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Making Our Way in Winter :: 11 :: Embracing the mess

You would think after nearly eight years of this mothering gig that the basic points of parenting would have become embedded in me by now - but nope. Each day I still stress out about the messy house, the crap on the floor, the broken knick-knacks. Each day I have this battle of letting go and living in the moment, rising above the mundane and the urge to nit-pick and trying to find the creative aspect of our lives together - moving from an insane and unattainable goal of having a tidy house into aiming instead for a loving home. And sometimes to have that loving home it helps if Mama stops her nagging about the crap all over the place, ya know?

So my new mantra - embrace the mess, dive in, pile it up, but most of all enjoy the home.

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Merry Christmas to those of you out there who celebrate. If you are travelling in this terrible weather then take good care and I hope you find the love and warmth of friends and family around you this season. I may keep babbling on here since christmas is just another day in the ghetto, but I'm thinking of you all! Keep in mellow, folks.

Peace

Debbie

xx

Midwinter - moving into the light ...

I know some people claim that the Winter Solstice is the *start* of Winter, but for me it doesn't matter; the good news is we are now starting to climb out of the trench of deep midwinter with ever shortening days back into the light. 

We have turned a corner, people, and I am happy to say that with each passing day my hope increases by increment along with the strengthening sun.

Back into the light. Back to life insha'allah - Finally!

Making Our Way In Winter :: 10 :: Remember the summer

Making Our Way In Winter :: 9 :: Dig out the eye candy, get inspired and make plans

Making Our Way In Winter :: 7 :: Find the colour

Making Our Way in Winter :: 6 :: Hunker down

A lot of our readjustment in Wintertime is getting used to being so close to each other again, and spending a LOT of our days in the home, and as even our garden is now out-of-bounds whilst some building work continues, it becomes increasingly important that we all just deal with the fact that, like it or not, we've only got this space, we've only got each other.

So when life deals you lemons you make lemonade, right? Well when life deals you a winter, you make the best of it by slowing down, getting used to the home again - you hunker down.

I think after a couple crazy rebellious months our bodies and our psyches are accepting the cosmic shifts in the world around us and are settling into a rhythm again.

And amen to that.

 

Making Our Way in Winter :: 5 :: Be grateful you're *indoors*

Making Our Way in Winter :: 4 :: Warm up with Wool

Making Our Way in Winter :: 3 :: Settle down with a few good books

Making Our Way in Winter :: 2 :: soak up the sun

However small the patch of dappled light, however brief, soak it up.

Making Our Way in Winter :: 1 :: Embrace what the season has to offer

{taken with old camera}