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Go With the Flow: Embracing Nature to guide your daily living
Sometimes you just need the warmth and sunshine of an early spring day to remind you to just go with the flow. Tuesday of this week the weather here, in Southwest Virginia, was a gorgeous 74°. I couldn’t have asked for better, and with a growing list of outdoor projects, I knew I needed to…
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Getting to the root of my fear: the garden experiment
I often take forever to commit to something new. Even if it’s something I’m somewhat familiar with, I often have trouble starting something, and over time I’ve figured out that this is due to my perfectionism. I am scared of failing. Last year, I talked a lot about starting a garden, but never followed through.…
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8 Tips for Simplifying Motherhood
Whether you are employed outside the home and carry the weight of household responsibilities as a mom on top of your 9 to 5 or you are a household manager mom, it can be exhausting and sometimes overwhelming just doing the day-to-day. In the home, you’re homemaker, caretaker, chauffeur, nurse, dietician, scheduler, teacher, just to…
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Learning from what’s behind us
It’s been a while. It’s been so long in fact that it’s made coming back a little harder, but as they say ‘life happens’. During the busy-ness of the holiday season, I always experience a level of grief and heaviness this time of year. Actually, I can’t say ‘always’. I’ve been fortunate, blessed, and even…
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Creating a Cozy Christmas
Creating a cozy Christmas is my main mission each year. I look forward to the coziness of the warmth, flannels, fire in the fireplace, and the ambiance of the lights, and I take pride knowing that although new Christmas decor is for sale each year, I don’t have to spend a dime to achieve my…