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Valour’s Birth
We are three days shy of Valour's one month celebration (when I started writing this, now we are two days past 8 weeks). It will be a small celebration filled with my children playing, Val, alternating sleeping and nursing, and me sweeping up the constant flow...
Reality Settles
It has been some time since I have written an official blog post. I find it so much easier to reflect on my day on my phone with short blurbs, a quick picture and shared to most platforms. But there is something about typing, thinking and sorting out my mind p...
Expressions of a Mother
There are always words
buried deep in my soul
Experiences
ponderings
revelations
encouragements I wish to express.
They get caught beneath the demands
They get trapped under the daily grind
The cries for Mumma deaden their drive
And they stay
Still
...
Smiling in My Skivvies With a Message for Mothers
Why did I decide to strip down to my undies, bring both my children to a home with expensive camera equipment and take the time to vulnerably open up about both the broken moments and beauty of motherhood? It may not be for the reason you think.
The 4th Trime...
When We Feel Unappreciated (Because We All Do)
Dear Mum Who Feels Unappreciated,
There is post after post on the difficulty of raising children full time. Most of them try to laugh it off, even many that I have written, because a spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down. And sometimes raising our ...
How to Clean the House One Thing at a Time
If you are anything like me sickness, tiredness or just a couple days of plain laziness means the house turns from a cluttered mess to an environment potentially hazardous to your health. This week for us it was the stomach flu. From Journey, to me, to Honour ...
A PPD PSA – Rage
Honesty time. The PPD monster is back.
This time it was a swift attack, hit much earlier than before but within a week of feeling lousy I got in to see a wonderful nurse practitioner. Last time I let it linger longer but this time I can be honest and say I wa...
Being Real in Your Reality
When Kerrington approached me about writing a blog for her ministry I was eager to accept the offer. As time continued on, spring appeared and my son kept me from sitting I decided to look through my old blogs for inspiration. If you have seen my blog lately t...
Sweet Tomato Ketchup for Boycotts, Bellies and Budgets!
Hi everyone! With the recent Leamington, Ontario Heinz closure some residents are wishing to show their solidarity but refusing to buy Heinz products. This of course means the beloved Heinz Ketchup we have all grown to have a slight addiction to since birth.He...
write ’til he wakes
It has been quite a long time since I have graced the pages of my blog, but today I realized how much I miss writing so I wanted to at least throw a few words up on the screen as my little man sleeps contently besides me. We had an eventful morning with a majo...