Back in March, we announced a Pharmacist Awareness Month contest where readers could submit a personal story about how their pharmacist has made a difference in their lives. We had plenty of great entries and a winner has been chosen! We can’t share the winners name (for confidentiality reasons) but we do have her story … Read more
My son and I have always loved reading together. I’ve been reading to him since he was a tiny baby and now (as he prepares for grade one) he can read some books to me. Nothing beats snuggling in bed while reading a book together. I’ve loved reading since I was a kid too; in … Read more
My friends warned me that the first year of school would be filled with a lot of sick days and they were right! My son is in kindergarten now and he’s already had a handful of sick days as kids in the class pass around germs. Thankfully I work from home so I’m able to … Read more
A couple of months ago, my son woke up crying with a fever so I went to my medicine cabinet to get the thermometer only to discover that both of my thermometers were no longer working. This is when “update the medicine cabinet” went onto my to-do list. When is the last time you looked … Read more
We’ve all heard jokes about the “man flu” and if the man in your life has been sick with the flu you may have your own theories on whether this really exists or not. Do men really experience symptoms of the flu worse than women do? Are men more likely to get the flu than … Read more
I still remember the drive home from the hospital with my newborn son. I was extremely nervous to put him in the car seat fearing that I was doing it wrong. Every little bump on the road, brake or acceleration of the vehicle made me cringe with fear that we’d injure him before we even … Read more