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Magic

Posted on March 5, 2019 by Leah
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I held my first Travelling Sisterhood Meeting Group meeting last week. One of my sweet friends brought me flowers : and and wrote this note on the packaging: It seriously made me teary. You see last year, I had shared … Continue reading →

Posted in book review, Finding joy, gratitude, Leah Davidson Travel, The Travelling Sisterhood Group, travel, Women's travel group, Womens' travel goup | Leave a reply

Mothers and Grandmothers

Posted on May 8, 2016 by Leah
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In about 6 weeks time we are off on another adventure. This time with just Zach and Zandra, as it’s their “15 trip”. Years ago we decided we would take each child to Europe when they turned 16. That changed … Continue reading →

Posted in Grandparents, gratitude, Mother's day, Parenting | 1 Reply

Talking between floors

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Leah
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Nighttimes are changing around here. I remember the sleepless nights when I was up multiple times in the night. I remember nursing Zach and staring out the window at all the city lights and wondering what my boy would be … Continue reading →

Posted in daily life, Family, Gabe, gratitude, Home, Kids, raising kids, Zach, Zandra | 2 Replies

Quote of the Week 

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Leah
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Life has been a little crazy around here, but I wanted to get things back on track with our quote of the week.  We have had such an outpouring of support for my sister Sarah and her situation and I … Continue reading →

Posted in careforsarahd, Family, gratitude, Quote of the week | 4 Replies

Happy Easter

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Leah
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Every year during the week leading up to Easter (Holy Week) I have such good intentions to really focus on Holy Week. But every year, I feel like we run out of time and maybe rush through Easter a little … Continue reading →

Posted in Easter, Family, Family night, gratitude, LDS, LDS conference, life lessons, teaching kids, Uncategorized, values | 8 Replies

The Golden Ticket

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Leah
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A few months back I was re-reading a talk that was given back in Oct 2011 at one of  our Church’s semi annual conferences, by Dieter F. Uchtdorf. It was called “Forget Me Not” — and is an amazing read, … Continue reading →

Posted in daily life, gratitude, happiness; choice, LDS conference, life lessons, Motherhood | 3 Replies

Welcome next six months…

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Leah
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It dawned on me this past weekend that we are in June. June is half way through the year. The last month before hitting the real halfway point. Where did the year go? The first 5 months have flown by … Continue reading →

Posted in CDF, cottage, daily life, Friends, gratitude, Road Trip | 11 Replies

Thanksgiving Gratitude

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Leah
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It’s Canadian Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving, my fellow Canadian friends! It’s the first time we had all the kids together on Thanksgiving Sunday. Normally, they are at their other parents and come back to us late in the day on Thanksgiving … Continue reading →

Posted in CDF, Family, gratitude, Memories, Thanksgiving, Traditions | 35 Replies

Jesus came from a Blended Family?

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Leah
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Music to my ears. My Mom sent me this little article by a Pastor, David McGee, that she found online entitled: Jesus was part of a blended family. At first I thought it was a joke , but then I read it. … Continue reading →

Posted in blended family, CDF, Family, gratitude, step family, step mother, step parenting, Stepmother | 3 Replies

Gratitude for Emails.

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Leah
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One of the many downfalls of losing a parent early on in your adult life (sadly, losing a parent at any stage in life has great downfalls)… is that as you get older, and a bit more appreciative (hopefully), and … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Grandparents, gratitude | 1 Reply

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I am a Mom, Stepmom and wife who by day also doubles as a Speech Language Pathologist in private practice. I started this blog because I want to document our journey as a family as we grow, change and continue to “blend” into our blended family. This is the place where I share the amazing adventures of raising my flowers and skids. Click Here for more.

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