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Mama’s Birthday Surprise! My 31st birthday party complete with Toy Story decorations. Late night drinks with the ladies. Feeling blessed. {Love} The Funeral Elizabeth Bolduc. Grandmother. Mother of my mother. Great-grandmother of my children. Wise woman of great presence. Constant. Always. Beloved. Hasty pilgrimage under a full orange moon. Tears and a broken heart. Family [...]
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I had meant to have time to write this earlier or even last night, but we at Free Our Midwives were swept into a last minute, 24 hour, do or die grassroots movement. In the last moments we learned that our midwifery bill was *not* expected to pass and if we had any hope of [...]
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If you haven’t caught on yet, I’m hopelessly nostalgic. It’s my trigger for mindfulness: finding the sweet spot of life, realizing how precious it is and using that emotion to wake up to the immense power of living life fully awake. I looked through many, many birthday quotes for this picture. My life is so [...]
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I was lying in our family bed in this very house with a four hour old Koala. I was beyond blissed out and euphoric in love. Solshine was sleeping beside us and my brother and Stone were sitting on our couch enjoying the moment and celebrating the expansion of our family and our love. It [...]
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It’s been working. As I slowly give in my resistance to morning the beauty unfolds. The Early Bird gets the first edible! Is it ever too early to jump in the puddles from a night rainfall? We think not. I had such a lovely birthday that I’ve been thinking: What stops me from thinking that [...]
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My cup is full. Full of blessings and love; inspiration and contentment; creativity and support. We celebrated my birthday yesterday and if only every day could be filled with so many simple pleasures.
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Yesterday was a day of shifting. After a morning of sniffly grumps we shifted our mood with some fresh air and quiet sensory play with beans and grains from the pantry. It led us right into the afternoon, but when Stone came home we were hot, stuffy and the house was a mess. Stick around [...]
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Gretel and her family celebrated their sweet boy’s first birthday and we were lucky enough to be invited to share in the fun. The weather was warm and it was a relief for everyone to finally be outside playing! I never heard a peep from Solshine or Koala once we went inside. They are always [...]
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