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Over here, we do imperfect.
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We have limited budgets, not enough sleep, and big dreams.
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How are you guys doing? Like, really doing? 💗 w

Anyone slowly taking Christmas down? I shared toda

“A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices” ✨ Merry Christmas, friends! 🥰

Have you heard of Jolabokaflod? It’s a beautiful

Glad you guys appreciated the view of this spot in

It’s about relationships 💗
So since March we’ve all been spending alllll day together. I haven’t been around my kids this much & this consistently since they were newborns 😅
BUT.
Sometimes it seems like that makes it harder to connect with eachother in some bizarre way.
Like, since we’re ‘always together’ we don’t need to carve out special times for connection. 🥴
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...and that was ❌ wrong. 😬
As much as I need breaks (see stories for how I take my breaks during this time of life) my kids are craving that connection. With me (and @pthibbs ). And not just the ‘we all exist in the same house and you feed me all my meals’ connection.
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.true, meaningful, genuine connection. The kind where we are asking good questions, listening to their heart, engaging in what they love, and learning new things together.
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It can be exhausting. I won’t sugar coat that. But it gets exhausting because all the outside pressures I’ve put on myself creep in during those times of connection. When I’m able to simply shut those out for pieces of time, and truly devote my undivided time to my kids ... we all thrive 😭💗
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I hope that by sharing simple activities in my stories & through Simply Advent (the link is in my bio if you’re interested!) I can encourage you to carve out some little pockets of time for your family in this way. I promise you- you will not regret it 💗
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.#adventseason #shiplap #myhyggehome #idhtbptbb #twinklelights

📷taken at 7:22 AM Setting up cozy spots in our

☝🏽life happens here☝🏽 Since we’ve all

✨dreaming of a cozy Christmas✨ Anyone else? In

Whew 😅 how about those stories today, huh? This