Free LIBERTE Greek Yoghurt - Quebec ONLY

Finally something just for us Quebecers (OK well our region this time!).  Visit Liberté Canada's Facebook page and get a free 500g container of 0% Greek Yoghurt.  As I type this post there are still 7,290 coupons available - Go! Go! Go!

"LIKE" them on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LiberteCan?ref=ts#!/LiberteCan/app_370621236321979) and complete the info and the coupon is yours!

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Mother's Day week-end; a time of reflection

I am glad it is Monday! I am glad that Mother's Day Week-end is behind us! It might sound odd as most of the world is thinking "ughh it’s Monday" and the Moms of this planet enjoyed a day of pampering yesterday. Don't get me wrong I enjoyed every minute of my day yesterday will my girls and my Mom but again, a holiday/occasion brings with it a reflection on what is missing.

The week-end began with grim discovery that "E"s beloved fish Penny had moved on. In my usual manner I ran upstairs in a panic and told my husband when I am gone with "E" to her Home Depot activity (They are SO much fun; visit Home Depot's Website for details) he had to go to the pet store and replace the fish. I really need to learn not to panic! As "E" & "C" and I began to make some pancakes I realized that the whole reason we got this aquarium was to teach "E" about life and death and learning to deal with the emotions attached to it. So calmly I explained to her that something sad had happened and I explained to her that Penny had become and angel and now has joined her previous fish Ariel. She was sad but this time was able to talk about the emotions; my little girl is growing up. We continued to make breakfast and then she said "Mom can I get a new fish?" and of course she could and so she proceeded to tell me "I want a white one this time because I want to call her Marshmallow!" Amazing the imagination of an almost 6 year old!

Mother's day morning started nice and early with "E", more excited than even on Christmas, telling me "OK Mommy you can open your present now!". It was the gift they made at school and it was more than amazing to observe her as I opened the gift. The happiness and the proudness that shone through her eyes and being was probably the best feeling I had all week-end. Hubby and the girls also got me a Magnolia Bush. Something every spring I wish for. The best part of it is that they chose a purple over a white one. Purple to signify my little angel "I" (Purple was the color of her nursery and we have continued to associate purple and a purple butterfly (print on the nursery curtains) to her). Every year since "I"'s passing my hubby has always somehow incorporated our Angel into the gift and for that I am so thankful. After breakfast as I heard the girls squealing in delight as they played with their Papa I did have my moment of thinking of "I". I held her picture so tight and cried. I miss her more than words can describe. It is true what has been said to me; You learn to function on a daily basis but a song, smell, an occasion brings all the feeling back to as if the loss was yesterday.

We then spent the afternoon with my Mom and "E" again was so excited to give her Babi the gift she "put alot of effort" into making. A simple plastic serving tray, some paint, some Modge Podge, 2 hand prints and the imagination of an almost 6 year old turned into a very personal gift.

As night time came I sat in bed and reflected on my day and my blessings. I am lucky because I am called Mom. I thought about some friends who have had to decide to end their journey to parenthood. So for those reading who have the chance to celebrate this day realize how truly blessed you are to hold a child, to love a child and to be called Mom (Thank you Small Bird Studios for the beautiful quote below).

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Why I've started blogging again

Since I held my first daughter "E" in my arms almost 6 years ago life in our little corner of the world has been more than challenging.  Not challenging in the way you might be thinking; raising a child, watching finances, keeping my relationship with my husband alive but challenging in the way of dealing with cancer, death of our second daughter, still birth of our son (among many other miscarriages).  This blog entry is not being written for any pity or to focus on these issues.  It is a mere reasoning as to why I've started blogging again.  If you are interested in reading more about those journeys you can do so by visiting my blog "On the Wings of Angels".  A blog I created to talk about adding to my family, a blog that has not been updated in almost a year, a blog which its last entry was a few months after the birth of my 2nd daughter? 3rd daugther? 4th child? "C".  Why?  I believe the answer lies in the fact that I am happy, not complete but happy and that blog was created in my struggles to give a sibling to my beautiful "E". So today I create a new blog; a blog that will chronicle my life in my dream career; A stay at home Mom to 2 beautiful children walking this earth and 2 more whose spirits are felt in our home every single day "I" and "S".

This blog will be sharing our daily joys, struggles, how we make things work on 1 income.  I will also include any great recipes I come across, couponing deals, DIY projects... I do hope you will follow our journey but even if I get no followers this will be a special place for me to share with my girls our life and how their childhood was spent.

If you are joining me on my journey welcome and I do hope we will have some wonderful travels together.  Please do bare with me as I start to publish entries and learn all about the world of blogging.

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