This powerful image and post over at Shutter Sisters has stuck with me for the last few days.
I have been noticing that my worn through, supposedly lacking and damaged parts are the spots where new and wonderful things can find the space to take root and bloom. Where the truly wild and beautiful parts of myself [...]
I am adrift on a sea of change and opportunity lately, which is equally scary and exciting…Today I was more than a little overwhelmed by the “not good enough” gremlin (the sneaky little bastard), and am looking forward to chillaxin’ at the girls’ long weekend which starts tomorrow!
I wanted to quickly share a post by the fabulous [...]
I have been struggling lately with how much of myself to keep and how much to share. This is a blurry line for me and I feel like I often either share too much or too little, neither of which are satisfactory.
What I realized today, this morning, is that I am most full when I [...]
January has raced by so fast that I haven’t had a chance to write my ‘2008 Year in Review’, which I really wanted to do as it was such a wonderful, wild year. So in lieu of a written post, I pulled together photos from the year which hold special meaning for me and compiled [...]
When I was in Teacher’s College, I was part of an immersion program where a selected group of about 25 students would spend a day a week in a local elementary school, focusing our learning on language arts in the classroom. It was funny, because even though we were in the school itself, the classroom [...]
I have been back from vacation for one week and think it’s time to express my gratitude for the days gifted to me…the ones allowed me the time to completely decompress. So, two thumbs up, Okanagan!
Thank you for:
Morning hikes.
The vineyards,
And subsequently, the vino.
Naps!
Peachland.
The Gasthouse.
Martini madness!
The boardwalk.
Sunshine and gardens.
The mountains.
Afternoon dance parties.
I have always found dreams and dreaming very interesting. Sleep, in general, is a great hobby of mine, and dreaming is a fantastic product of the sleeping. Kimberley and I took a dream course last year at the Transformational Arts College and I logged and tried to interpret my dreams for a couple of weeks [...]
Thank you, 2007, for:
Knitting. 2 pairs of socks, 4 scarves, 2 blankets, and 3 Christmas stockings. Working the stitches feels like prayer beads
The increased closeness, honesty, and love of my family
A new job to restore confidence and rekindle the love of learning
Christmas 2007 Air Hockey Tournament
All aspects of my health, physical and emotional
Teaching that, like [...]
Happy 2008! Hold on to your hats, it’s going to be a wild one.
A New Year. The first order of business is to sit quietly and reflect. Express gratitude for my blessed life.
Received a gift via email today that came at just the right time. I have been trying to regain the ground I ‘lost’ on my to-do list (lost while I was down with the flu), by running, running and running some more.
A gentle little reminder, this poem, which I have heard before both in its [...]