Every year our Christmas season begins with one of my favourite traditions. Before the Christmas tunes come out, before the decorations go up, and before a tree comes home our family fills shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child. Operation Christmas Child delivers the shoeboxes we fill with gifts, personal care items and school supplies to children […]
20
Nov
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and […]
18
Nov
Joining Amanda at Soulemama for this moment. {this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savour and remember.
15
Nov
I had to get tough on myself this past weekend. I sorted through my yarn – stash, donate-ables (there wasn’t much) and unfinished-ables. My head has been a tangle (pun intended) of knitting conundrums and I needed a good organizing to clear it up. I wound and rewound some balls on my favourite contraption – […]
15
Nov
:: many cups of tea :: cleaning, purging and organizing ::warm breakfasts :: a few knitting projects off the needles :: good music thanks to my great sister :: pencil crayon love (always from me, newly from the kids) :: family photos with the help of a wonderful friend :: a “for sale” sign (*gulp*) […]
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Thanks for stopping by! I'm mommy to six lovely little people with a wonderful husband who loves us well. We spend our days homeschooling, baking, loving, laughing, cleaning and creating. Here's a little window into our joy, our chaos, our moments.