The 52 Week Project – A portrait of my son, once a week, every week for one year. 8/52 – Bath time is quickly becoming a favourite time around here. Gone are the days of my tiny little baby’s eyes opening wide with confusion as…
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my sunshine
Read moreyou are my sunshine, my only sunshine. you make my happy, when skies are grey. you’ll never know dear, how much i love you. mornings are so special. m. & i lie in bed until we hear our little one begin to stir. he usually…
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No Such Thing as Perfect
Read more“You don’t love someone because they’re perfect… You love them in spite of the fact that they’re not.” — Jodi Picoult, My Sister’s Keeper Recently I shared something with a friend who I hadn’t been in touch with for awhile. I shared a difficult situation…
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Cleaning Out My Closet
Read moreRemember how mortified I was after sharing a peek of my closet? Ugh. Well, I finally got around to cleaning that thing up. It was an emotional process and I did it in two parts. As I mentioned in the challenge post, the first part…
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A Year of Magical Thinking
Read moreStay close to nature’s heart, and break clear away once in awhile, and climb a mountain, or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean. –John Muir It amazes me how quickly and intensely my life changes when I set my mind to…
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Sweet Peas & Banana Cookies
Read moreSweet peas & banana cookies for breakfast. Mama forgot the bib. How does he always manage to get it in his nose!? The messier it gets, the happier he is. For that smile, though, I’ll deal with all the messes. Happy Tuesday, friends! xo
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Focusing Inward
Read moreThis morning I spent fifteen, divine, uninterrupted minutes stretching and meditating. It was the first time, I’d done so in… a year or more? I mean, I’ve stretched, but not like that. Not with complete quiet and no distractions and the most blissful silence you…
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Happy New Year, Welcome 2014!
Read moreLast night, as I was sleeping, I dreamt that I had a beehive here inside my heart. And the golden bees were making white combs and sweet honey from my old failures. —Antonio Machado I’ve heard it said that what you are doing at midnight…
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Christmas Festivities 2013
Read moreI hope that you had a wonderful Christmas celebration! (And if you don’t celebrate Christmas then I hope that you simply had a wonderful day yesterday!) We started celebrating on Christmas Eve with a trip to my sister’s house to spend the evening with my…