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Gratitude Friday is a weekly ritual I started in order to focus on all the small and big positive things that happened during my week. I invite you to join me, you’ll see how much being thankful can change your life. If you want to know more about it, read my introduction post.

hey you !

This week actually flew by. Sort of. I am happy it is Friday. We took the girls out of school for the day and my husband had the green light to take a vacation day (boo) so we could all go to doctor appointments (cross your fingers as Koala needs a shot and she kept saying «I don’t wanna go» all week…).

This week, I’m thankful for:

• This feeling of «it makes sense right now».
• The long way and how I’ve positively changed in the last 10 years.
• Being able to be there for friends who need someone to listen.
• My Gelli plate.
• Rice with furikake and veggies and tori soboro. My kind of comfort food for lunch (wish I had avocado).
• Our KeenSpirits gathering.
• Mindy and my True Free Spirit classmates.
• Sleep.
• My mom.
• People sharing their gift(s) with the World.
• Honesty.
• Truth sharing.
• Seeds of dream(s) being planted.

And you, what makes it to your Gratitude List this week ? (please, if you blogged about it, come back here to share your link below, would love to read it).

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Gratitude Friday is a weekly ritual I started in order to focus on all the small and big positive things that happened during my week. I invite you to join me, you’ll see how much being thankful can change your life. If you want to know more about it, read my introduction post.

Happy Friday !

How good it is to feel more in control of my body, and to move (and sleep) almost «normally» again.
I am not a control freak (you should see my house before the cleaning days) but when reading my list, i notice that it comes several times this week. I guess it comes from this place inside that yells at me “You Are Powerless !!!” and even if I know this is not totally true, it sinks into my heart.
Acceptance my friends. Acceptance…

How was your week ??

This week, I am thankful for:

• Writing regularly here.
• Meeting parents at birthday parties.
• Meeting Nancy and her lovely family. Her husband is an amazing cook !
• Movie date with my husband. On a week night. Feels luxurious ahah
• Having shared two videos with you. I will try to record something on a weekly basis.
• Discussions with friends.
• Planning. Dreaming.
• Money received.
• My husband gifted me with an iPad mini for a lot of different reasons.
• Even if still in pain, I can move.
• The feeling of being of control of our finances.

If you wrote your Gratitude Friday on your blog, don’t forget to enter your NAME and URL below so I’m notified and can come to read you (you can also join by commenting this post):
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Gratitude Friday is a weekly ritual I started in order to focus on all the small and big positive things that happened during my week. I invite you to join me, you’ll see how much being thankful can change your life. If you want to know more about it, read my introduction post.

Hello !

There are weeks when I really want to skip this little ritual. However, I keep telling you that looking for the small things is what can help you to make your glass half-full instead of half-empty. Practice what you preach, right ?

I’m doing it short, but I truly hope that your Valentine’s day was filled with Love. With a capital L.

This week, I am thankful for:

• Having my Husband taking care of me and being in charge of the entire household while I was almost immobilized by pain for several days in a row.
• The pain is leaving me a bit. at least, I can move. and sleep again.
• Had fun with my daughters making the cards for their classmates. and recording it on camera.
• The huge canvas we finally cut and taped to my Studio wall. Will be a collaborative painting between my girls, my husband (!!) and me. Can’t wait to see how it’ll go.
• The urge to paint, after a few days «off».
• Having recorded my video for Christy’s «Behind The Art» class, and so I won’t be rushing it.
• Daily meditation.
• my parents-in-law and the parcels they keep sending for the girls.
• Studio Calico’s monthly kits (I receive the main kit and the Project Life kit).
• Support received when I least expect it.
• A day with friends we hadn’t seen in a while, celebrating Candlemas was a great excuse.
• Reading books that are oh so inspiring.
• Being almost caught up with our Project Life album (but late in doing the blogpost about it…).
• Good food, accepting I don’t have to cook everything single thing we eat, and it it IS okay.

What was the highlight of your week so far ?

If you wrote your Gratitude Friday on your blog, don’t forget to enter your NAME and URL below so I’m notified and can come to read you (you can also join by commenting this post):
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Gratitude Friday is a weekly ritual I started in order to focus on all the small and big positive things that happened during my week. I invite you to join me, you’ll see how much being thankful can change your life. If you want to know more about it, read my introduction post.

Hello darlings !

Finally the end of the week, and for us here in BC it is a long week-end as we have our first Family Day holiday on Monday (and my girls don’t have school on Tuesday, which makes it for them a 4-day long week-end).

It’s been an up&down kind of week. I keep messing up with taking my meds, despite the two alarms on my phone to help me not to forget; and skipping a take is really something bad in consequences for me… But this is also what keeps me doing this weekly ritual of finding what to be thankful for after all.

So this week, I am thankful for:

• Nancy, who we discovered is my accross-the-street neighbor, and she found me on Facebook. And Ginger, who lives a few towns over. We will be all heading to Port Townsend this June for Sugar & Spice, isn’t it CRAZY ??? I am thankful the Universe found them for me, and me for them.
• Thank you for my husband. and for my girls. the four of us work hard as a family to improve our connection with each other, to grow as a family and go in a fantastic direction as a tribe. We are working on making our bond stronger, in Love and Understanding.
• my mom. she’s the best. and she deserves to be finally happy.
• Thank you for those of you who encourage me over my Facebook page, your words mean a lot to me and it helped me fight my fear of recording myself speaking in English.
• Despite the fibro flare-up, I recorded two videos. One for my week as a guest in the upcoming «Behind the art» class from Christy Tomlinson this Spring, and one to be shared next week around Valentine’s day.
• Samie Kira, who took some time to Skype with me (I still am uncomfortable over there though), and to show me how to use my camera when recording art videos.
• the new tv show «The Following», my Halfling and I really like it.
• learning from every experience thrown my way. would love to learn from gentle things, too (just saying).
• learning about who I am, working my butt off spiritually.
• feeling inspired by all the surrounds me.
• new art supplies.
• finally losing weight (lost all that I’ve gained in 2012, now the real goal is set).
• sharing what i do. what i love. what moves me.
• receiving messages from Beyond again. thank you thank you.

And you, what are you thankful for this week ? go dig for these big and small moments of pure joy. even just the Nutella on your morning toast, is to be thankful for 😉

If you wrote your Gratitude Friday on your blog, don’t forget to enter your NAME and URL below so I’m notified and can come to read you (you can also join by commenting this post):
[linkme]

Gratitude Friday is a weekly ritual I started in order to focus on all the small and big positive things that happened during my week. I invite you to join me, you’ll see how much being thankful can change your life. If you want to know more about it, read my introduction post.

Hello you !

Welcome February… January brought me its lot of amazingness but did not forget to sprinkle it with more or less big obstacles as well. That’s okay, growing and learning through it. I guess my biggest lesson this past month was to trust. It is one of my biggest Life Lessons, forcing me to stretch.

This week, I am thankful for:

• My Mom’s good results (she had her cancer check up today and we were a bit concerned about some blood test results, but it’s all good !)
• My Husband, and my girls. They teach me a lot.
• Smoothies and healthy food. I feel better in my own skin, and lose weight along the way (which is needed).
• My newest Nixie, Fae. There is a special bond between her and me.
• Chaneling the message I sure needed. Maybe you do too ?
• Decisions to find the time for just us, my husband and I. We need it badly.
• Our neighbors. Game night tonight (ice hockey it is, rules I need to learn).
• Koala’s drawings keep blowing me away for a nearly 6yo.
• Grenouille is doing good at school.
• «Miss Peregrine’s home for peculiar children» by Ransom Riggs. This book is keeping me mesmerized, and I love when a book gives me that happiness (and I learned that it will become a movie. Directed by Tim Burton. Oh yea !).
• Feeling inspired. I want to try new techniques. New styles even. Just to see.

What about you ?

If you wrote your Gratitude Friday on your blog, don’t forget to enter your NAME and URL below so I’m notified and can come to read you (you can also join by commenting this post):
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