Snakes and Ladders can simply be a game; it can also sometimes reflect something more significant, writes Cathrin Bradbury.
“Onnnnne, twooooo, threeeeee …”
I’m playing Snakes and Ladders with the three-year-old grandson, and I’ve just rolled 12. As I slowly move along the board, the grandson yanks his hair in both fists while spinning in circles before he takes my player and puts it on number 12. He presses his nose to mine and looks into my eyes to make sure I’ve absorbed the lesson that there’s no time to waste in the game of Snakes and Ladders. It slowly dawns on me that…
Snakes and Ladders can simply be a game; it can also sometimes reflect something more significant, writes Cathrin Bradbury.
“Onnnnne, twooooo, threeeeee …”
I’m playing Snakes and Ladders with the three-year-old grandson, and I’ve just rolled 12. As I slowly move along the board, the grandson yanks his hair in both fists while spinning in circles before he takes my player and puts it on number 12. He presses his nose to mine and looks into my eyes to make sure I’ve absorbed the lesson that there’s no time to waste in the game of Snakes and Ladders. It slowly dawns on me that he thinks I’m the insane one.
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worked as a leader and top editor of major news organizations and magazines for 40 years. A quick rundown of her career includes Senior News Director at CBC News; Editor-in-Chief of Metro News; Senior Editor at Macleans; and Managing Editor at the Globe and Mail, where she won two National Newspaper Award for Special Projects. Cathrin is the author of "The Bright Side," a memoir published by Penguin Random House in 2021. As a freelance writer for the Star, she writes features and a column called "The 3/4 Life Crisis," and is a regular contributor to major Canadian media. She lives in Toronto.