2022 Goals

Dear January,

You are so cold and yet so beautiful

Thank you for your beauty

I look out my window and see the white snow all around

The sun reaches in our home and hits the walls with radiance and warmth

even if its for a short while I thank you

Branches are dark and shadows start moving as the Sun starts its journey.

In 2022 I would like to write more, create more artwork, make more videos to share.

I would like to get more active, I would like to learn something new like knitting or sewing,

I would like to learn how to drive, I would like to read more books and my goal on Goodreads is set to 25 books for 2022.

Here is a poem from my Poetry Book that is available on Lulu.com have a look if you like.

Flakes Of Magic

The sunlight in the early morning shines across the snowy

land creating magical light.

My eyes capture the glittery light flakes of magic.

I hold sacred that joyous happy feeling in my heart,

A soulful memory full of love, within, there is gratitude.

-Maria Medeiros

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Thank you all for your love and support.

Thank you for commenting, sharing and reaching out to me. Thank you for all your kindness. I appreciate it. Currently I am working on a Free Digital Download for a stationary, a wallpaper and a January Mood Board. If you have any ideas of anything else you would like let me know. I really enjoy making them on CANVA.

Have a lovely day my friends and see you soon with a new post.

Love,

Maria

Happy New Year! 2022

It’s a new year and I’m so blessed and grateful to be on this earth. When I got diagnosed with breast cancer the first thing I though of is I don’t want to die. I love life so much. It’s abundant. I love my husband and children so much. I want to spend all my time with them and grow old with them. I love so many things, I love fresh air, I love nature and water and trees. I love books and teas and coffee. I love food and music and art and cultures and stories. I love animals.

There is so much to explore and do. I want to try new things and have more experiences. I love Stories and fairytales. I love being a kid again by dancing around and looking like a fool but letting loose and letting go. I love looking at the world with wonder and being curious. I love expressing my self. I love children and teaching kids. I love my friends so much. All the memories made and all the moments waiting to be explored. Cherished times always in my heart. I love how babies smell and I love hugs. It feels amazing to hug and squeeze loved ones. I love the Theatre. The most magical place to be is in the Theatre. Stories to be told and magic to be seen. I love to love. My heart is so full it’s overflowing. I’m grateful and thankful. Feeling love and happiness abundantly. Gratitude and love.

I love the smell of flowers and grass. I love blue skies and I love storms. Grey skies and wind. It’s all beautiful. I love films. Love watching great stories come to life. I love the smell of food and freshly baked bread. Love the taste of chocolate. The sound of waves hitting rock, the sound of birds and the smell of the ocean. I want to explore and see more. I want to live many more Christmases and see more twinkling lights. I want to run through snow and go tobogganing. I want to sing more and act on stage again. I love life and I’m so grateful for each second the clock ticks. More love, more memories made, more of it. I hope this year will be full of everything I love and everything that brings joy and positivity.

I wish this year will be full of everything you love my friends. Wishing you all the best.

Love ❤️

Maria @bestdayblogger

Dear January…

I poured a lot of creativity into the pages of my sketchbooks and notebooks. I avoided any physical exercise. I know I said I would do yoga but I’m not into it. Just not feeling motivated. As we move into February the sun helps brighten my spirit.

I’ve been writing poetry. I’ve been sharing my poems on IG. @bestdayblogger because I don’t have my computer to upload and edit my vlogs as much I’m spending time on Instagram Reels and IGTV. This year is my first time using those features. It’s fun.

I created a video for my Art Book Flip Trough.

I created a video of my tea collection. I’ve been into a lot of tea drinking lately.

Reading art and writing is how I’ve been spending my creative time. The rest of the time I’m doing laundry, washing dishes and cooking. It gets dark at 5:30 and I hate it. I feel tired and want to sleep a lot but can’t.

Currently reading Alice Hoffman’s Magic Lessons.

I am really enjoying this book.

I completed A Poem For Every Winter Day. A very lovely collection of poetry.

Art in my Moleskine Artbook. I completed my first book. I didn’t use both sides of the pages.

As for beauty I haven’t put any makeup on. I only use skincare products. Clarins, Pixi Beauty Skincare and Avon Skincare. I will be doing a full skincare winter routine post soon.

That is all for this month. Art, writing, tea drinking and reading. Taking care of the house chores and cooking. Feeding, bathing and taking care of my girls. Taking care of my self also.

I watched a Netflix movie in January. I LOVED IT. It is called Penguin Bloom with Naomi Watts. Based on a true story. It was amazing! You must watch it.

This month’s favourite snacks are chocolate and popcorn. 🍿

I’m also loving my new fountain pen. It’s really beautiful. I received this as a Christmas gift from my wonderful husband. I also completed my Tea Pigs advent calendar and loved opening a tea everyday. It was amazing trying different flavours of teas. Tea Pigs is great!

So goodbye January 2021! I enjoyed each moment and cried many nights missing my father and thinking about him. I had a few sleepless nights. Puffy eyes and bags under my eyes. It is hard. Flashbacks from the final hours with my father come to me all the time and I just start crying. I know the good memories will float above the sad ones one day. Until then I light my candle everyday and pray.

I hope you are all well my friends. Take good care of your selves and your family during these hard times. Spend your time doing things you love and things that bring you joy.

Thank you all and have a beautiful weekend.

Much love and positivity.

Cold

Happy New Year! 2021 Thank you!

Happy New Year my friends! I hope you are all well. Have you made any resolutions for this year? I’ve made a bucket list for 2021 but I’m not putting pressure on my self. I do have a few words that I’ve chosen to guide me through the year and one is CREATE the second one is SIMPLE and the third one I’m still working on. 😝 I will let you know when I figure it out. Sometimes words appear with time.

I’m looking forward to Monday because I’m going to venture into more yoga. I hope I have the strength to commit to the classes and also to complete the classes. Last year I completed 2 rounds of 30 Days of Yoga and then when I bent down to pick something up I hurt my back on the right side and I haven’t done yoga since that day. So I pray that I can do it.

I’ve started writing, journaling and I also plan to read more this year. I would like to learn more this year as well. I’m excited and hopeful. I feel that we have to be hopeful and think positive.

I wanted to share a few things that I kindly won on IG in December and that I’ve been enjoying. Before I do did you read my review for Frankenstein by Mary Shelley? Find out what I think about the book here: REVIEW.

First I would like to say thank you for all your messages, notes, cards, flowers and gifts in my father’s memory. I appreciate how you are all helping me through this emotional time. Thank you for reaching out and giving me so much love. I’m so grateful for all your prayers and friendship.

Thank you so much Cat and Humara for the beautiful message and this lovely Angel to help me and guide me. Much love to you both.

I would like to say thank you to the Toronto Star for the tweet on Twitter.

I would like to thank you all my friends for my top nine on Instagram. It really showcases who I am and also what you like to see. Yoga, art and nature. Oh yes and flowers in my kitchen. 🙂 Thank you so much for being there for me and being so supportive. I’m truly grateful. @bestdayblogger

THANK YOU STORIES ON IG.

https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17861928311017195/

Thank you to Potter Mill for the amazing candle. This candle is almost finished and I love it so much.

Thank you Saltspring Kitchen Co. We are really enjoying these and will definitely make a purchase when we are done. So good!

Thank you to

FOXY ORIGINALS My favourite face masks and lovely jewelry

Callia Flowers Beautiful flowers!

Beretta Farms *Gift Certificate. It was an amazing experience shopping and also eating the food my family ordered. The taste is amazing! Thank you also for the A&W gift card! So amazing! I am so grateful.

Thank you so much Julie for the lovely card and the tea towel is so cute! It’s perfect! “ARTIST AT WORK” I love it so much! I love the decal “Today is a good day”. I’m going to put that on my mirror. I really love what you wrote and I’m truly grateful for your friendship. Thank you.

Thank you to AVON.CA for this Creamy Stick Jelly. You can put this on cheeks and lips. So lovely.

Thank you all for your cards, messages and comments. I appreciate it so much!

Have a lovely weekend and I will see you over on my Instagram account and on my Youtube Channel as well. Much love and happiness! God Bless!

HAPPY 2021!

Weekly Vlog | Self Care, Mom Chat and Artwork

I hope you are well my friends. I hope you take good care of your self and do some self care. You are important! Thank you all for your comments and support. I appreciate it so much. Thank you for subscribing to my Youtube Channel. It means so much to me. Have a lovely Sunday…

March 19, 2023

Dear November And December…

Dear November and December you came in like two sisters who back each other up. Sometimes you get along and sometimes you don’t. You fight, you love and you forgive.

FORGIVENESS

I haven’t written or vlogged for a long time. I was taking care of my family and my dad. I was so busy and tired and then I go the flu. My body and mind was so stressed and tired. I feel I still haven’t fully recovered. My husband helped me so much. He did the laundry and cleaning and he was there for me. I’m so grateful. I LOVE HIM SO MUCH.

LOVE

I’ve been looking at pictures and got so emotional today. Time goes by so fast. My girls are growing so fast it’s scary.

I feel the winter blues have gotten to me and this is why I need to make some goals and plans for my self.

GOALS

I’m trying to be grateful for everything. I’m also trying to follow my heart and sometimes the dreams and my heart conflict with reality. If you know how to fix this let me know. I feel every time I try to follow my dreams and heart it fails on me. It never works out. I’m trying to be patient. I pray to God and ask for his help. I’m emotional and feel so many things. I hope things work out for me.

HOPEFUL

My energy is lower. By the time I go to bed I use to read and watch some Netflix but lately I’m so tired I go to sleep.

I won this lovely candle from POETRY OF THE GODS. I gifted this to my sister-in-law. ❤️

I’m going to be honest and say that I’m not happy in Toronto. This city doesn’t make me happy. The architecture and lifestyle doesn’t make me happy and full of joy. My body and heart are aching to live close to the ocean and nature. I feel like getting out of this city and never coming back. I’m sorry if it sounds negative. I love my house and the memories made. Sometimes we just have to follow our heart and inner call. My call is to get my family out of this crazy busy lifestyle. I want to be a part of a smaller community that is close to each other and to the sea. I don’t care how cold it gets and I don’t care how much snow the new place gets. I care about being close to nature.

I won this lovely tea from Instagram. Mighty Leaf Tea is so good. I’m so grateful.

THE CALL

My one goal for 2020 is to get my driving lessons completed and find a home that has a great community and school for my children. Must be close to the ocean. 🌊 That’s it. So with the help of the universe and God, may he guide us toward the right direction.

GUIDANCE

I managed to save some Christmas clips and photos through November and December. I hope you enjoy them. I love sharing them with you.

I won this lovely tea on Instagram from TEA SPARROW. Really lovely tea!

SHARE THE LOVE

My words for the two months were patience, vulnerability, courage and strength. I believe life sometimes gives us a lot of things to deal with. And no matter how sensitive we are as humans we need to allow our self to feel, to cry and to stand up for our selves. Also to support each other and surround each other with positive people. It’s vital to eliminate negative people. Sometimes situations are difficult and eliminating negative people is hard but ultimately it’s imperative for your self. Whether this takes one day or many months it’s important to surround your self with love and kindness.

This was my Christmas Bucket list. I did everything except visit the Christmas Market. Maybe next Christmas. I wish you all a very happy New Year! Have a beautiful and magical 2020!