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Thankful Thursday Week 14/52
Happy Thursday friends! We are in our fourth week of self isolation over here! The new life “normal” is a lot to take in! Definitely a whole host of emotions daily! I’m thankful my little family is holding up well and healthy so far. I’m thankful for all the folks doing their best to follow the rules and care for each other!
Lets remember there is no one size fits all for handling this current pandemic situation! Some people will thrive through this and others will fall, hurt, or even take their own lives. If you want to work out at home, awesome! If you want to sit on the couch and binge watch Netflix, fantastic! Do whatever feels right with your time at home. Don’t worry about what other people are doing! Resist the urge to compare yourself to others! Resist the urge to judge how others are reacting/function/coping or not! We’re all in this together but we are all allowed to work through it how we need to! Stay home and do you ❤️
PS I’m really thankful for iced coffee! ☕️☕️
Thankful Thursday Week 13/52
It’s been a long week for all of us! I don’t have much to say today but I will share one of the things im thankful for today. I’m thankful for all the logistics staff, farmers, truck drivers, grocery store staff etc working through this terrifying time to maintain our food supply. 
Without these integral workers things would be much harder than they already are! So thank you to you and everyone on the front lines. ❤️
Time To Smell The Flowers…
Good afternoon friends! Is anyone else riding a wave of emotion? One minute full of hope and driven to get through this and the next minute full on panic?!? No? Just me? I know it’s not just me! We are all in this together and it’s ok to admit it’s hard.
Today I had my spirits lifted by a porch delivery of a huge bucket of citrus coloured flowers from Floral support.
Floral Support is a local wholesale flower company that specializes in all sorts of floral decor for weddings, parties, or just your weekly bouquet! Given the current pandemic situation the world is facing I think it’s fair to say every industry has seen massive slowdowns, shut downs and lay offs. The only silver lining to that is more people are safe at home through this! Or they should be! The flower industry is no different, with a multitude of canceled events and weddings there are greenhouses full of beautiful flowers that no longer have a destination. Even when the world shuts down the flowers keep growing. That’s where Rachel from Floral Support decided to step in and try to find these flowers a home!
Rachel recently started the Floral Aid Project on Instagram to help support local growers & farmers and to bring some color and beauty into our lives while we are all unable to leave our homes. Rachel is offering contact free drop offs and pick ups of these beautiful buckets of flowers for the wholesale price of $50. You get to pick between 3 color schemes, Spring, Citrus, or Jewel. To get your own bucket delivered simply contact Rachel on Instagram, the Floral Support website or email info@floralsupport.ca
If you’re looking for a way to bring some color into your home, wanting to help support our local businesses and farmers or simply need a distraction by way of arranging beautiful flowers definitely look into the Floral aid project!
Thankful Thursday Week 12/52
What a week! Are you guys okay out there? This week has been one of the longest weeks of any of our lives. The emotional roller coaster, the information overload, the fear, the unknown.
I don’t have a lot of advice to offer except love each other hard and do your best to help keep other safe.
Take time to breathe. Step away from social media. Find safe ways to distract from the situation at hand. Bake a cake, try a new recipe, read a book, dance! Anything that will make you smile!
This week I’m thankful for lots! I’m thankful for everyone who is taking this seriously. I’m thankful my family is currently healthy. I’m thankful I can bury my face in my husbands beard and in Jacob’s little neck and breathe in their smells and feel love.
I’m thankful for cheerful flowers and that Mother Nature has blessed us with a week of sunshine so we can at least play in the backyard to break up the day! I’m thankful for cupcakes and coffee. I’m thankful for phone calls with friends and daily text check in’s. 
I’m thankful I can find something to be thankful for!
We are all in this together.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thankful Thursday Week 11/52
With all the information and fear coming to light surrounding the current COVID-19 pandemic I’m thankful for those helpers among us. The doctors, nurses, and the man in our community group offering to deliver groceries to anyone quarantined or immunocompromised. In these situations peoples true characters really shine through.
Having worked the front lines of other outbreaks I know first hand how exhausting it can be to be in a position of helping but I also know how beneficial it is.
Thank you to all of you working to mitigate the risk and effects of this. We see you,we appreciate you, and we thank you.
To everyone else take care of yourself and each other. Do your best to keep yourself and others healthy. ❤️
Thankful Thursday Week 10/52
Today I’m Thankful for the ability to have quiet me time.
As a Mom it’s definitely hard to fit in quiet alone time but it is an absolute necessity for my sanity.
Today I found the time to wander around the antique mall to find vintage kitchen treasure.
And I had my nails done.
Do you schedule your me time? Make self care a priority?
Thankful Thursday Week 9/52
Ummm how is it the end of February? Seriously wasn’t it just Christmas? We’ve been so busy and time seems to be flying by!
Anyways, I hope everyone is having a lovely week. I’m going to keep this short and sweet this week!
This week I’m thankful for those little reminders in life that you made the right choice! You know those little moments that make you think “oh wow, I’m so glad I chose this path!”. I had a major one oh those moments recently after a phone call from an old coworker. Often in life we agonize over things, over think and sometimes never know if we made the right choice. But sometimes things show themselves very clearly and it’s a moment of relief.
So this week I’m thankful for those little signs, thankful for closure, and thankful for following my instincts!
I hope everyone has an amazing weekend! 
Thankful Thursday Week 8/52
We’re neck deep in renovations with no end in sight but my energy and heart has been with Muffin all week.
Muffin had some pretty major dental surgery this week. As a small havanese dog she’s prone to dental disease and unfortunately her teeth didn’t fare so well. She eats a raw diet and the lack of crunch and scraping while chewing definitely sped the process along. Sadly Muffin had to have 25 teeth removed this week. She came through surgery well and is recovering well at home.
For that I’m extremely thankful.
You Do What You Have To Do
It’s been 179 days since I stood up and walked away from an abusive employer. It’s taken me most of those to stop feeling guilty for leaving the patients and taking care of my own wellbeing.
It’s been 1872 days since the accident that took away the way of life my husband and I knew .
It’s been 1837 days since I’ve become a Mom.
It’s been 37 days since we “settled” with ICBC.
In all those days I haven’t found myself but honestly I haven’t really looked. I haven’t really known where to look or how to look. What I do know is I sort of feel like I can see the light at the end of the tunnel instead of another dark tunnel.
My only thought is “Baby run!” Don’t run away from it run towards it! Run, embrace it. There is no shortcut.
This is the first time in over 5 years that for some reason it feels like I just got a breathe of spring.
Embrace it Erica, better days are here. 
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