age to the babysitter. Good thing her sister helped her take care of her baby when she went to work. Her routine everyday was dropping and picking up her son at the babysitter, going to work and after work she was taking care of her son.

Months later she got a permanent full-time position in the hospital. She worked a full-time job and a part-time job. Sometimes she worked 12 hours a day just to sustain their basic needs. It was hard for her to be away from her son for long hours but she couldn't do anything about it because she was the only one making money for them to live on. The first year of her stay in Canada was full of struggles.

After a year her son still couldn't speak that much. He would only use gestures to communicate. She brought him to a community clinic for a vaccination one day and the nurse asked her if her son was talking much. She told the nurse that he was not talking as much as other kids of the same age. So the nurse give advised her on what to do and she decided to send her son to a speech therapist. This was another challenge for her since no one could bring her son to therapy. So she decided to trades all her shifts just to make the days of her son's therapy.

Every time the season changes her son would get sick and have a high fever. He was prone to seizures so everytime he got a high fever he would have seizure. He could only take Tylenol for medication because he was allergic to Advil. So that was another challenge for her, not to let her son's fever go too high. Her son would have an ear infection and have to be hospitalized for five days with pneumonia. It was then she decided to quit her other part-time job so that she could spend more time looking after him. She decided not to take any overtime so that she could spend her days off with her son, who was everything to her.

I felt sorry for her seeing the struggle she is having. One day, I finally decided to help her. I asked my husband if it was okay if we will helped Lorrie. We were married for ten years and didn't have any children. So on September of 2012 we decided to move into a duplex together with Lorrie to help her take care of her son. When she went to work early in the morning would be the one who babysat her son. When she came home after work we would hand him back. If she worked late shewould leave her son at the babysitter. We would treat her as our younger sister and her son as our little nephew. So far this situation is helping her. My husband and I are very happy to see them every day.

Right now, her son is three-year-old boy. He is very energetic and very active. She let him join some activities this summer and brings him to his therapies and doctor's appointments. She is now used to their daily routine. Being a single mom is a  challenging role. I am very proud of my friend Lorrie because she is brave enough to face the storm by herself. I know that there will be more trials that she will be facing later but I think she can manage them. But there's  one thing that she is afraid of, the day her son "Who is my dad?" "Where is my dad?"

The struggle of a single mom in a new land...

Being a mom is not an easy task. It  is more challenging if you are a single mom. I have a friend who is a single mom. Her name is Lorrie. She arived in Canada last July of 2009 as a permanent resident. She was two months pregnant when she arrived here. She doesn't know what life she will be having in her and how she will start her new life in Canada knowing that she is pregnant. She stayed on her aunt's place. It is not easy for her to search for a job. After a month of searching she found a descent part time job as floor associate in Walmart. Few months later she was hired as a food service worker in a hospital. She worked hard so that she can buy stuff for her coming baby. She worked two part time jobs and make nights as days just to earn money.
February of 2010 at nine o'clock in the evening she gave birth to an 8lb and 52.5 cm baby boy. She was so happy when she saw her first baby. She is now a mom. Since that day the struggle of being a single mom started.
After two months of giving birth she went back to work because she doesn't received any help from the government since her hours of work doesn't met the requirements to get an employment insurance when she give birth. It is not easy for her to leave her son at a very young age to the babysitter. Good thing her sister helps her take care of her baby when she goes to work. Her routine everyday is dropping and picking up her son to the babysitter, work and after work  taking care of her son.
Months later she got a permanent full time position in the hospital . She worked a full-time job and a part-time job. Sometimes she worked 12 hours a day just to sustain their basic needs. It is hard for her to be away from her son for long hours but she can't do anything for it because she is the only one making money for them to live. The first year of her stay in Canada was full of struggle.
After a year her son still cannot speak that much. He uses his gestures to communicate. She brings him to a community clinic for a vaccination one day and the nurse asked her if her son is talking lots. She told the nurse that he is not talking that much as the other kids of the same age. So the nurse give her an advice on what to do and she decided to send her son to a speech therapist. It is another challenge to her since no one will bring her son to the theraphy. So she decided to trades all her shifts just to compensate the days of her son's theraphy. 
Everytime the season change her son will get sick and always have a high fever. He is prone to seizure so evrytime he got a high fever he will have seizure. He can only take tylenol for medication because he is allergic to advil. So it's another challenge for her not to let her son's fever go high. Her son will always have an ear infection and it comes to the point that her son was admitted five days in the hospital for having a pneumonia. That time she decided to quit her other part-time job so that she can spend more time looking after her son. She decided not to take any overtime to her full-time job so that she can spend her days off with her son. Her son is everything to him.
I feel sorry for her because I can see the struggle that she is having. One day I finally decided to help her I asked my husband if it'sokay to him if we will help Lorrie. We've been married for ten years and we don't have a son. So September of 2012 we decided to move to a duplex together with Lorrie. I help her taking care of her son. When she goes to work early in the morning I am the one who babyset's her son. When she goes home after work we take place of taking care of her son. If she work late she drops her son to the babysitter. We treat her as our younger sister and her son as our little nephew. So far this situation helps her. Me and my husband are very happy to see them everyday.
Right now her son is a three year old boy. He is very energitic and very active. She let him join some activities this summer. Brings him to  his therapies and doctor's appoinments. She is now used to their daily routine. Being a single mom is really challenging role. I am very proud to my friend Lorrie because  she is brave enough to face the storm by herself.  I know that there will be more trials that she will be facing later but I think she can manage to face it. But there's  one thing that she is afraid of , the day wherein her son will ask him these questions. "Who is my dad?" "Where is my dad?".