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  • School Days… ~ The Loft ~

    Graphic by Kerry Messer #TheLoft To Participate: 1. Be creative. We provide the topic. You feel free to use words, photos, video, audio, your family pet, whatever, to communicate on the weekly topic. 2. Listen twice as much. If you leave one link, visit two. 3. Be a community. Include…

  • Heroes & Heroines ~ The Loft ~ Week 9

    Graphic by Kerry Messer #TheLoft To Participate: 1. Be creative. We provide the topic. You feel free to use words, photos, video, audio, your family pet, whatever, to communicate on the weekly topic. 2. Listen twice as much. If you leave one link, visit two. 3. Be a community. Include…

  • The Mustard Seed Podcast: Why I Blog

    Hi readers (soon to be listeners)! I have finally been able to record my very first podcast with the help of my tech-savvy husband! Really excited to share it with you. It is a new endeavor and it will take time to shape, but I hope you will ‘tune in’…

  • A-Levels: What Next?

    Today is A Level Results Day. For those of my friends overseas that may not be familiar with it, A Levels are qualifications undertaken by 16-18 year old students as a means of furthering their education and opening a gateway to university. It is a pretty important day and I…

  • My 24th Birthday with One Thousand Gifts

    I soon turn 24 years old. I could spend the last few hours of being 23 reflecting on my life up to this point. But that would be an extremely long post and I would not really know where to start or finish, and what to highlight or leave out.…

  • Lessons from a Shape Sorter

    Most of us would have played with a shape sorter at some point in our lives. As tiny tots we tried to push the different shapes into the holes. We gradually noticed that there was one shape for one hole. Trial and error helped us to figure that out. As…

  • The Loft – Week 7 – Word Prompt: ‘Legacy’

    Welcome to Week 7 of The Loft ~ A Wednesday Link-Up! Come on up!! Graphic by Kerry Messer #TheLoft You will find my Week 7 post and the linky tool near the bottom, but first, before we get started, may I remind you how The Loft Link-Up works? The Loft…

  • The Loft – Week 6 – Potluck

    Welcome to Week 6 of The Loft ~ A Wednesday Link-Up! Come on up!! Graphic by Kerry Messer #TheLoft You will find my Week 6 post and the linky tool near the bottom, but first, may I remind you how The Loft Link-Up works? The Loft is a place for…

  • What Does A Beetle & The 7/7 Bombings Have In Common?

    Today I came face to face with my fears. I came across a giant beetle in the house, minding its own business. Normally, it is spiders in the house that instill fear within me. They get my heart racing. I sweat. I cry. I tremble. Turns out it’s not just…