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hello hello! i'm cat, and this is my (our) blog. i write a lot about motherhood and try to find the creative in our day to day lives. i also may share photo sessions as they come my way or a photos series i may be doing as a personal project. maybe a new recipe we're all loving at the moment. instagrams and dr. seuss quotes. this is also a space for me to just write. i've always been a lover of words. grab a cuppa brew and have a browse. cheers.

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although fall is my absolute favorite season, spring is a close second. i think it’s the smell of it, mainly. that fresh mulch, clean air smell that i love so much. i am more than ready for it to warm up, as well. that almost goes without saying.

spring also marks the growing of my babies, evelyn turns 4 next month and theo 2 not long after. and so the birthday planning begins…

i find that i get very nostalgic with the changing of seasons. a lot of my happiest memories are linked to these times-when the light, smells, wind and outfits change. for spring, i think about high school. we were finally able to eat our lunches outside. softball practice in the afternoon, a welcome change from running suicides all winter for basketball. homework outside on our deck or front porch, it was finally staying lighter longer. nights at jimmie cone. taking drives with the windows down, just because (but also because we were new drivers and driving was fun). getting to school in jackets but not needing them by 3pm when the sun had warmed up the earth enough. in spring, everyone was just happy. happy and relieved, i think. as a kid, i was more happy. but now i know why the adults (moms) were relieved: they could finally kick us outside to go run around. fresh air does wonders for tiring out kids.

so, although it is, shockingly, raining today in vancouver to welcome in spring (to be fair, we’ve had a string of nice days lately), i know the fresh, mulchy air is on it’s way,  and i couldn’t be happier. or more relieved.

the glimpses we’ve already gotten…

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i felt like we were having a generally mild winter in terms of rain. i say this as a newcomer, this being only my second winter spent in vancouver. and my first one was only half a winter. but it was rainy. this one, grey for sure, and rainy as well. but not as much.

then the last two weeks happened and i felt like i was going to go crazy. even the kids noticed it. they didn’t verbalize that, but by the amount of time outs and cranky attitudes we’ve gone through, i just decided to blame the rain. i can’t complain, there are still a lot of indoor activities to do around here. but eventually by the 18th open gym or library visit, it all seems a little tired.

which is why this past monday was so welcomed. it was the first time i was able to notice the sun rising earlier, meaning the days are getting longer, meaning spring is on it’s way. we ate our cereal while the light finally poured in, and made plans to go to kits beach, one of our favorite spots. i finally ran. we got siegel’s rosemary rock salt bagels. the kids played for hours, then napped for hours. it was a good day.

it’s as if God knows we need those days, in the midst of lots of grey ones. when we forget what the sun looks like, when we can barely hold on anymore, He gives us a glimmer of hope.

lucky for me, today is another glimmer.

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