Tuesday Truth. Number 68. There's just something about Nature, isn't there? Something that makes you breathe a little deeper, feel a little calmer, and find a little more joy in the present moment. When I am breathing in all the beauty that surrounds me, I am reminded that everything in Nature blossoms in its own [...]
Tuesday Truth. Number 67. Well hello there!! If I haven't already seen you in my first post of 2021, Five Years of Blogging, let me just say... Happy New Year! I considered recycling the Tuesday Truth I shared at the beginning of 2019, Tuesday Truth #16, because I love that one so much. However, there [...]
Five Years of Blogging. First off. Happy New Year!! Sometimes it seems so wild to me that I've been here sharing parts of my life for so long. Today, Bedlam and Daisies turn five years old! 5 years! In the scheme of a lifetime a part of me thinks that five years sounds short, but [...]
I'm sure that most of us would agree that 2020 has mostly been a sh*t show. People have been sick, lost loved ones, lost jobs, and struggled with mental health. The pandemic has changed the entire way we live and interact. And for many it's not the only thing that has created struggles this year. [...]
Tuesday Truth. Number 66. So much wisdom packed into one sentence. And Rumi says it so beautifully. "If everything around you looks dark, look again, you may be the light." 2020 has been a strange and trying year, to say the least. So I thought for my final Truth for the year, I'd leave you [...]
Tuesday Truth. Number 65. This past Friday was World Kindness Day. A day to focus on the positive power of kindness. Kindness is defined as the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate. I think every day should be World Kindness Day. Wouldn't it be amazing if we as a collective just decided to be [...]
* I was gifted with yarn and needles in return for my honest review. All opinions are my own.* To Knit. According to the Merriam- Webster dictionary the word knit means: to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles. But I'm sure you already know what knitting looks [...]
Simplicity. "One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple."-Jack Kerouac The Lens-Artists photo challenge this week is hosted by Patti and she has chosen the theme of simplicity. I love the concept of simplicity. A removal of the unnecessary. It flows right along with my word for 2020 - "prune". [...]
Tuesday Truth. Number 55. Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering. -Winnie the Pooh Just let those words sink in for a moment. Doing Nothing. Does that make your stomach knot up as you think of all the things on [...]
Three years ago, I wrote a love letter to my daughter. A love letter to my youngest child. Miss Sunshine. My only girl, who was just entering into the teenage years. Interestingly, the love letter that sat in the recesses of this blog, and had been seen by around 100 pairs of eyes before 2019, [...]
