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In Need Of Renewal…
For a long while, I have felt, well weary. I coped very well while away, but when I left the children I finally had the head space to deal with all I saw and experienced; I began to grieve, question...
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Reclaiming Simple Sundays – Joy
Such goodness and sweet nectar rolled into today. It is days like this where I’m close to tears, due to a feeling of joy and thankfulness and when I let my heart wander, love for those far away in...
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My Ice Cream
“Sometimes we stare so long at our balloon in the sky we forget that our ice cream is melting on our plate” I’m in a season of incredible change, exciting change, longed for yet scary change, it’s a...
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What I Need More Of…
When I lived in Devon I knew no matter what happened in my life I could always find a place to breathe. Of course I breathe thousands of times each day, but purposeful breathing is rare and beautiful...
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Blessed Beyond Measure
When I first thought about the ChinaKidz project I really wasn’t sure if readers would want to become involved and give. I think sometimes it is so hard to conceptualize what it is like for people to...
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Holidaying
We are holidaying at the moment. It is so amazing to be here, on a vacation, with my children. We’ve enjoyed many hikes, a horse ride, swimming in lakes and a very very exciting “moose spotting...
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Reclaiming Simple Sundays
It feels good, very very good, to once again be approaching Sundays with the belief they need reclaiming. It was with me from the moment I got out of bed this morning “make this one different, Frugal...
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What Goals Are Giving Me: Very Early Thoughts
Last night after writing my post, I looked a the dishes as I stood there coughing in the kitchen, and instead decided to go to bed. Later when I couldn’t fall asleep, the typical response from me would...
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Day Nine: Month Of Nothing
We had a tough night here. My daughter was needing to talk about her life experiences, and I was coughing up a storm {btw thanks to all of you who left recipes for homemade drinks and remedies – I’ve...
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“Poverty” In The Middle Class
I was at a meeting recently for a volunteer position I have and the comment was made that everyone that lives in our area is well-off, doesn’t know what it means to have to worry about paying bills and...
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What Community Looks Like And Why I’m No Supermom
Lately I’ve been speaking more and more about some of the challenges navigating life has when you have adopted children with special needs, particularly related to mental health. My children bring me...
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20 Years Since the UN Convention
Yesterday marked the 20th Anniversary since the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child. Since it’s beginning over 193 countries have ratified the convention apart from the United States and Somalia....
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Monday Musings – What I assume
On Saturday I sent an email to one of my closest friends who is expecting a baby, I asked her if she had purchased her cloth nappies (aka diapers) yet, suddenly it made me realize I was making the...
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My Summering Plans
It is the eve of my final day at work for a while, to be more accurate it is the morning of. After an early night I’m up with allergies, and perhaps a racing mind – partly focused on wee … Continue...
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My Thoughts on 2014
I’ve dreaded writing this post, in truth because I was so certain after wee boy’s health demise last year, that we’d be in a much better place this year – he’d be home, life would be back to “normal”....
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Monday Musings – What I assume
On Saturday I sent an email to one of my closest friends who is expecting a baby, I asked her if she had purchased her cloth nappies (aka diapers) yet, suddenly it made me realize I was making the...
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