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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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🌞TGIF everyone👒 Im so ready for some rest this weekend I did the thing I never wanted to do I got sucked in to a debate about abortion in a comment thread😒 I usually dont touch that issue w/ a 10 ft pole because I know and love many women that have made this "choice" I dont want to come off as judging or shaming them or anyone else They deserved better Healing is possible This is a heart-wrenching issue There are such strong emotions coming from all sides and its draining At some level I understand Fear is what is being expressed Fear that comes from a very real female frustration with oppression bad patriarchy & sexism that undoubtedly exists Its sad and ironic that these valid feelings are being funneled conveniently into a billion dollar industry at a womans expense I was raked over the coals for taking a different stance I was told that without abortion a womans ability to think for herself and make her own decisions was lost but I had a baby and was still able to think for myself and make choices for my own life Even more empowering I gave my daughter the opportunity to make choices for her own life by allowing her to live it! I was accused of pushing my "beliefs" on others even though I didn't bring God into the discussion There are many scientific reasons to respect life in its earliest forms It was hard to read preborn humans being called parasites and the value of a life reduced to wantedness But what I noticed was that when I looked beyond the knee jerk reactions and responded with compassion and understanding to my fellow women it was reciprocated & a space opened up for sane debate I got messages from people that were scared to publicly agree with me women thanking me for writing what they were feeling or for my courtesy toward them Wow did that make me glad that I decided to comment when I really didnt want to We need to stop believing the lies and propaganda and stop painting people with opposing viewpoints as caricatures made to cause division and push agendas Most people are reasonable & desire common ground All of this has me feeling powerless so Im spending the day in action donating praying & still believing love can change the world. ✌&💗
Family grows my capacity to love. My ability to give. When I think I can't love and give anymore I always do. & each time I give a little easier & with a little more love❤
Happy Mother's Day to ALL mamas in all your many forms💗 Hope it was a lovely day💐 ... ... ... I love being a Mother. It is one of the greatest sources of joy, wisdom & inspiration in my life. I remain in awe of the kindness of God, to give us such love and to love us even more than that!💕 ... ... ... My mother's day went like: 🌞👶💒☔💐🍰☕📚✨ comment how your day went below!😁 . . . . . . . . . . . . . #mothersday #aquietstyle #chasinglight #thatsdarling #honestlymothering #candidchildhood #magicofmothergood #mamahoodinsquares #lifeasmama #simpleandstill #momentsofmine #ohheymama #vintageclothing #freelancewriter #liveauthentic #persuepretty #writersofinstagram #bloggerstyle #mommyblogger #poetrycommunity #vintagevibes #gracemakers #stellamarislife #graceupongrace #gritandvirtue #everydaymamas #humansofjoy #catholicblogger #risenmotherhood
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"Always stay close to this Heavenly Mother, because she is the sea to be crossed to reach the shores of Eternal Splendor.”-St. Padre Pio .... .... I bet she is a beautiful, serene, clear and shining sea like this one who rocks us in her arms as we drift toward heaven💕 .... .... I quote Padre Pio today because I just began a novena asking for his prayers. It has been said that you don't choose the Saints the Saints Choose You. Because of my time spent in Protestant churches I kept my distance even from the Blessed Mother nevermind the Saints, for years. But once I started embracing this heavenly help I took note of this phenomenon. .... .... & since the beginning of the year when I started my *daily* devotion to the rosary meditation different Saints have been coming into my path. Having a (kinda;) Catholic Family and people knowing that I am Catholic causes them to give me all kinds of stuff, little prayer books cards keychains icons and the like (which I love) .... .... It started with sweet Thérèse who unbeknowst to me was my soul sister🌹Then around my birthday St John Neumann (our parish patron) & Teresa of Avila came along and I realize that they are saints that share my birthday of March 28th .... .... & I recently started my 2nd ever devotion to St Joseph for my husband and Padre Pio came out of left field but was so persistant that I'm asking for his prayers for my own spiritual Direction. St Anthony has also been hanging around a lot lately and I think he wants me to ask him for more than just my lost keys😅 (you're next my friend!) .... .... Upon reading their words and learning about the lives of these Saints I started to realize that there is a golden thread that seems to be connecting all of them. Almost every single one that I have named had a strong Devotion to the Blessed Mother. It would only make sense that as I ask her to be near to me they follow and draw closer as well! Its also worth noting that my love for Eucharistic adoration has been growing immensely and St John Neumann had a strong Devotion to the Blessed Sacrament & the best part is no one ever leads me away but only closer to Christ thru their witness🙌🙏💕 I love being Catholic!
🌺💗🌺💗🌺 Average believer: I get it! know it feels easier at times to compartmentalize our faith To try to blend in with the crowd between Sundays To think that others dont care or dont want to hear it That itd be easier to keep the conversation on lighter things like sports or the weather 🌺 🌺 Dont cop out! As believers its essential to speak about our faith. Its not only our duty but people need it. They have this gnawing, nagging want, even if they cant quite put their finger on what it is The evidence is in the trends 🌺 🌺 The masses are harkening back to simpler days and people are craving simple things: handmade clothes, wooden toys, organic food, tiny houses, minimalism We all seem to want less stuff and more substance In the midst if the quick, flashy, shallow & convenient, all of the things we thought we wanted, we find an emptiness a collective loneliness I speak from experience when I say that a heart not occupied by God holds a void that nothing short of holy love can suffuse 🌺 🌺 So as you help your friend cook organic baby food and KonMari her closet, don't neglect to tell her about what sparks true joy in full What sets your soul ablaze No, not a passing trend but the Gospel of the Lord The gift he longs to give The tender care of a perfect Father Enduring peace, unending hope, a faith so deep, so full, so beautiful A God who is eternal, sovereign, ever present, all gracious, never changing, always active, always constant, and who loves us so! What if you're the only one who will? 🌺 🌺 Then Jesus declared “I am the bread of life Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day -Jn 6:35-40

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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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