Lunch is ready! Plant based eating

 Lunch is ready! Pumpkin spaghetti with tomato sauce and greens.

#savethepumpkins #awesomelunch #honouredbygoodfoods #sustainable

Healthier choices are ALL possible with the right knowledge and application

 As we are preparing dinner, I am constantly reminded of what IS possible when it comes to food and nutrition. Limited budget or not...and I say this because I know what our highs and lows of "affordability" have been when it comes to our groceries. We eat our meals, our snacks, and even treats with a stronger sense of appreciation...especially in the last year, and we have growing and healthy children.

Whether you have allergies or restrictions, a diet you want to implement, healthier choices you want to make...they are possible with the right knowledge and cooperation.

Honestly, the biggest difference over the years has been in the family contribution to the meals being made and planned out. It has brought mindfulness and with that, less waste.

Now to finish enjoying the dinner that was made with the boys

#mealtime #youcaneat #healthychoices #mindfulenergy #whatareyoubringingtothetable #Lovefirst

More light, more reflections. Edumacation and the love of learning

 Good morning! Bright and sunny....coming in from a different angle....more light....and with it, more reflections....

Yesterday I was reflecting on different experiences in the education system. One where the student thrives and does well, in spite of having little to no friends, just does their work and what they enjoy and doesn't get caught up in too much drama.....and then there are those, with little to no friends, drama finds them, they are smart but feel no desire to initiate, uninspired, bored, and counting hours to go home and do something they would rather be doing....

I was both. But mainly the second one..... Drama of racism and exclusion....finished all my work and was bored, was feeling uninspired and encouraged to move up in grades (grateful for the support of my early year teachers)....was told I should stay with my "peers" and make "friends" (didn't see that I was being both bullied and ostracized...I now am not an advocate for age-based peer groups....like-mindedness is better IMO) ... focused on my school work and things that kept my interests...was often alone...

Why do I bring this up? Many reasons....One reason, a year ago someone asked me about it....they are a peer who noticed this happening to me and how did I deal with it. It made me awfully sad to consider....that it was obvious SO MANY years after it began....and the second reason, I was in Education and I have a BIG HEART for fostering learning (lifelong)....For those that the system works for...great!! Keep at it! I have a son thriving in the system and he will continue to do so....For those that the system doesn't necessarily support, focus on your love for learning first...and then continue to learn in love and with love, and about love....there is a place for you too. Whether at home, online, or in a special school or program that offers GOOD support....it's there!

The day is bright....the future is bright too.

#thankyouGod #DivinelySupported #LoveforLearning #itsBeautiful #dontDimyourLight #StayBright

Enjoying OUR part in this "bigger picture"...Earth Day 2018

 Good morning! Earth day! And, as in the years before, it is the perfect day for gardening. I find it funny that THIS is the day I set as a benchmark for the season....I am always able to clean up my garden beds with the support of mother nature on this very day. I sit with patience as the first month of Spring (Sprinter) allows the ground to thaw to a point where it will receive the melted gift from winter....moisture to grow....

How many times have you cursed the process or WISHED it was something else that it was not meant to be?....Like wanting a warm beach when you live landlocked on the other side of the mountains and wondering WHY it wasn't right there where you are! (We have lakes folks....it is what it is...)

Oddly enough, no matter how much we "measure" and compare, there are a lot of things in life that show up in the same way year after year....after year.....under the observance of "bigger picture views" (over the course of the year perhaps....that seasons play out among themselves and not for our "entertainment"....we just get to experience their "dance".....perhaps? ). We may be here to experience and flow like everything else....enjoying OUR part in this "bigger picture" and living out our journeys with joy....

All I know is I hear and feel a warm wind blowing through and I know that my garden beds will get a bit of love today

Happy Earth day!!

#thankyouGod #biggerpicture #wearegreaterstill #patience #induetime #graceofnature #showsomeLove #insideandout #EarthDay