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Pear Harvest Photos

Posted on September 8, 2018September 9, 2018 by Cait Winters

Hello All, I wanted to share some photos from harvesting our pear tree in the backyard the other day. Do you have any recipe ideas for my pear crop? Let me know in the comments! ❤ Cait

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🕊️ Let nothing disturb you Let nothing affright you All things are passing God does not change Patience achieves all things Whoever has God wants for nothing God alone suffices❤ -St. Teresa of Ávila
🐦Our feathered friends are pleased💗 Over the weekend we painted some bird houses and re-filled the feeders. My baby girl was so excited to see a Chickadee (our state bird) perched on her's this morning!🌞 We also get lots of blue jays and cardinals that frequent the feeders. ... ... We have a lovely Spring planned & the sunshine and soil and birdsong has got me feeling super happy!! I'm so ready for the Easter vibes of new life, renewal, regeneration and joy🌱🌷🐇🐛🐝 ... ... Also, I'm re-sharing a blog post from December especially for today: St. Joseph and The Blended Family 🌱Link in bio to read💕
Hello, Instaland🌿 ... I'm seeing some new faces 👋 and thought that it was about time for a proper Friday introduction so you all know who in the world you're following here and why. Here's a few facts about me so you can get to know me better.🌼 ... -First of all, if you're here and you've been following along know that I appreciate you! I'm still not 100% sure what I'm doing with this space all the time. I don't write to an "audience" on this page. I just try to be myself and love everyone!!! I'm thankful for so many of the connections I've made here💫💓 ... ... -I'm the Mama of a blended family. We never say "half" or "step" because we are fully loved by one another. I had my oldest at 18 and there is a 9 year age gap between kiddos. My youngest two are 2.5 and 9 months- a 2 year age gap!👣 ... -Mothering two littles so close in age is as new to me as mothering a pre-teen. Most of the time I feel overwhelmed and like everything is falling apart but, somehow I think that means I'm doing it right?💁 ... -I love words: I've been writing as long as I can remember. I always wanted to be Josephine March or Harriet the Spy📓 I used to shy away from exposing my heart through my words but, with age have grown brave and found purpose in writing publicly.🌹 ... .. -I love creative writing, flowery words, bold imagery and real emotion. Im a poet at heart but lately I have been focused on writing relatable and inspiring stories of motherhood and faith check out the✨link in my bio to read more from me and make sure to follow along so you don't miss what's coming up🌷 .. .. -Sometimes I feel like people would like me to stick to the Mom/Lifestyle subjects but God puts things on my heart and I can't help but to share🔥🕊️ I don't have many Catholic friends irl and my husband can only take so much 😆 So the community here is a great outlet for me! .... -I'm highly empathetic. Before staying home with my babies I worked in a primary care office and my coworkers would send the stubborn patients my way because I knew how to bring out their kind and agreeable side. It was a compliment but sometimes on busy days I was like😑 haha ... Who did you want to be when you were a kid?💞
Sometimes in the middle of my mess, I find myself craving a slower pace. Room to be more creative, to write novels, to learn calligraphy, to satisfy my gypsy feet that long to walk in faraway lands, to photograph the sunrise, take piano classes and buy a fixer-upper to put my heart and soul into. Some times I want all of the seasons of my life at one time. But then what would there be to grow into? What would be left to look forward to? ... ... I live this current season in a posture of gratitude. Remembering how I longed for this time. I'm happy to muse over laundry piles. To be serenaded by alternating snores coming from the back seat. To write at my desk with pencils in my hair, in the middle of my cozy living room where my family laughs around me and our dog sits at my feet. I'm confident that the novels will have their day, but for now I'm content where I am in my journey & honored to share snippets and snapshots of my heart, memories and little stories inspired by a life overflowing with love.💞✨🙏 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #mybeautifulmess #littlestoriesofmylife #faithfilledcaptions #writerscommunity #motherhoodthroughig #risenmotherhood #writerscommunity #poetrycommunity #myhonestmotherhood #ohheymama #wildandfreechildren #magicofchildhood #memoirsofmotherhood #bohomama #flashesofdelight #momlifeisthebestlife #freelancewriter #chooselovely #petitejoys #catholicmom #womanwriters #storyteller #motherhoodjorney #joyfulmamas #feelgoodfeed #lifegivingsquares #momswhoinspire #graceupongrace
✨Silence is golden✨ ... .. I am a sucker for an interesting podcast or a jam session in the car but this Lent I have been embracing the quiet. I have been forgoing a lot of my usual noise and the more time that I spend in silence the more I realize how overstimulated I usually am! ... .. I don't watch much tv but I do like to read. I read books and blogs and devotionals and articles and Instagram captions. My phone has turned me into a Wiki-freak😂I am always only a click or two away from finding the answers to any random question that crosses my mind. I love research and history and often find myself down the rabbit hole of link after link. Don't get me wrong, knowledge is valuable pursuit but, the instant gratification is so unnatural. There *is* such thing as information overload! ... .. Prior to lent I had been feeling frazzled, irritable, busy but unproductive and perpetually exhausted. I was forgetful, I couldn't write. I was barely able to form a coherent thought no less put it down in a way that would make sense to others. I was wading through a thick fog and wondering why I couldn't relax. .. Between the entire-pot-of-coffee each morning, the mental load of my normal day to day and the extra things that I was stuffing my brain with, there was zero space left for me to process. No wonder my anxiety was triggered! ... .. Even my quiet time wasn't quiet. I'd try to be still but my mind continued winding without the opportunity to completely unfurl before my barking dog, crying baby or my own wandering thoughts threw me off center.😆💞 ... .. The extra quiet time is so powerful! When I take away the stimuli that pacifies me, I give myself permission to truly feel. Instead of numbing my thoughts and emotions with another distraction I face them, I sit with them, I let them wash over me, I smile, I grumble, I dance, I cry but mostly I heal.❤ ... .. There are plenty of opportunities for silence that I was just flooding with noise. I still pray and read but I don't overdo it. I absorb a limited amount information and let it marinate. I give myself room to wonder & I'm realizing how often God speaks to my heart when I manage to shut up long enough to listen!😆😏
Heres to strong women: may we know them, may we be them, may we raise them💪 Happy #internationalwomensday to all of the amazing women in this space! Keep shining your light and being an inspiration!✨❤✨

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Cait Winters

Cait Winters

I'm Cait, a Massachusetts mom of 3 living in a small, woodsy town with my kids, husband and dog. I am a poet at heart with an affinity for nature, coffee, wine, and musty old New England library books. I love to blog about my simple life made magic by faith and love. Email: cswinters15@gmail.com

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