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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 am sorry I didn’t write my Gratitude Friday last week, I hope it didn’t stop you to do yours, online or privately. After all, I see myself only as the starter point, the tackle to make you begin and keep you going.

This week, I was showered by signs of friendship. Yes, I am shaking things to meet people here in Vancouver. It is hard for me because I am shy, I hate to be “the newcomer” in a group because i always have this bad sensation to bother people. But we arrived two years ago, and I still don’t really have girlfriends around you know (i have friends, don’t worry too much about me).

Thank you to my big soul sista Samantha Kira, to put me under her wing, to tell me face to face what I have to hear to keep moving forward, even if sometimes it is hard, so I can stay true to myself no matter what. She is my inspiration for perseverance, dedication and hard work. Just have a look at her new blog and website to see how passionate she is about what she does. It speaks for itself.

Thank you to Connie for making me see things differently to make sure I know what all my options are before taking a decision.

Thank you Paola for taking time in her busy schedule to talk with me.

Thank you Sophie for the messages she left me here and there, you’re in my heart every single day.

Thank you Cocotte for the comment on Facebook, it went straight to my heart.

Thank you Alice, for showing to the World that we should never give up on our Dreams. And for the frigtastic Skype moment. Can’t wait for her visit next month !

Thank you to my wonderful husband, for supporting me moraly and physically when the world seems to collapse around me. Showing me that love and optimism are the best responses to stressful moments.

Thank you to my wonder-Mamounette, who I miss terribly (can’t wait for Winter), for the everlasting cheer-ups, for being the first one to try my fabric journal too :p

Thank you to Jo Anna for the article she wrote in her new website “The Big Sparkly Life” titled The art of Nolwenn Petitbois.

Thank you Anu for the Valentine’s card. It is the first I receive !!!

Tell me, what were the fantastic highlight moments of your week ? What made you smile ? What made you happy to be alive ?

Oh I won’t be there this week-end, we are heading to explore Seattle before our “visit permit” expires. Excitiiiiing.

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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.

January is already coming to en end… We were surprised yesterday morning to wake up under the snow, totally not planned by the meteo guys.

This week was marked by three days when we, one after the other, got the stomach flu. That’s how we rock: we share everything, even the germs. Despite the chaos of the beginning, the week then got filled with pretty surprises.

I am grateful for the wonderful print I ordered to the fantastic artist Samantha Kira: You Can Fly (photo above). You can visit her Etsy shop here. I am also much grateful for the discussions we had this week, her kindness and what she shares with me about her journey. Gives me faith.

We received a HUGE package from Nantes (France), were Santa Claus let some gifts for us under my mom and my aunt’s trees. My mamounette (pronounced like… “mamoon”) created the most amazing gifts for my husband and I. For me, she found three short stories I wrote when I was ten and illustrated them, then she put a spiral binding so it’s like a book. She titled it “stories between us”. And the note that was with it just brought many tears to my eyes.

Thank you to the stomach flu that released me from two kilos. Of course, i gained back some weight but just a little and it was the thing that makes me decide to change my “diet” (aka eating habits) and to find a way of working out that would work for me. And to help, I’m reading along Marianne Williamson’s book “A course in Weight loss, 21 spiritual lessons to surrendering your weight forever” (I’ll talk to you about it, I have a copy to giveaway).

It’s the third week in a row i’m talking about it in my Gratitude Friday blogposts but gosh I LOVE FRINGE !!! And I’m over the moon that I insisted to buy the first season to watch with my husband, we finally have a tv show we both really enjoy and can watch and talk about together 🙂

Thank you for the beauty of snow yesterday, all washed out by heavy rain today.

Thanks a lot for inspiration striking me right in the face, to the Universe for conveying ideas and images and messages. And to show me I am on the right path.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart to the singer p!nk. For standing up in what she believes, for fighting for causes she thinks deserves attention, for her songs and her music videos. Thank you for having overcomed the hardness of filming such an heartfelt video for her song “f**kin perfect”, it put me on the floor yesterday but was the sign I asked for. I don’t know if I should share the video here as it contains some difficult images to watch (there is a “clean version” of it though).

This week, I am just thankful to be alive.

After having thought a lot about it, i decided to put the video here. BUT you are warned that some scenes may be difficult to watch:

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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 beautiful You !

How was your week ? I hope your not lost under a mountain of snow and that you are safe where you are in the World.
How are you doing ? Do you manage to shift your way of seeing what you experience and see more easily what’s positive in it ? If not, don’t worry. Stick to your Gratitude Practice and it will come.

A very good way of learning how to receive and be more aware of the gifts sent by the Universe (in so many ways !), is to sign up for my friend Jo Anna’s project called “The Receiving Project“. It’s totally free and it changed my life in 2010 (and still now). Go check it out.

This week, I am thankful for:

• The new artwork I created. It is powerful (for me at least), it helped me in my healing process. You’ll know everything about it tomorrow.
• All the new creative opportunities that are flying my way all at the same time. I’m just in awe. It will be amazing !!
• For the support of online friends.
• Friends sharing with me their love for the tv show Fringe 😀
• Email giving me some long awaited news.
• The warmth of our home.
• The snow we had, even just for a day.
• The book I’m currently reading, Matched, by Allie Condy. I try not to think how long I’ll have to wait for the two sequels…
• I’m slowly but surely losing some weight.
• Suzie Ridler’s awesome roll bread recipe. I made it twice this week (without the thyme), it’s just so yummy and easy to do thanks to my bread machine.

Don’t give up.

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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.

I am still not used to write “2011” instead of “2010”; are you ?

I really hope that 2011 will bring more people into this ritual of Gratitude Friday (don’t hesitate to tell your friends, your family, your co-workers, your neighbors about it !) because I know for sure that it is a wonderful and powerful tool for those who want a positive change in their life.

This week, there is plenty of things I am grateful for, here are a few:

The school started again after two weeks of vacations. As long as we love being the 4 of us together, especially that my husband had some vacations too, school is always welcome. They love their school (Grenouille is now in kindergarten and Koala in preschool).

Thank you to my dear Husband who created this new design for the blog. i love it love it love it !

Thank you for my friend Anu who is taking big steps in her life right now.

I’m thankful for the heartfelt conversation with my friend Kira on MSN. She updated her ETSY shop yesterday with a load of goodies. You should check it out, it’s there: Journal Girl shoppe.

Thank you Sophie for the email you wrote me. I love you.

Thank you for the opportunity to show my artwork in a shop, for real.

Thank you for the TV show “Fringe” that we are discovering and loving (can’t wait to see season 2 and 3 that are filmed here in Vancouver).

Thank you to the Ladies who bought Creative juicy stuff via my affiliate links (that you can see on the right sidebar).

Thank you to Jamie Ridler for featuring me on her website: here is my blogpost.

DEEP, the continuation of BIG started this week and is filled with delicious women, the whole thing orchestered by Connie.

Thank you for the clarity I gain everyday about what I want my life to be.

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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. I know I am kind of late but… we are still in 2010 here in Vancouver.  This year was very full for me and I leave it with a sense of accomplishment (“achievement” was my 2010 word, so it’s a good thing !). I learned A LOT during this year and feel stronger than when I left 2009 a year ago. This may be a long boring blogpost, with many links. I hope you’ll read until the end but won’t be upset if you don’t. Over all, I hope you’ll share with me what you are grateful for in 2010, even if it’s one or two things 🙂 In this end of 2010, I want to thank the Universe for:

• Putting wonderful people on my way: Jamie Ridler (and my Sisters from the Circe’s Circle), Connie Hozvicka (and my Sisters from BIG and The Tribe), Samantha Kira, Jo Anna Rothman, Lynna, the ladies always coming to support my Wednesdays Wishcasts… I don’t want to list everyone but you are in my heart.
• Allowing me to push my borders a lot further; by taking on line classes that totally changed my life (I’m thinking of Kelly Rae’s “Taking Flight“, of the classes created by Connie over DirtyFootprints Studio, of the creative coaching by Jamie, of the Receiving Project of Jo Anna, of the painting classes of Julie Prichard (and Chris Cozen)). And the two days workshop put my way on my 25th birthday with Jesse Reno. It changed everything for me. And today, I’m proud to say out loud: I AM AN ARTIST. And I am Fearless. And Magnificent. Yes I am. You are too.
• My mom came in Vancouver during 5 weeks this summer, and we were able to celebrate her birthday. Her presence was needed, we miss her deeply. It was perfect.
• My brother-in-law came back for two weeks and was with us to celebrate Grenouille’s 5th birthday. We hope he’ll come every summer.
• Our new home, we are still renters, but it’s bigger, better. Our neighbours are very kind people.
• My book is finally taking serious shapes. Thanks to Circe’s Circle I have better bases to go on, to find what I need.
• Grenouille is happy to be able to read by herself, faster everyday. And to write. She’s an everyday wonder (despite the fact she prefers to read than to eat and that it’s a worry for us).
• Koala is always cuddling with me, she’s more and more independant and loves preschool. She wants to be 5 to go to “the big school” too (she’s nearly 4).
• My husband finally got his dream job in the video games industry. He works a lot, and hard, but is happy now. It was worth waiting and dreaming.
• I painted some artwork that totally WOWed me like “is it really me that created this ?”. Yes it is; and I love them. And my goal for 2011 is to feel this way for every mixed media artwork I create, and to make people feel “this is what I needed to see”. I don’t know if it makes sense or not.
• For the abundance around me; it was not easy everyday but we (my husband and I) got this click about what was blocking us from prosperity (not only financial one) and it changed everything.
• For my partnership with Hay House and the books and material I receive to review.
• For my sewing machine, that opens lots of new creative possibilities in the future.
• For the friends I lost. They are still in my heart someway. I learned I can’t force (but it was not on purpose) people to see the things the way I do.
• Donna Downey’s weekly Inspiration Wednesday’s videos.
• All the wonderful books I read. It fuels my creativity. We have more and more authors writing amazing books.
• The love of my dear husband. We celebrated our 7 years of love, and our 5 years of marriage. We are stronger each year. I am blessed to have such a man by my sides every day.
• Some friendships became stronger this year (I love you Alice, Paola, Sophie, Cocotte, Melchi).
• Good tv shows, good movies and good music. And good restaurants too.
• Cooking that made a come back in my favourite_things_to_do list.
• Living in this gorgeous city we chose to immigrate to, Vancouver. It’s not always easy without family around with young kids, it’s not easy to make friends. But we have zero regret about our choice.

And so much more.  This year has been hard sometimes, but it was kind of a good one. My evolution is on its positive way. 2010 was harsh, energetically speaking; we had to let go off of deep fears, we had to make significant choices. But we are getting closer to the realisation of our dreams so don’t be afraid to wishcast. You’re listened and not forgotten.  I love you, take a good care of yourself and your loved ones.  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]