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Signs It’s Time to Replace Your Home’s Siding. Photo of a renovation lift in front of a townhome by Robert So via Pexels.
Bonnie Way May 1, 2026

6 Signs It’s Time to Replace Your Home’s Siding

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House & Home
When Closeness Isn't Enough: Finding the Missing Piece in Our Bedtime Routine. Photo of smiling baby sleeping in mom's lap by Helena Lopes via Pexels.
Bonnie Way April 30, 2026

When Closeness Isn’t Enough: Finding the Missing Piece in Our Bedtime Routine

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Baby (0-12 months)
Pregnancy Discharge: What’s Normal and When to Pay Attention. Photo of woman wearing black pants and a white sweatshirt with her hands cupped under her pregnant tummy by Ivan S via Pexels.
Bonnie Way April 28, 2026

Pregnancy Discharge: What’s Normal and When to Pay Attention

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Pregnancy & Birth
What Are Signs a Teen May Need PTSD Treatment? Photo of teenager sitting on his bed with his hands in his head by Pavel Polyakov via Pexels.
Bonnie Way April 26, 2026

What Are Signs a Teen May Need PTSD Treatment?

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Teens (13-19)

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Mothering

Signs It’s Time to Replace Your Home’s Siding. Photo of a renovation lift in front of a townhome by Robert So via Pexels.
Bonnie Way May 1, 2026

6 Signs It’s Time to Replace Your Home’s Siding

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House & Home
When Closeness Isn't Enough: Finding the Missing Piece in Our Bedtime Routine. Photo of smiling baby sleeping in mom's lap by Helena Lopes via Pexels.
Bonnie Way April 30, 2026

When Closeness Isn’t Enough: Finding the Missing Piece in Our Bedtime Routine

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Baby (0-12 months)
Pregnancy Discharge: What’s Normal and When to Pay Attention. Photo of woman wearing black pants and a white sweatshirt with her hands cupped under her pregnant tummy by Ivan S via Pexels.
Bonnie Way April 28, 2026

Pregnancy Discharge: What’s Normal and When to Pay Attention

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Pregnancy & Birth
What Are Signs a Teen May Need PTSD Treatment? Photo of teenager sitting on his bed with his hands in his head by Pavel Polyakov via Pexels.
Bonnie Way April 26, 2026

What Are Signs a Teen May Need PTSD Treatment?

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Teens (13-19)

Homeschool

Four of the Best Extracurriculars for Fostering Your Child’s Creativity. Photo of kids in a ballet studio by cottonbro studio via Pexels.
Bonnie Way March 25, 2026

4 of the Best Extracurriculars for Fostering Your Child’s Creativity

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Homeschool
How Rhyming Helps Children Learn to Read. Photo of mom reading to her son by Tara Winstead via Pexels.
Bonnie Way February 3, 2026

How Rhyming Helps Children Learn to Read

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Homeschool
Using Early Learning Principles to Create a More Successful Homeschool. Photo of mom helping son write in a notebook by Tima Miroshnichenko via Pexels.
Bonnie Way January 26, 2026

Using Early Learning Principles to Create a More Successful Homeschool

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Homeschool
Balancing Travel, Homeschooling, and Family Communication. Photo of two children doing workbooks on a train by Bonnie Way.
Bonnie Way September 9, 2025

Balancing Travel, Homeschooling, and Family Communication

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Homeschool

Travel

How to Work From Bali (or Anywhere) without Sacrificing Productivity. Image of Duex Float portable monitor on a laptop via Mobile Pixels.
Bonnie Way April 22, 2026

How to Work From Bali (or Anywhere) without Sacrificing Productivity

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Travel
Last-Minute Cruise Booking Tips: How to Grab Great Deals and Still Travel Smart. Photo of the ocean from the deck of a cruise ship by Dannysee via Pixabay.
Bonnie Way April 14, 2026

Last-Minute Cruise Booking Tips: How to Grab Great Deals and Still Travel Smart

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Travel
Family Fun Around the World: Destinations Kids Will Love. Photo of dad and two kids hanging out with a yellow suitcase by Ketut Subiyanto via Pexels.
Bonnie Way January 18, 2026

Family Fun Around the World: Destinations Kids Will Love

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Travel
Have Your Tea and Hike with it too! Photo of Umi travel tea set sitting on a rocky viewpoint by Bonnie Way.
Bonnie Way December 4, 2025

Have Your Tea and Hike with it too!

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Vancouver, BC

Entertainment

Author Julie Swendsen Young chats with TKM. Photo of Julie and her book cover via her website.
Bonnie Way April 4, 2026

Author Julie Swendsen Young chats with TKM

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Interview
"This movie is a brilliant look at the effects of abuse and how therapy can help a person move forward. However, Good Will Hunting gets one important thing wrong about therapy." Movie cover via Amazon.
Bonnie Way March 17, 2026

What Good Will Hunting Gets Wrong about Therapy

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Movies
"'You're such a good mother.' That's what they say, and I know they mean it kindly, but it's all that anyone ever sees about me or knows about me. 'Elly Sparrow, good mother.' That's not about me, that's about my kids. How they behave, how they look. What if I didn't have kids? What about that person? Somewhere in here is me." Quote from Rules for Mothers by Julie Swendsen Young.
Bonnie Way March 10, 2026

Rules for Mothers by Julie Swendsen Young (book review)

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Fiction
Wuthering Heights: a story of dysfunctional family and generational abuse. Photo of hardcover copy of Wuthering Heights against a green background by Bonnie Way.
Bonnie Way March 3, 2026

Wuthering Heights: a story of dysfunctional family and generational abuse

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Fiction

About Me

Bonnie Way. Photo by N. Way.

Bonnie Way is a Canadian work-at-home mom with five children, ages 17 to 7, who wants to help you keep your kids as close as koalas.  Read more…

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Recent Posts

  • 6 Signs It’s Time to Replace Your Home’s Siding
  • When Closeness Isn’t Enough: Finding the Missing Piece in Our Bedtime Routine
  • Pregnancy Discharge: What’s Normal and When to Pay Attention
  • What Are Signs a Teen May Need PTSD Treatment?
  • What Your Garage Door Is Trying to Tell You (Before It Stops Working Altogether)

Books by Bonnie Way

Book by Bonnie Way: North American Martyrs Kids Activity Book, Canadian Saints Kids Activity Book, Love Rebel: Reclaiming Motherhood (an anthology), and Beginner's Guide to Growing Baby
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Blog Archive

The Koala Mom’s Top 10 Posts

1. Face Masks for Kids: 5 Simple, Quick Recipes 2. Patron Saints of Pregnancy and Childbirth 3. Patron Saints of Marriage 4. Patron Saints of Students 5. Books of the Bible at a glance: 66 Printable Bible Reference Sheets 6. Paw Patrol Learning Activities for Preschoolers 8. 100 Cool Saints Under 25 for Young Catholics 9. St. Anne, Grandmother of Jesus and Patron Saint of Pregnancy 10. The Lazy Mom's Guide to Girl's Saint Costumes

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