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• a mamá storytelling her days • #Edmonton, AB #yeg • maker of books #fromthecorepaper

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Perhaps this resonates with other mamas. My Oliver’s birthday is November 26th, and putting up the tree, for me, has always had a special connection to him. I remember being heavily pregnant, only a few weeks away from giving birth to him, and putting up the tree and getting the house ready for our beautiful boy’s arrival seemed like a perfect thing to do to help time pass. With every ornament I placed on the tree, I was so connected to the life growing inside of me and knowing that for the rest of the Christmases after that, our life would only be richer and more full because of him. Fast forward the years, I always have an internal battle with myself as to whether we put the tree up before or after his birthday. Loving him with all my being, my mother heart doesn’t ever want him to feel like his birthday drowns in the craziness and festivities that this time of the year brings. But recently, he’s been talking a lot about Christmas, perhaps because of the twinkle lights in their now reading closet, or because of Christmas just starting to happen all around us. So last night when they were sleeping, I rearranged my living room and pulled out the tree. When they woke up this morning, he was the first one to notice the change in the living room. He walked straight up to the bare tree and said “it’s sooo beautiful!” In my logical mind, I know that nothing, NOTHING, will ever overshadow the joy and celebration of his birthday, but I have a mother heart that, by nature, worries. My Oliver though, sensitive and always wise to his mother’s feelings, said he was “sooo happy for Christmas”, and today when they get back from grocery shopping, we’ll decorate this tree, and make it as beautiful as the boy that Christmas trees will always remind me of. -
For all the mamas with babies born close to Christmas ❤️ -
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Slow dancing with my sweet, not so little anymore, love. There is no special occasion, nothing outside the ordinary, no music, just the sounds of life happening around us. His body is heavier and bigger every day, and only for a few more weeks, does a 2 year old rest in my arms. I love him so much. I cherish his trust, his careless rest on my body, because he knows he doesn’t haven’t to care. He knows that I’m holding him. I’ve got him. It’s something that words will never do justice to, the feeling of holding your entire world in your arms. -
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The silhouette of the things that bring me joy; plants and the crafts that my babies bring home ✨
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Yesterday evening, my sister and I went to watch @remixtheritual @ladragonalady @nasraad ‘s #threeladies at the @edmontonfringe and words aren’t enough. Art and poetry at. it’s. best! Performed by a powerfully vulnerable cast, full of intersecting stories and themes, it beautifully expressed conversations that are not only relevant in our generation, but that are so necessary to be spoken. As a Latin American woman, as an immigrant, as a mother, daughter, sister; I was moved in so many ways. Bravo! Bravo! They still have two shows left; today and tomorrow; if you can, go! -
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#intersectionality #multiculture #bicultural #storytelling #immigrantmama #yegarts #yeg #yegmoms #theatre #women #womenofcolour #art

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About a week ago I shared that there was a project I was working on... ☺️
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I thought of this idea when I was driving a few weeks ago, and there was no doubt in my mind that this project would bring everything I love and am passionate about – being a storyteller, a person who journals, an artist, a maker- and allow me to offer to the universe in the shape of a handmade journal.
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From the Core of Mother Earth in the materials, and from the core of my heart and craft...
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From the Core – Handmade Recycled Paper Products 🌿♻️📖💛
•story and shop is live with first batch, link in bio• -
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#handmadebook #handmadejournals #recycledpaper #recycledpaperproducts #yegmade #yegmaker #yeglocal #storyteller #ecofriendly #reusereducerecycle #yegmoms #yegblogger #supportlocal #thesincerestoryteller #makingart #greeninitiative #yeg #yegmama #fromthecorepaper

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Just a mama in love ❤️

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In a way, creating the reading closet showed me that even if their room was that little space, as long as it was full of love and magic, it would be perfect.
Close to 3 years of these two room sharing, and it’s been the most wonderful thing ever ✨💛
- a short and sweet blog post about this, link in bio-
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#roomsharing #sharedroom #nursery #yegkids #yegmoms #flashesofdelight #memoirsofmotherhood #fromwhereistand #allkindsofmagic #readingcloset #newblogpost #yegmaker #albertamamas #yeginspired #yegtoddlers #motherhoodinspired #itsthelittlethings #itdoesnttakemuch #happymama

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A little reading closet 📚✨can’t wait to see it this evening when the lights will really shine. That’s where all bed time stories will be read from now on. 💛
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Inspired by the wonderful @bonjourmoon (who you should absolutely follow - if you already don’t- for the absolutely most beautiful and uplifting content ever). -
Happy Day ✨
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The view of our sweet pergola, no matter the season, is always so magical. The hanging outdoor lights in the winter especially, really light up the whole space with the light that reflects off the snow. Do you think my husband will let me put an outdoor Christmas tree there? Doesn’t hurt to ask right? Haha. Also, please tell me I’m not the only one who will have to brush snow off my outdoor furniture 🙈🤣 #reallife
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#itsbeginningtolookalotlikechristmas #snow #prettysnow #ourbackyardoasis #inthewinter #yeg #yegmoms #storytellingmama

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Pretty much in love with this wall ❤️🌿... and I really need to fix that light 💡🤣. It’s a quiet season for me on this platform, but I’m dreaming and working on projects that I cannot wait to share and put out to the universe. I feel creativity flowing, and that’s exciting. Currently though, cuddling my runny-nose-almost-three-year-old on my lap as he watches Hotel Transylvania, and me, on wipe duty; always “Mama” first ❤️ hope you’re all having a lovely week so far! -
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The late moments of this mother’s nights; going in to tuck and kiss my sleeping babes one more time before I go to bed myself. When did they grow? At one point, this room had two cribs and a nursing chair. Middle of the night visits were more frequent, and checking on them before I went to bed required some ninja skills to make sure I was sssuuuupppper quiet. Now, there is a bunk bed in this room, and the children in those beds are no longer babies. Penelope will smile in her sleep when I caress her cheek, and the scent of Oliver’s always sweaty neck when he sleeps is the balm for my heart. No matter how the day went; whether it was hard, busy, stressful, joyful, wonderful... I always reach perspective when I stand here looking at them. I have won the lottery. -
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