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What not to do when somebody's dead - Keep Your Head UpKeep Your Head Up
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What not to do when somebody’s dead. May 8th, 2015 Posted by Amy Boughner. An interesting thing has happened in this whole process of visitations and funerals and wakes and I wanted to pass it on. You see, my dad knew a lot of people in his life. Like A LOT. Many of these people came to the visitation we held on Thursday night. Many more came to the visitation we held on Friday afternoon. Now, here comes the “seriously? This is not about you. It is not about making you feel good that you were such a ...
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No way, Joe Oliver. April 22nd, 2015 Posted by Amy Boughner. I watched a bit of the budget yesterday, I followed some of the coverage, I tweeted about some of the issues. It was until this morning that I saw Joe Oliver’s quip about leaving the repercussions of the decisions in this budget to “ Stephen Harper’s granddaughter. It made me angry at the time. I shared the story, marking it as disgusting. Tonight I was thinking about it and I actually got emotional. Two of my most important people. Now Jack...
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A Farewell - Keep Your Head UpKeep Your Head Up
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May 10th, 2015 Posted by Amy Boughner. I don’t know how my Dad would feel about me going with my first draft, but it felt right. So I went with this:. Growing up a Scanlon in Old Ottawa South, I was constantly asked the question ‘Oh, are you related to Joe Scanlon? This week has been difficult because I chose to change my name when I got married and now I feel almost desperate for people to know that yes, he’s my Dad. I am a Scanlon. So I have to thank my Dad for the traits he passed on to me. I have...
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Author Archives: Amy Boughner. August 17th, 2016 Posted by Amy Boughner. 0 Comments http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amyboughner.ca%2F2016%2F08%2F17%2Ftop-chef%2F. When I got the email asking me if I wanted to try out Chef’s Plate. A service that delivers a recipe and all its required ingredients to your door, I jumped. Meal planning has never been easy, and since the kid’s declaration that she wants to be vegetarian. And our final product, a white pizza with a green bean salad, was pretty good too. If you want to try o...
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Sometimes you have to be a little bit naughty. July 24th, 2016 Posted by Amy Boughner. Comments Off on Sometimes you have to be a little bit naughty. When I was 10 or 11 I think it was 1992 my mother took us to Toronto for three days. We stayed in a fancy hotel right on Yonge St, we shopped down Yonge at all the giant music stores that have since gone out of business, we got to rent a movie to watch in our hotel room. And she took us to see Phantom of the Opera. There is something special about the mix o...
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Two weeks gone - Keep Your Head UpKeep Your Head Up
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May 16th, 2015 Posted by Amy Boughner. As of today it will be two weeks that my father has been dead. He died two Saturday mornings ago, after talking to his partner and going to the gym. We found out that afternoon. A week later was the funeral. And then I had the room to myself and I got to talk to him. I got to tell him that I wasn’t done with him. We’ve been building this relationship, we’ve been getting so much better. I wasn’t done. I also had this idea in my head that I would learn from him and ma...
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Wake up call - Keep Your Head UpKeep Your Head Up
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April 30th, 2015 Posted by Amy Boughner. While last month marked 10 years since our first kiss and the start of our relationship, there is a very important role that Joe plays that I’ve never touched on. Joe does something for me that I have never been able to do for him. For almost a decade he has been my alarm clock. Now, if I’m bad at getting up early, I’m even worse at doing it by myself. Keeping the lights out, being quiet, not resenting the still sleeping person…. Copy Protected by Tech Tips.
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Welcome to my depression. August 9th, 2016 Posted by Amy Boughner. 3 Comments http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amyboughner.ca%2F2016%2F08%2F09%2Fwelcome-to-my-depression%2F. Welcome to my depression. Two days ago I was feeling pretty good, and then yesterday I started to doubt my reasoning. I had a good morning – got some work done, got my exercise in, ate well. And then in the afternoon I decided to take a nap and I woke up less well. The last time I was completely off my medication I slept all day and could often be f...
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May 1st, 2015 Posted by Amy Boughner. Since before she was born we had plans to call the kid by her shortened middle name. That’s always who she was going to be, and it fit her completely. Last week she told us tentatively at dinner that she wants to go by the full name, no shortening. We told her that was fine, if that’s what she wanted. It’s her name, her identity. We wrote a note to her teacher letting her know and we began the process of trying to remember to call her by her full name. I mean, that&#...
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