An Alberta woman is Canada's latest internet sensation and being hailed at a 'Perfectly Canadian' mom.
During the intermission of a recent amateur hockey tournament in Grande Prairie, Serah Small was photographed nursing her 8-week-old daughter Ellie in the team's dressing room.
The photo, which shows Small still dressed in half her hockey gear, was shared by the Milky Way Lactation Services Facebook page and praised her for showing the world that any mother can "do the things you love to do, and keep your baby close."
The post was flooded with positive messages, prompting Small to share another and her story, which for her was learning just what her body was capable of.
"This weekend I played four games with a short bench and really learned how different my body is," she wrote. "I felt slower and lost at first on the ice. My body wasn't doing the things my brain thought it could. But I have never been more proud of myself and my body."
"How beautiful to see a mother and a woman doing two great things at once," said one comment below the original photo. "It also seems perfectly Canadian of her."