I moved

Life has changed for me again and I have started a new blog.

I just moved to a new/old home and it has inspired me to start blogging again. We have been lucky enough to purchase my husbands ancestral home that was built in 1892.
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I will be blogging there regularly!

Ode to V Day

I love love!

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Not the young lustful stuff that passes in moments but long enduring love. Committed, loyal love. 
I saw an older couple the other day leaving a grocery store and as they walked to their car they held hands. Granted I do not know them or their story but the image of it made my heart swell.

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When my grandpa passed away, my family was going through his things, including his wallet. In his wallet we found a picture of my grandma when they first met. It was bent and aged at the corners and it was clear he carried it with him in his wallet where ever he went since he met her. My grandparents had a love that was sweet, caring and loyal. They loved each other dearly but not in an over the top way, they were committed to each other and their journey. That is the kind of love I want in my life and I am lucky enough to have. It might not be exciting or passionate but it is stable and meaningful, nothing needs to be said the love is just there. 

My parents had an understated love as well, committed and dedicated. I think that is the love that stands the test of time.

I know its a cliche to say my husband is my best friend, but he is. We built our love on friendship and we go through our lives together as a couple.

We don't really celebrate Valentine's day here, though we always do something very small, it has really become about the kids now.

This is my small ode to Valentine's day. I hope yours was spent the way you hoped to!

Who I am....Who are you

Me, age 2, and my mom

I thought I would take today to take a moment and reintroduce myself.

I am a mother of two and a wife of six years. I have been with my husband for twelve years and though I may have not liked him every day of those twelve years he is my best friend.

Our Wedding Day

I was born and raised in Victoria, BC and I continue to live there now. I love this town and find it hard to find other places that rival its beauty.

A year after I was married I welcomed my first daughter, Isabelle and two years later I had my second daughter, Roslyn.

We are now a family of four with no plans of adding more, busy adding on to our home and trying to survive the insane world of raising a family.

I have been super blessed to be surrounded with amazing people in my life and try to remind myself of that whenever life tries to get me down.

The older I have gotten the more important I have realized family is and having a secure sense of yourself. While trying to build this family I have forgotten bits of myself and I am really trying to discover myself and what makes me happy. They say you have to make yourself happy first to make others happy and I am really trying to live that. It is a bit of a balancing act for me because the concerns of others have always been at the top of my list.

I am trying to use this blog to explore what makes me happy, from family adventures to beauty to cooking. It might seem all over the place but I am hoping to find some stillness in the spinning.