Welcome to today's post, a few more days left, it has gone so fast!
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Welcome, I hope that you are having a
blessed day, and that you have been thinking about some of the areas of your
life where you can set yourself a challenge.
The Memories of home challenge was a weekly series of art pieces and reflections and memories of what home means to me. I created and shared a selection of mixed media
4x7 houses that I had made that captured different elements of home and growing up.
Home brings up a range of different
memories, some of mine took me back in time to childhood and some
memories more recent that reminds me that the home environment should be a
nurturing one.
Alongside creating the mini houses I also chose a
selection of words that all bring back memories of home life, or how I
wanted my environment to be ie 'nurturing, relaxing, a
sanctuary' things that I want to experience at home and I am sure that
others too want to have that place where they can be themselves and recharge their batteries. These
words were also ones that you could spend time reflecting on and thinking about
what they meant for you and so creating an additional jump off point for creating a journal page
Some Earliest Memories
My earliest memory of home was when I was around 4 years old. We lived in 2 rooms on the 2nd floor of a
house. My mum, dad, me and my brother who was a baby occupied one
room and my sister who was 10 years old occupied the other. A large
fireplace dominated the room and at bath times we had a large tin bath which
mum used to fill with jugs of water. We had fun playing,
splashing and laughing and the next minute you are being wrapped up in an
oversize towel looking forward to the night time snack.
Family life has changed a great deal over the
years. Creating the challenge was a
lovely way for me to take that trip down memory lane and preserve some of it for
the next generation. It is important
that we continue to tell our stories and share our truths.
As the families change/grow and relocate how do you stay connected and have those ‘do you remember
when we used to’ conversations. Our 'Trought' family gatherings used to invariably end up in
the kitchen. The kitchen seem to be the
place that everyone gathered and the adults sat around the tables with the children
trying to blend in as they listen to the laughter and stories, hearing the long
kept secrets. They would be ushered out when they tried to pip in
with their comments and to go and play with the
other kids, we were told the same things when we were kids.
There are so many parts of the story to tell, which will you share?
When you think of home what comes up for you?
What are the traditions that you have held on to as
a family.
Join
me tomorrow as I share more about the challenge and reflections. Tomorrow I will share the second part from my Memories from Home series. I hope during this month you find some time to challenge, be creative and stretch yourself.
Why not join me and do a challenge of your own. Look at ways in which they can impact on your own life and get you out of your comfort zone.
I look forward to seeing you tomorrow, it is never too late to start! The main thing is to take one step at a time and do something that you find interesting.
Stay blessed and be a blessing.
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