Last night was a tough one for us in the Smyth house. Our little Hudson has been fighting a cold for the past ten days or so {as is Daddy} and out of nowhere, yesterday evening, he spiked a fever of 103 degrees and became completely inconsolable. Within minutes, we were cancelling our plans for...
When I turned thirty, I wrote a letter to my ten year-old self. I wanted to tell my younger self what the next twenty years were going to look like…to not be afraid of what she couldn’t see. I was a very scared and worried little girl, and looking back, I wish that I could...
When I was growing up, Anne of Green Gables was my absolute favourite movie ever! I watched it over and over and over again until I could seriously recite that entire movie…word for word {and it’s a long one!}. I just loved the setting, the beautiful, poofy dresses and of course, the romance. But I’m...
I remember when I was a little girl, frequently getting up in the night to use the washroom; I would tip-toe down the hallway in my pajamas and more often than not, I could see the light from the lamp on my Mom’s bedside table streaming through her bedroom doorway. Whether it be two, three...
Did you know that the six Sundays of Lent are not actually “included” in Lent? Most people know that Lent is forty days but fewer people seem to realize that Ash Wednesday to Easter weekend is actually forty-six days! And that’s because Sundays are Feast Days. Sundays are the Sabbath. Sundays are all little “mini-Easters”...
