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Midday Life Update: A Quiet House Still Feels Like a Full Life
I wish I was able to say by mid-morning, the house had settled into a calm rhythm. Gerald is here with me, but Charlie and Bradley are awake making food before they leave for work. Doing what they need to do for the day. Once they leave it will be quiet, but it’s not empty. There’s a difference I’ve learned to notice more clearly lately. I need to do a load of dishes to keep the house moving in its usual slow cycle, and a few small things need to be picked up here and there, and the normal rhythm of keeping a home going is still happening in the…
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Life in Bloom Travel- Getting Out of the House Changes Everything
It’s Monday morning and I wanted to share another post for our Life in Bloom Travel series- Getting Out of the House Changes Everything. I don’t know about you but there are days when the house just feels like too much. Not because anything is wrong exactly — just because everything feels louder when you stay in the house too long. The same spaces, the same thoughts, the same weight sitting in the background. So, when David gets home, we get in the car. No real plan. No big destination. Just “I need out of here for a minute.” And suddenly the world feels different. As we drive around and…
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???? LIFE AS WE BLOOM — PETS SERIES-Pets Make Home Feel Alive
I wanted to bring you another part of our series for Life as We Bloom- this series is based on our Pets because they Make Home Feel Alive. I can’t remember where we didn’t have a pet of some kind in my home growing up. How about your home? For me some homes don’t feel full because of what’s inside them, but because of who waits at the door. My doggies. Is your home this way as well? Or is your home pet free? For me there’s a difference between a house that is simply lived in and a home that feels awake. You can walk into a space that…
Living a simple lifestyle from the front porch
