Memories of Thanksgiving Pie – A Recipe for Leftovers The Thanksgiving meal is one my family looks forward to every year. In years past, our family would gather for a feast of a meal, share stories of thanks around the dinner table, eat far too much then transfer to the couch for a wee nap. …
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October is about Gratitude and Giving Thanks October is the perfect month to give thanks and practice gratitude and to do so with mindful intention. October is crisp autumn leaves scattered across the ground. Brilliant flashes of yellows and oranges and reds. The sound of crunching of leaves beneath our feet and the chattering of …
Follow my blog with Bloglovin September 2020 At-A-Glance – Back To School; Our COVID Classroom. September and back to school is a fresh start; My New Year. I have always looked forward to the first day of school. The new outfit, new classes, new teachers, new students; the excitement was real. Last September this excitement …
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This article has been written by Christy the head stumbler and bumbler of beholdher.life; a stay at home mum turned blogger who writes about all things motherhood and mental health. What I Needed to Learn To Support My Online Business Goals DREAM A LITTLE DREAM I had dreamed about owning a small business one day; …
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Before the 2020 Global Pandemic… I have an inkling of a memory of this romantic ideal of what I thought motherhood was going to be, of what kind of mother I was going to be… Perhaps you are also familiar with the illusion. The same one that many of the mothers-to-be I have known have …
The Mother-Guilt Effect – Written as part of The Summer of Self-Care (Self) Challenge. I feel tethered to guilt. It seems to follow me wherever I go. Creeping in and influencing my days, keeping me up at night. It twists and turns my stomach as I fret over the day, which inevitably grows to embody …
Featured On: https://sarahclarke.biz/the-musings-of-a-sahm-turned-blogger/ No one expected what 2020 had in store for the world. No one anticipated a virus and lock down and life being turned upside down. Me, least of all. But when I found myself working in an industry I was unfamiliar with, in a role I had never before held, I soon …
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I don’t really remember if I thought about self-care until I became a Mother. Understandably so, as I was on my own and responsible to no other living being, save for my cats. Upon joining the ranks of motherhood – the You-sleep-when-they-sleep Gang, the Make-sure-you’re-still-getting-out-there Club – the unsolicited advice givers came out in full …
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The year the world stopped… I had been back to work for one year when the Corona Virus (COVID-19) hit and shut down the world. Schools closed and I was laid off. The world stayed indoors, isolated and distant. From the safety of our Farmhouse, my family and I watched as the world responded to …
That armchair had become synonymous with who I had become as a young adult. It was a vintage showcase of floral velvet upholstery, an ensemble of oranges, reds, salmons, golds and mossy greens. It was eccentric in classic form, a conversation piece, an armchair that held its own. My mother and I found the armchair …
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