Be In Love With Your Life... every teeny tiny stinking detail of it.

That is such a romantic thought, I love my life… but every teeny tiny stinking detail of it? Come on- how can that be… Life is hard, life is messy… life sometimes throws you stuff you don’t think you could ever handle, it knocks you down, stomps on you a little - how do you love it through all of that? how? how is it even possible? 

Sometimes it is easier on the look back, they say "hindsight is 20/20” this means when you are looking back on your life, you actually have perfect vision of it- you can see the invisible hand of God… you can see how hard things worked out for the good, and you can see the grace that flowed.

Duy and I have been through the wringer (more than once) we have had hard stuff happen… but looking back on it, it has made our hearts grow- it has changed us, moulded us, created two new people- different than we were when we first met, even different than we were just last year… I am humbled, by the way things happen, by the bigger picture, and by grace.

So today- try it, try to love every detail of your life, see if it is even possible, look back over the trying times, the good times, the fun times, the hard times and see if you can love it, all of it... every teeny tiny stinking detail of it. Can you see grace that flowed? Can you see the fruit it produced?

We may not understand the why- because (as my mother says) we don’t need to understand everything, we just have to accept it… 

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M.

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Coffee? Yes Please!

It's kind of true, good things happen over coffee; making plans, planning days, drawing, talking, chatting, being on one page over something so simple as a cup of coffee.  Even a conversation starter, "what's your blend" with a stranger... it's kind of awesome... Thank you Juan Valdez. You rock.

Share the love and a cup of coffee with someone today and make a connection!
M.

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Chillin' in China

One Generation.

This Chinese Proverb has such a beautiful message... but looking at it another way, it is also a warning message... a warning that what we do today effects the next generation. Let's make today amazing for ourselves and for the next generation...

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M.

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Be Kind.

Sometimes I need a gentle reminder to be kind- (I know -hard to believe, but alas totally true!) You know everyone you meet is going through something that we know nothing about- and sometimes all they need is a little kindness and grace in that moment...

This would be super cute in a classroom, a child's room or on your office bulletin board as a reminder to yourself and others to just Be KIND.

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M.

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Yup, We're Back :)

September.

It's a Crazy time of the year, because I always think I ought to be buying school supplies.  I went from being a student, to a teacher, to a graphic designer, and now a "blogger" of sorts... more like a maker of free printables, but I digress...

On the day before the eve of our departure ( on the road again... is playing in my head ) I've created a sweet printable for the nursery, children's room, your living room, home, apartment- wherever you can think to hang it, it was made for that!

It's about dreams, possibilities and hope... for you, for your children and for others!

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M.

These prints are : HoRiZONtAL :)

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