by Marissa | Oct 18, 2013 | 31 days 2013, Guest Post, Image-Update, JoiningCommunity, Life, Pregnancy, Uncategorised
{Guest Post by Dea Daniels} Our new gift-of-a-Labrador arrived within minutes of the phone call. Two unexpected events. One, the arrival of cheerand energy and a new beginning. The other, the announcement of a heartbreaking trauma; a loss forever etched in a mother’s...
by Marissa | Oct 5, 2013 | 31 Dayers 2013, Image-Update, Life, Uncategorised
Today will be my first spontaneous post of the month; the previous ones hurriedly written and readied for posting before Dan took his work computer (and our only working computer) with him to Ontario. I’ll just tell you ahead of time that it’s not totally...
by Marissa | Jun 25, 2012 | Farm, Image-Update, Life, Uncategorised
Dan’s Opa (grandfather) died on Thursday morning. This is one of those times when our choice to live here in Nova Scotia is hard. At a time when we long to be with our family but when the life choices we have made don’t allow us to. Our neighbor baled our...
by Marissa | Mar 9, 2012 | Faith, Image-Update, Life, Parenting, Uncategorised
We met at a moms retreat and I was immediately drawn by her grace-full demeanor. Later, I was blessed to have Kimberley as my next-door-neighbor for a short time and I treasure our morning coffee times in my heart. I miss those times. Having Kimberley’s words...
by Marissa | Sep 26, 2011 | Image-Update, Life, Uncategorised
This weekend was sad and a bit heavy. We found out on Saturday morning that friend who has been really dear to us finished her battle with cancer in the night. Val encouraged me often in my journey as a wife and mama, especially in the first couple of years when I was...
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