Tag: family
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Christmas Eve Cozy
Today, I was thinking about what makes me feel cozy. While I largely think cozy is a weird word and it makes me think of the strange knitted cover you put over a tea pot, its primary meaning is a feeling of comfort, warmth, and relaxation. I love being comfortable. PJs are my jam. Being…
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One month…
I am not usually one to commiserate things like loss. When something is done, it is done and I try to move forward. While I celebrate birthdays and wedding anniversaries, once you’ve past childhood, only major milestones are really celebrated, and at that, only with the smallest of fanfare. We had a small party for…
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What I enjoyed about yesterday!
Yesterday, not by design, I woke up at 5:30am. While I had wanted to get up early, that was a bit too early so I decided to roll with it. Crescent, our cat, always sleeps nestled behind my knees, so I popped her up onto my chest and laid with her for 20 minutes. Her…
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What I love about the people I am with today (December 20)
Today was my family Christmas. I got together with my Dad, step-Mom, siblings, spouses, and the kids. My aunt and uncle joined us too this year. Notably missing was our Mom, who yes, always joined us, even when my step-Dad was alive – he came too. Our parents always made the effort to get along,…
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What I am feeling hopeful about going into 2026
How do I put this into words? I have a feeling, an inclination, an idea. Last night (December 18) I finished up another women’s circle – this one was themed Creating an Intentional Life. Week by week we discussed how to show up for ourselves, how to reclaim our identity, and how to find our…
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How I feel loved (right now)
I had to have a think on this. Not because I haven’t felt surrounded by love lately, I have, but because how am I feeling it is different. How am I internalizing it, how is it showing up for me, how am I processing it, how am I accepting it. Am I accepting it? People…
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Three things I wouldn’t change about this year
Finding some light in this otherwise troubled year wasn’t especially difficult. Remembering the specifics proved a bit more colourful as my usual steel trap of a memory is overloaded these days. Lots of things being processed but not necessarily a lot of output. The little circle is whirling, but not much is happening! Now, most…
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Something for me this holiday
If you’ve been here a while or read back, you may be aware that I was trying to accomplish fifty things before I turned fifty. Because life got lifey, it became 50 things before the end of my fiftieth year. Well, that all got blown to hell with 2026 exploding onto the scene with all…
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The most important thing to me right (right now)
During my yoga teacher training this weekend, we were learning about how to do chanting and mantras. Our facilitator share one with us, which is one I am familiar with from other courses, and while we meditating to it, she said ‘send healing out to your community, who ever that it’ and I was unable…
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How we bring colour into our home
Following a similar thread as yesterday, I wanted to share some of the colour around our home during the dark, cold, and snowy days. This year, we have some new friends – a few friends from my Mom’s collections, including the “f**king” elves… Names such because my sister was forever putting the elves in compromising…
The Voices In My Head 