Child~Focused Quote.

A favorite quote for Dr. Gordon Neufeld. We were

fortunate to meet him a number of years ago at a

homeschooling conference. Even my youngest dd

at the time was intrigued. Hanging this at our centre.

💗 Chy 💗

Inspiring Quote.

If grief is part of your daily life, a beautiful quote

for perspective and reality. I love collecting these.

~ Chy

May the Stars ....

A beautiful Wintery scene with sweet

and timely words from Chief Dan George.

~ Chy

In Case You Need To Hear This ....

From my heart to yours.

~ Chy

As Long As ....

I'm having quite the journey at work.

I am working hard to get through. It

is exhausting and heartbreaking. But

I'm determined to make it through.

Love this quote for inspiration. All I

can do is baby steps and keep going!

~ Chy

To End the Year.

I thought this was the perfect quote to the year.

2022 for many of us was a good year but also

a year that had it's challenges. I'm happy to reflect

on the good but so happy to have a fresh start

beginning at midnight tonight. Wishing you the

best start to 2023. Enjoy the night. Stay safe!

~ Chy

Second Quote.

Another one that we likely won't put in our hospice

quote book but one I do love to refer to do at times.

~ Chy

Walk Gently.

I love this quote that was posted today on Social

Media. So resonates with my work with clients.

~ Chy

A Wise Owl.

I love quotes and poems, and this

one crossed my desk today. Enjoy!

~ Chy

Challenge: Day 2.

Given the unrest in the World at the moment, 

this quote has become my fave! Perfect for

today's November Blog Challenge: "My Fave

Quote." Do you have a favorite quote to share?

~ Chy

Shadow. Light. High Beauty.

"In the end the Shadow was only

a small and passing thing;

there was Light and High Beauty

for ever beyond its reach."

~ J.R.R. Tolkien

Like this virus which as cast its shadow

upon us, we know that there is light at

the end of the tunnel, through all of this.

Stay strong. Be well. Stay safe. Be kind.

~ Chy

The Windy Wind.

March came in like a sweet little lamb on Sunday. 

But Monday was a whole different story! Woke

up at 5 a.m. this morning to a horrendous wind

storm slamming against the house and bending

our trees outside. It lasted a good part of the day

and I'm we'll be heading off to bed right away as

we are so tired from the early, rude awakening. I

found this quote today and thought it was a good

one to remember this day! It was a good day, just

windy and very hard to drive. Nice and calm now.

How was the beginning of March for you?

Have you experienced any stormy weather?

~ Chy

Love. Hate. MLK.

~ Chy

End of the Day.

I love this and plan to print it out and hang it

up in our dressing room. To remind ourselves

that at the end of the day, we've done all we

could and in the end, love wins all the time!

~ Chy

Inspiring Hope.

More additions to my new little office in our

temporary location while we wait for new space.

Love that the quote can be seen by my clients as they

sit in counselling and the flowers are under them to

inspire and provide Hope. Getting lots of feedback

from staff and clients. Cool what a few dollars can do!

~ Chy

Reading.

"Reading gives us someplace to go

when we have to stay where we are."

~ Mason Cooley

I'm a lifeline lover of the written word. I recall being fascinated by letters and word well before I could read. I couldn't wait to learn and was super disappointed when I found out in Kindergarten that I would be introduced to the alphabet and finger plays but I wouldn't actually learn to read the books I had in my room and playroom and at the library. What?? I was told by the teacher I had to wait until Grade 1. I recall pouting all the way home that day! Grade 1 couldn't come fast enough. And then when I did get there, I still had to wait. We all had to learn to read together and that meant starting at the beginning with the alphabet again. I was sooooo frustrated. But by that Christmas, I was a full reader and couldn't put books down. When I look back now, it wasn't just the stories that captured me but it was also at times, an escape from the struggles of every day, of growing up with 2 very young parents, too young to parent then and who fought a lot but I will say managed to figure life out and they were married for 40 solid years before my dad died. Reading was a way to block out the shouting and the slamming of doors. It helped me disappear to another time and it helped me to dream of what I wanted for life and for my kids in time. Didn't make me a perfect person or an amazing parent but it did give me hope, vast amounts of hope that anything I would be faced with, I would survive and thrive. I loved stories of despair with triumph. Hope!

Books have always been my favorite gift, not just to receive but to give. Thankfully, I live in a family with a dh who adores reading as much as I do and kids that always asked if we could go to the bookstore or library as they were growing up! The only thing we hoard in our house? Books!! I haven't even unpacked all of them as we're still figuring out where they could all go. We have 2 built in bookcases on either side of our fireplace in the great room that almost go to the ceiling. It's not filled with books as we did use a few shelves for some special items. I may have to change that. 

We also have the shelves above our built in desk and with rearranging, we could place many more books there too ....

At the end of our kitchen island, we also have this sweet little spot for our cookbooks and again, cherished items ....

I'll add another post later to show the other spots in our home where we store books. So far, we have 4 spots on the main floor. There are 2 more to show and then up in the upper level, the art studio and even in our walk in closet. Plenty of spaces that we could use for book storage. Next house, maybe we'll create one room that is lined with bookcases and call it "The Library!" That would be a dream ....

Do you love reading? Do you collect books?

If you do collect books, where do you keep them? 

~ Chy

Octobers ....

Baby Loss.

One of my favorite quotes for baby loss.

Part of our personal journey through life.

Challenges.

I'm taking a fascinating course right now.

On Tuesday, in our notes was this great

quote from our instructor. After this past

difficult year, I'm thankful for a timely

offer of new education and the wisdom of

a very talented facilitator and mentor. A

true gift in the midst of adversity that

has been part of my every day life all year.

April 2015 Photo Challenge ~ Day Three.

I love this challenge for the 3rd day.

Choosing my favorite quote of all time

was an easy task. I love Mary Oliver`s

quote `Tell me, what is it you plan to do

with your one wild & precious life` from

`The Summer Day.` It has been my very

favorite for a long time & I`m sure will

always be, until the end of my days.

Feel free to share your favorite quote.