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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 !

I did not post as much as I wanted to this week, it has not been as wonderful as I wished it would have been. Sometimes, you just can’t control everything and go with what happens, even if it does not make you happy at heart.

But for today, I want to look back a bit and find 26 things I am thankful for in my life, right now. In no specific order (the numbers are just there to help me know when I reach 26 ;)).

1. I am 26 years old, I married my SoulMate at 19, pregnant with our first sunshiny soul (the wedding was planned before the pregnancy, just saying). Today, we are a family of four, and we stand for each other with love and care. My tribe.
2. My mom is an amazing mom. Even if I did not always understand her choices, I know she did her best to raise me, alone.
3. I live in Canada, and it was my dream since I was… 14 or so.
4. After several trials in different jobs and time learning (psychology, cooking, english, FSL…) I know today that my path is linked with creativity and healing. And with teaching somehow. I learn the hard way but I am getting there.
5. My husband introduced me to japanese food when we met and it was love at first sight. And since we live in Canada, I really enjoy cooking it, learning it even more. It became my comfort food.
6. Some amazing people crossed my road, Soul Sisters and Soul Brothers… Sophie, Cocotte, Anu, Melchi, Aurore, Paola, Maïlys, Alice, Connie… linked by this weird thing I can’t define but that is definately there.
7. The music that rock(ed) my world and tell my life.
8. My mom’s open mind that allowed me, despite the Christian education she gave me, to wander around different things and beliefs. Buddhism. Paganism. Witchcraft.
9. Artists that share their work, their process, their struggles. Making me feel like I am not that weird.
10. The people that came and went in my life. Leaving me wounded and hurt. It made me stronger, and help me see myself in different perspectives.
11. I am currently learning Reiki so I can help people and my teacher and classmates are amazing (you can ask me more infos if you want).
12. I am learning so much through mama-hood. Even in the struggles and the “why the heck have I wanted to be a mom ???” moments. My girls are just fantastic. And my guts tell me that it will get better as they grow up. Love is what binds us so strongly.
13. My body is teaching me a lot. To accept I am not perfect. To slow down. To see myself differently.
14. Creating art videos makes me very happy. Even when no one comment to tell me what they think of it.
15. Books. They allow me to escape. They teach me. They make me think. They make me dream.
16. I realize that I love taking pictures, documenting my life. Our life. I may want to try scrapbooking so we would have beautiful traces of our memories. Even the little ones. I want to learn more about photography.
17. I feel so blessed to have been given this possibility to share the positive messages I receive through my artwork and I really hope I will find the way to touch more and more people somehow.

I publish this as is and will come back to it later with the nine other facts 🙂

WIshing you an amazing week-end (welcomed here after a really crazy week !).

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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 !

I have to be honest with you: I started several blogpost to share with you throughout the week but never published them. Affraid of the image it would reflect and to be too personal on this space.

As Friday arrived, I had no idea what to thank for. Which is pretty unusual to me as I always find something.

I am still struggling with adjustement. Not only to this new life of being hit by fibromyalgia, but adjusting to our new schools routine as the girls are not in the same place anymore, not the same schedules blablabla. And I have to admit I am not that good with change in general. It seems like I am forgetting who I am, and I hate this sticky feeling.

But, here is what I am grateful for this week:

• The schoolbus system, Grenouille takes it every morning at the corner of our street and is dropped off nearly at the same spot. I just have to be there to pick her up so she does not come home alone.
• I finally started my Practical Reiki training and it is amazing ! It seems like I am the only beginner but I don’t really care that much about that. I will receive my 1st attunement next week, exciteeeeed. I know this is the perfect timing for me and for the ones I love and care about.
• My godfather sent me a message for my birthday. Even if it was a week early, it made me happy.
• I am about to eat sushi and japonese food. Strangely, this is what feels like comfort food to me.
• I love this selfportrait I took and played with actions in Photoshop (wishing i was reacher and could spent $150 to buy actions on RadLab).
• My daughters and husband are planning surprises for my birthday behind my back. It makes me feel loved.
• I love this Mail Art project and enjoy creating these littles pieces, hoping their recipient will like them.
• I love the honest conversations i have on a nearly daily basis with my friend A.
• I found the book I thought was forever lost, from the previous giveaway i had over here.
• I love receiving comments or messages about readers loving what happens when they do their Gratitude Friday.

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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.

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Ebb and flows would be the title of the movie inspired by my life 😉 Well… I learn to go with it, as simple as that.

This week, I am thankful for:

• – This week was back-to-school for both my girls. We are getting used to our new routine, to Grenouille taking the schoolbus (which she is very happy about)… I am happy this system exists in North America, the bus comes at the corner of our street and simplifies our life a lot !
  – Being back to painting. I find my happy place, I needed and missed painting, creating, getting messy with my hands. I guess I cannot deny it anymore: I am an artist.
  – My friend Anu, her again. She listens to me babling, whining, having epiphanies. She is the light I thought did not exist.
  – My mom’s strength of character.
  – Energy drinks that help me to keep going, even if I hope to find something more natural.
  – I finally made my mind and decided to start a monthly newsletter. I will write it only in english first and will see if the francophone community is interested in following me via a newsletter. You can sign up right there in the sidebar, it is called Inner Whispers =====>
  – My perseverance to take care of myself (or at least, I am trying) without procrastinating. I am proud to still be able to look after my kids, even when exhausted like i havent sleep in weeks and in physical pain, when my world seem to be turned upside down.
  – I had my first (free) chinese medicine consultation. Seems like I am too stressed, my chi does not circulate properly. Damn !
  – I will begin my 4-week Practical Reiki formation next week, and it feels like I am finally going where I should. And new possibilities are already blooming.
  – I am alive. And despite all the rocks, all the suffering, I am still here. Trying to do my best with what I am given.

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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 !

My life is currently under a huge adjustment, and it is not an easy one. But I know it will get easier eventually, and that I have the power not to stay this angry woman I am sometimes. I can still be the positive thinking and fun lady I was before.

This week, I am grateful for:

• The Facebook group created by Samantha Kira. These women are very supportive and help me a lot in this above-mentionned adjustment.
• The Universe is listening to us and is answering our prayers. Big Time. Now, we have to show we can and will continue our efforts.
• I received my orders from Lindy Stamp Gang and Bluemoon Scrapbooking, and we went to Clipper Street to pick up my order of The Crafter’s Workshop‘s templates (Julie Fei-Fan Balzer’s line is AMAZING). You know how happy and over the moon I am when it comes to play with new art supply.
• I am physically in pain, exhausted doing nothing, cooking and other simple stuff is now a difficult task, but I do know that we will find solutions to make it easier.
• I walked 2.52km (± 1.56 miles) in 26mn and despite the pain during and after it, it makes me proud. I have to do it again.
• Lush’s «Blue skie and puffy clouds» bath thingy makes me happy. I love patchouli and frankincense’s smell. I am happy I indulged myself with one (that will do me like 4-5 baths !)
• I haven’t really work this week and it makes me feel guilty because I should push and just do it. I am grateful to work from home and to have the possibility to manage my time as I want.
• I feel the need to reconnect with the Witch in me. And I notice that my daughters seem to be interested to learn more and more about it. I guess it is now time to pass what I know to them and to dig deeper myself.
• I am asking to The Universe to put on my way my Soul Brothers and Sisters. I feel like this big loneliness hole in me is linked to this. This I don’t know what is missing was not what I though… I need to connect with them, to find them. Or them to find me. I am ready now.
• The medical comission finally met for mom. I don’t know if what Grenouille and I did helped, or not, but it did happen. Now, we are praying that her treatment will go perfectly and start asap and that she will be on her plane to Vancouver on October 18th (if you want to send your good vibes, it is more than welcome).
• My Art Journal is my creative best friend. And I have to say that the Strathmore Visual Journal is a very good one.
• I FINALLY signed up for my Reiki training. If everything goes well, I should be a Practical Reiki Master this October.
• My dear friend Anu launched her coaching website. She is AMAZING, no kidding. I am happy we met thanks to Circe’s Circle and found each other. Go celebrate with her, right there.

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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 !

How was this week ? I know for a lot of you Moms out there it was back-to-school week. I hope all went well for you as for your kids (or not so kids anymore). For us, it will be in September, in just a bit more than 2 weeks from now. I love my kids but school time is much better for all of us than two months of vacation 😉 And the girls are soooo excited !

This week, I am thankful for:

• My creative juice, still yummy and pouring on the canvas.
• I finished my Art Journal and started (hmmm in fact, I just gesso-ed the first page but still) the #5. You can see the video right here if you haven’t watched it yet. Feels good. A page is being turned, plenty of others are just wainting to be created, discovered, written.
• I love my Mamounette (aka Mom), and she will be with us in 2 months from now. Despite all the crap happening, I know she will still be coming.
• We received a package full of goodies from my family-in-law.
• Words with friends can be funny, after all.
• Rising Appalachia‘s music, I listened to it over and over all week.
• The kindness of the ladies at the scrapbook store Clipper Street. Can’t wait to play with my new stencils from Crafter’s workshop.
• I got a sale from my affiliation with Goddess Leonie. Thank you to you who made it through me. I know you will enjoy the Goddess Circle.
• Teesha Moore is way more than an amazing inspiring artist.
• Thank you to you, who come on my blog, and take the time to stay, read a bit, comment sometimes. It’s okay if you don’t leave a word too.
• I received very nice comments on my Art journal video. It is always something that warms my heart.
• I started writing daily again. Just venting, sorting things out.
• My brother-in-law arrived to day for his vacations with us, he is the one who comes every single summer since the first year of our Canadian life (the first one, was 6 months after our arrival). He will be here for Grenouille’s birthday. It means a lot to her.

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