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Hello dear hearts !

I am kind of struggling writing this blogpost, for more than two weeks now. I am beyond excited to share with you what’s been shifting in me, and therefore in my artwork, but also a bit nervous of what the reaction could be.
I think I am putting so much pressure on how it will be received that I am losing the joy of sharing. So I will make this shorter than what I thought and then present you my latest girls (I have to come up for a general name for them. I had one but I am fearing it is just unpronounce-able in english).

Each time a girl comes in my painting, she tells me her story. What her life is, what she has been through and her positive message. What she likes and what she can’t stand.
I usually only share the message, that appears clearly on the painting… but for a month or so I have been feeling the urge to share her story as well. It may not be a long beautiful essay but just some stuff about «what’s behind».

I am still wondering if I should put it beautifully and add it with the painting when someone buys it, with the original only or with the prints as well ? I know people could benefit from more than the positive message that is present on the painting, I just have to find the best way to do it.
Any thought of it ?

Here are a few peaks of theses ladies (I will share them next week):

Keera

July's face

Sherry

Alyss' Ginette

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 !

It’s almost 11am, nearly time to go pick up Koala from preschool, Grenouille was with me this morning has teachers at her school are having their «educative day» or whatever it is called. I am ready for Koala to go to kindergarten, and so she is. I laughed when my husband told me out of nowhere «if we have a third kid someday, s/he has to be born after june, would be easier when school time will come» mwahah

This week is quite good in general.

This week, I am thankful for:

• My Practical Reiki class, at the Reiki Awakening Academy. I learn in a fantastic atmosphere and there is always someone, my teacher as well as my classmates, to answer my weird questions. I do feel the energy and I am over the moon to be able to help people with it now. I have amazing feedbacks, it adds to my gut feeling that I did the right choice and it was the best for me.
• Thanks to it, I am now doing daily self-healing and it helps with my general pain level. I am still exhausted but I learn to deal with it.
• The moments where my friends and I kind of yell at each other (luckily there is computer screens to seperate sometimes lol) teaching me not to ask to much, to be more accepting (with them and with me).
• This new thing in my creative process makes me enjoy it even more (I really have to spill the beans and let the words out so you could finally know what I am talking about)
• My Cocotte (my BFF) and all the great musical discoveries I do thanks to her. This week, it is the singer Imany.
• Again and again the love (and stupid humour) of my Cheridoo, and our Trollettes.
• Schools of the Trollettes.
• The very nice email I received from a reader.
• Conversations I have with other artists, very successful artists I admire.
• My new «diet»
• Japanese cooking.
• ZenaMoon‘s candles.
• I listed one of my original painting and some other prints in my Etsy shop. July is one of them, I will present her to you very soon
• I began snapping selfportraits again.

July, while she was still being created.

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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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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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Hello !

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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