Candidate for Councillor and Mom

When I sit down to write this blog I usually have 2 or 3 thoughts or issues that I would like to bring forward. I pick one and then start writing. It is usually later in the evening and often John is busy getting the kids lunches ready and I am just about ready to call it a night as well.Tonight I was ready to start writing and then our son decided to put his Halloween fake eye onto his eye with kid’s silly putty. I have no idea why this sounded like a good idea to him (he is 11 years old) but it did. He came to John and I after he had put his scary fake eyeball in place and was now trying to remove it. Well they eyeball came out but not the silly putty, not right away anyway.... It is about an hour or so since we started the task of getting the goop off of our son’s eye lid, lashes and brow. Poor little guy he was scared but put on a brave face for me as I painstakingly and gently rubbed of the goop from his eye with my pinky finger.All is well now. We got it all off, got him showered and to bed. Once again John is getting the lunches together for tomorrow and I am sitting down to write. The funny thing is that for the life of me all I can think about it that crazy silly putty in our son's eye. While I was confident I could get it all out and it would all be ok, I did have a few moments of thinking how fragile our little guy is, how I would do anything to protect him, and how we all have to take chance to learn and grow ...that is life and that is what there is to do.I am glad my children have the chance to make their mistakes with us in a city like Toronto where there are hospitals, emergency service, police service, schools and support services that are second to none. These are things I am proud of and that I am committed to supporting and enhancing as our city grows and changes.