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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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Hi friends, it's Cait 👋 I'm a Catholic Christian, wife, mama, writer and the face behind the blog & page Prayers Over the Kitchen Sink. I live a small-town life with my family, pets and plants in Massachusetts. It may not sound exciting, but nothing inspires me more than finding God in the midst of my everyday moments. Which is why I am so excited to introduce #SimpleMadeSacred 🎉🎉🎉 #SimpleMadeSacred refers to the principle of Sacramentality: the potential to find God in all things. When we see the word sacramentality we tend to think of sacraments (such as the Eucharist, baptism, marriage ect,) or maybe sacramentals come to mind (like holy water or crucifixes & the like). But we may be less familiar with the principle of sacramentality which affirms that we live in a world created by God and is therefore sacred🙏 God uses all created things to display his glory and commune with us in tangible ways✨ Its the Sacred in the simple that lift our thoughts from Earth to Heaven by pointing us back to God through places, moments, people & beyond. That means that everything from the twinkling skies, to the twinkle in your toddler's eyes can be sacramental in that they reveal God's presence and bring us closer to him. .... . My prayer is that this space will be a place you can come to share *your* own simple moments made sacred by faith & love 🕊️ Whether it's a sunset turned sign of hope, a word of wisdom from the heart of a child, or an example of the Lord's perfect timing, if it was something that made you say, "It's a God thing!"🙌 I want to hear about it! . . Share your pics & stories with the tag (or tag me!) & each week I will choose some faves to feature in my stories on Sundays! I hope this will be a way to build community, make friends & have fun. . . A place to encourage and inspire one another to live out our experiences & interactions through the scope of sacramentality, and to seek God in the little things🌿 Looking forward to seeing what #simplemadesacred looks like for you! 💖Cait
Hey everyone! It's Monday & I'm still here!🙌 ... .I'm moving out of a season which proved to be both refining & fortifying & taking a little break from this space was so good! I'm feeling refreshed, refocused & looking forward in hope to brighter days ahead🌞🌈🙏 ... It's wild to think that were more than halfway through this year already. It had me thinking about my word of the year for 2019 which was: detoxify. God told me through prayer that this year would have its challenges. Things wouldn't happen the way I thought they should. & so it has been. A true test of the patience and trust which has grown in me these past few years. .. Did you have a word for 2019? If so I'd love to know what it is! How has it reflected your experiences or motivated you so far? . Pray, Hope & Never Give Up 💖Cait #simplemadesacred
Happy Independence Day!🇺🇸 (& #throwbackthursday 👶💙❤)
That feeling when it's been a long week but it's only Tuesday! 😅 Being a parent is serious stuff but sometimes you've just got to laugh at yourself! The past few days have been littered with hot mess Mama moments but here are my top three: 1. Found a chicken nugget in my purse! (if you saw my insta stories you already know of this LOL) 🙈 2. Drove away with my coffee cup on the roof of my car! (Thank goodness I remembered it was there before any damage was done!) 🙊 3. Hid in the bathroom to eat my snack and scroll Facebook! 🙉 Now make me feel better and share some of your most recent or most memorable hot mess Mama moments in the comments! . . .
✨Perfection isn't relatable because none of us are perfect; brokenness is relatable because we are all broken. Be brave. Let God's light shine through your broken places.✨ ... .. I wrote these words last September & after a week of being vulnerable on this page they resurfaced in my heart. (Follow link in bio to blog to read the full post: Harvest Season) Maybe you need them too💗You are so loved. Keep shining🙏✨ ... .. "What man among you having a hundred sheep, and losing one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the lost one until he finds it? And when he does find it, he sets it on his shoulders with great joy and upon his arrival home he calls together his friends and Neighbors and says to them, 'Rejoice with me, because I have found my lost sheep.' I tell you, in just the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents then over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance." -Luke15:4-7🐏💗
Anxiety is more than just panic attacks. Its being too scared to make friends cause you think no one will like you. Its not reaching out to the friends you have already because you don't want to 'bother' them. Its feeling tired all day but not sleeping at night. . Its fighting anxious thoughts when you should be relaxing. Its imagining the the what-ifs and worst case scenarios. Its taking forever to make a decision only to second-guess yourself. Its white-knuckling it because you should be able to handle this on your own. It's crying in the shower because it's the only place you feel safe to really let go. It's grounding yourself while you merge onto the the highway with a car full of kids. Its the worry about the anxiety itself. Wondering if it will ruin that next event or date night. Wondering if you'll always feel this way. ... Its tough to have anxiety/depression as a mom. You know how blessed you are but you still struggle and the guilt just adds insult to injury. You think: "I should be loving my life and enjoying my kids and instead I'm wasting it feeling like this!" That's got to be the worst part about anxiety. It tries to steal your present joy. Sometimes you can stop yourself in the moment and choose the Joy and claim it. Other times the rug gets pulled out from under you. & Its okay to talk about it! It's okay to admit that you need extra help! Its okay to reach out when you need it! Know it can get better and have hope, it doesn't mean that life will always be easy but it gives us cause to carry on. ... I'm not looking for sympathy but I do feel it is so important to keep speaking up about mental health. Because even though these issues have touched all of our lives in some way it remains stigmatized and misunderstood. I almost didn't post this. I had a voice in my ear saying, "People have real problems! There are more important things going on in the world!" But my heart said "share, because you're not alone." & I want you to know, if you feel like this today, that neither are you🙏💗 . . . . .

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Cait Winters

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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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