Kelly McQuillan

Kelly McQuillan
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Kelly McQuillan is a writer, musician, teacher, and fledgling mother living in Comox, BC. kellymcquillanwriter.weebly.com

Starting the New Year with Grace

This past summer as I rummaged through some papers (so many papers), I uncovered a beautiful journal that one of my students had gifted...

Helping Our Tweens & Teens Navigate Conflict

The “tweens” (between the ages of 8 or 9 and 12) are rough. Carefree childhood innocence rapidly slips away as kids encounter higher expectations...

Letting Go of Holiday Expectations

Let's imagine for a minute: What would it be like if this holiday season and beyond, into 2023, we all collectively let go of...

15 Time- (& Tear!) Saving Back-to-School Hacks

As surely as the seasons cycle, September means back-to-school. The abrupt change from long, care-free days of summer holidays to rigid schedules, bag lunches...

A Digital Disconnect…for a real-time re-connect

I never thought I would be one of those parents. You know, the distracted parent, engrossed in something on their phone/tablet/laptop while their child...

Reclaiming Meaning in the Season of Stuff

The decorations started appearing during the lazy, hazy days of summer—glints of tinsel and multi-coloured lights, side-by-side with water toys and Halloween candy, a...

Making Peace with the ‘Season’

Recently an anonymous poster in a mom’s group spoke of feeling lost in motherhood and craving something outside of the domestic realm through which...

The Saving ‘Grace’ of the Redo

“Tomorrow is a new day.”My mom has often used these words (memorably uttered by the irrepressible literary heroine, Anne Shirley) to placate and...

Raising an Extrovert

(When Small Talk Scares You) I am a textbook introvert, with a generous helping of social anxiety thrown in that makes me cautious with interpersonal...

The Power of a Mama Hug

I don’t often suffer from writer’s block, but I’ve certainly wrestled with it lately. After weeks of COVID-19 lockdown we’re trying to negotiate a...

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