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 to Sweetsmith Candy Co! These were amazing!!!
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!

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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!

Two Years Post First Chemo #MyCancerJourney

Thank you all for your comments under the video. I just went through them. I can’t believe it has been two years. God I am so grateful to be here and to be alive. It is a blessing. Thank you from my heart for all your love and support my friends. You are amazing. God…

Happy May! Leuchtturm1917 Notebooks

Happy May 1st! I am truly excited and very happy to collaborate with leuchtturm1917. They kindly sent me three stunning notebooks, a pen loop and a pencil. I’ve been using Leuchtterm1917 notebooks/bullet journals and art books for 4 years now and I’m very impressed by the quality of the product. Strong and sturdy. Never falls…

Dear 2020…

You induced turbulence and waves of emotional grief. You were unkind and relentless. You made me stand still while things around me moved in a fast pace. You tired me out and ripped my heart out of my chest. With these challenges there are many lessons learned. I have no control of fate, love can be omnipotent and even though social distancing keeps people apart, friendship, strength, courage and hope are resilient.

The beginning of 2020 was very challenging as Government announced the Pandemic and along with that came the rules like isolation and distancing. Staying away from family and friends was very challenging. Then schools closed and we started online learning. We only travelled around Ontario and spent time in nature. I started questioning a lot of things and there are so many emotions, feelings and thoughts about this entire pandemic. I can’t put it into words because there are too many things to reflect on. I’m still processing the entire thing. I started journaling more, doing art, yoga, reading more and staying creative. In the air lingered uncertainty, worry and fear for the future.

The last time I blogged was on October 23, 2020. I wrote that my father was coming and that I was going to take care of him. The first week he was here it was the hardest week of my life. I won’t go into detail. I felt so crushed and broken by his condition. His symptoms didn’t seem right to me. I took him to the hospital. They did all the tests and the results showed cancer. He went into isolation at the Hospital because he just came from Greece and I didn’t see him for two or three weeks. He was then moved to a palliative care unit and I was able to spend every day with him. I can’t get into detail about his condition and what he went through. It is too hard for me to describe. My father passed away on Dec 8, 2020. I was with him holding his hand and he knew I was there with him. I told him I love him and told him he is an amazing father to me. I cry every day and replay the last hours with him in my head. I’m broken. My heart aches. I cry and miss him. I think about him everyday. As I am writing my mind stops and thinks “What just happened?” Everything feels like it happened so fast. I know I was not alone in that room with my father holding his hand, I felt my mother with me.

Thank you for your messages, flowers and prayers. Thank you all for being there for me.

Even though it was a turbulent road and a lot of emotional chaos, I will add that love and faith in God is what kept me going. The love that I eternally have for my father gave me strength and courage to get through the hard moments. I can’t reflect on a lot things that have happened in the past two months. A lot of things are a haze, I’m still mourning and my thoughts make me tired. My tears just pour out unexpectedly through the day. I will be okay. Knowing my father is not suffering anymore and he is with my mother gives me peace.

I am hopeful and I feel loved. I have courage and strength to move forward with my family. My mother and father would want the best for me and I must keep that in mind. I love them and think about them everyday. They are around me and a part of me. I can feel them stronger than ever. Love, strength courage and hope are within me and I am resilient.

Dear October…

You have taught me so much! I didn’t have the opportunity to do everything on my October Bucket List but I’m grateful for the things that I was able to do October. Your beauty radiates and touches my soul.

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The first three weeks of October I had blog posts and vlogs going up and I was so happy to share them with you. Currently I’m taking care of my father so I don’t have that much time for my hobbies but hopefully some creative posts will be developed during November.

October was challenging, beautiful and cozy. I was able to bake and do house work. I had blog posts scheduled and things were running smoothly.

October taught me to be patient. I can’t say that for my feelings though. They were all over the place and I am still very tired and emotional and I am finding it hard to find motivation. Life can be very challenging and hard. The smallest thing will knock my feelings so low. I have a vision on how I would like to live life and I have no control to make it happen. This frustrates me and is breaking me down.

I am grateful don’t get me wrong. But I am tired. I take on too much and I push my self too much. I’m living and learning.

October taught me not to control things as much. I’m just letting go and going with the flow. Sometimes I see things in my mind the way that I would like things to be, but life has other plans. I have a little cry and move on.

October had beautiful moments. I enjoyed baking, making art and loved photographing nature. I loved dressing up the kiddos for Halloween and we had a lot of fun. It was all very nice. I’m grateful for each moment and I pray and hope that November will be productive and beautiful too.

I hope you all had a lovely Halloween 🎃 👻

I baked all day and made candy apples, caramel popcorn and yummy cupcakes. I made jello and a delicious dinner. Everything was amazing. Best part was my girls. They dressed up and were happy. I am most happy when my girls are happy.

I took a few photos with my phone this October. Beautiful fog photos and Autumn leaves. Nature’s farewell is truly breathtaking.

I wish you all a beautiful November. I pray that you are all well, happy and healthy. I wish you all the best my friends. I hope that I will have a post up sometime in November. Thank you all for following my journey. Much love and gratitude. Thank you all!

Goodbye October!

I can’t believe that October has come and gone. It was truly wonderful. Thanksgiving was lovely. Spending time with family was really special and dressing up for Halloween was super fun. You can have a look at all my VLOGTOBER videos if you like. It was so much fun filming everyday. I loved it so much. I thank you for all your support and love that you’ve showed me. It means so much to me.

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I can’t believe I did so much in October. Sometimes I don’t realize it until I look at all my pictures. I feel tired. I gave October my full energy. Now that October is over I feel a little down. I’m trying hard to stay positive. I know the winter will be beautiful and very special too. I just have to remember to take good care of my self and toss all the Halloween candy out. More green tea please!

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I usually plan a lot of blog posts at this point and think about what my next project will be but as Winnie The Pooh says “Doing nothing often leads to the very best kind of something”. That is my motto for now.

I hope you all had a lovely October and I wish you the very best in November. May you have a beautiful month! Thank you all for your lovely comments and support.

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