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{December Gratitudes}

On December 30, 2014July 8, 2019 By JessicaIn Gratitude Journal

Gratitudes December 2014 | The Open Home — For posh afternoon teas and a toddler you can take to a 5 star hotel!

Gratitudes December 2014 | The Open Home — For brown paper packages tied up with string.

Gratitudes December 2014 | The Open Home — For a church that is full of fun and our wee wise (wo)man dressed up for her first nativity.

Gratitudes December 2014 | The Open Home — For not giving birth on Christmas Day!

Gratitudes December 2014 | The Open Home — For another sweet bundle and our first family portrait.

These are some of the inserts from our family gratitude journal during December, reminding us that God is good and that we are blessed!

What have you been thankful for lately?

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It has been a good year and 2015 will bring even greater joys

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Hello, I’m Jessica. A minimalist homeschooling mother of two living on the British island of Guernsey. I’m also a nature lover, letter writer and journal keeper that wants to to live life with an open heart. Welcome to my blog.

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Back when I was sixteen and the Husby was my boyfriend we read ‘The Hobbit’ together and I loved it. Ten years later when I was pregnant with our first child we started reading ‘The Lord of the Rings’ together. We made quick progress initially getting about half way through ‘The Two Towers’ before Blossom arrived but baby’s are all consuming and energy zapping so we made little progress with our reading once we became new parents. Then we added another baby to the family before our first baby was even two years old resulting in even less time for reading. So it’s not really surprising that it’s actually taken us six years to finish the whole story, but finish it we did - yesterday! 🙌🏽 . And when I say “we read together” what I actually mean is the Husby read to me. Yep, he read aloud the entire Lord of the Rings... every single word, even some of the appendixes just so I knew what happened to everyone in the fellowship. He’s the best audio book service I know of! 😉 . Honestly though, read alouds aren’t just for kids. If you don’t have a lot of cash to spare on date nights then I highly recommend picking up a good book to read with your spouse. It doesn’t have to be quite as epically long as ‘The Lord of the Rings’, any good fiction book will do. Next up we’re going to read ‘Love in the Time of Cholera’ by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, it’s been sat waiting on our bookshelf for quite a while now, about 6 years in fact! 😂 . . #thelordoftherings #tolkien #bookrecommendation #readaloud #readalouds #datenight #datenightideas #datenightathome

Lately I’ve been reading about the women’s suffrage campaign of the late Victorian and Edwardian era and was pleased to stumble across this statue of Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett whilst strolling through Westminster in London. Millicent Garrett Fawcett was a remarkable woman. She dedicated her life to promoting the the rights of both children and women but she is perhaps best known for her work as the leader of the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Society (NUWSS) from 1897-1919, the largest of the women’s suffrage societies. As a suffragist (not a suffragette) Millicent campaigned tirelessly and non violently for over 50 years for women to get the vote, playing a huge part in securing votes for women in the 1918 law reform. What a wonderful example of courage, patience and perseverance in a world that often feels too hard to change. . . #millicentgarrettfawcett #millicentgarrettfawcettstatue #historicalfigure #parliamentsquarelondon #westminster #suffragist #suffragistmovement #womensrights #votesforwomen #bethechange #courage #perseverance

Can’t help but sing “feed the birds” as I walk around St Paul’s Cathedral. In my mind I sound just like Julie Andrews. 🎶 . . #stpaulscathedral #stpauls #london #londonbaby #citybreak #feedthebirds #tuppenceabag #marypoppins

Daddy Man is home!! 💞 . . #daddy #daddyman #daddysgirl #daughterlove #reunited #thegirardgirls

When your @cavallinipapers poster falls off the wall and gets crumpled you turn it into mail art (and then have to find new wall art!)✨ . . #snailmail #happymail #outgoingmail #mailart #letterwriting #penpals #sendmoremail #keeplettersalive #postagestamps #guernseystamps #cavalliniandco #cavallinipapers #celestialchart

The girls took part in the goat show a couple of weeks back and Blossom won 4th place in the Young Handlers competition with her goat, Marigold. Not bad for her first competition! I was really pleased she won a place though as she’d practiced walking her goat for weeks in preparation and really stepped out of her comfort zone to take part. I would never have thought she’d want to do something like this but she really loves the goats and it’s lovely to see her confidence around them, even the big ones. #thegirardgirls . . #guernsey #guernseylife #islandlife #farmlife #guernseygoats #goldenguernseygoats #goldenguernsey #goatshow #goattherapy #homeed #homeeduk #homeeducation #homeeducationuk #homeschool #homeschooling #naturestudy

Instead of blocking out evenings to create like I have traditionally done, lately I’ve been making the most of small pockets of time to create when the mood takes me. It seems to be working and I’ve enjoyed my mail art creations of late. . . #snailmail #happymail #showandmail #outgoingmail #mailart #letterwriting #penpals #lettering #brushlettering #sendmoremail #postagestamps #guernseystamps

Nose scrunchingly good ice-cream! 🍦#thegirardgirls . . #guernsey #guernseylife #loveguernsey #visitguernsey #islandlife #summertime #fatface #fatfacemoments #icecreamface #nationalicecreammonth

We kinda like blustery days, they make for fun nature walks. #thegirardgirls . . #homeed #homeeduk #homeeducation #homeeducationuk #homeeducationguernsey #charlottemason #charlottemasonuk #charlottemasoneducation #charlottemasonhomeschool #naturestudy #naturewalk #guernsey #valecastle #blusteryday

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