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The Opening at the Close

January 3, 2015 Jen EdenLeave a comment

A slightly belated happy New Year lovely people! I hope you had a wonderful and restful Christmas. So another new year begins. As with them all it opens at the close of the last. I don't know about you but 2014 was quite a year for me and mine. There was an awful lot of [...]

Posted in PersonalTagged blessings, Family, friends, grateful, life, love, new year

When the Sun Shines

May 3, 2014May 3, 2014 Jen EdenLeave a comment

Everything gets brighter. When the sun shines. We feel lifted up. When the sun shines. There is hope in all the little things. When the sun shines. We feel our blessings more keenly. When the sun shines. We love and live more joyfully. When the sun shines. We breathe in the day. When the sun [...]

Posted in PersonalTagged blessings, joy, life, love, reflection, sunshine

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“She had never been aware that she was afraid, that she feared the world’s vastness and diversity, it’s violence too.” - The Girl Who Reads On The Metro, Christine Féret-Fleury
Never could resist a book about books…
Holiday reading stack! That’s enough for a week, right? I’ll take my kindle as well, just in case…😝
Happy holidays to me! Had a real brain fog day today so grateful to know I’ve got a lovely chilled week ahead with my beloved, the pup and a big stack of books!
“I’m trying to speak - to write - the truth. I’m trying to be clear. I’m not interested in being fancy, or even original. Clarity and truth will be plenty, if I can only achieve them.” - The Parable of the Sower, Octavia E Butler
“We are coming apart. We are a rope, breaking, a single strand at a time.”
In 2020, I treated myself to the Whitworth backpack by @kulabags. I’d been looking for a sustainably made backpack that didn’t cost the earth and still looked stylish. When I first came across Kula I was a little sceptical. Backpacks made of paper?! I wasn’t convinced they would be that durable. But they we’re super affordable and I loved the look of them so I figured I’d give them a go.
Over the last few years, my professional life has changed dramatically. Since the age of 18, I have trained and worked in various roles to support young people. That was the career path I chose. I worked incredibly hard at it. And I loved it. Until I didn’t. Until it took more from me than I could give and the stress and exhaustion overtook the reward and passion. So I made a change. It was a leap into the unknown. The only things that made me feel secure in that choice were a)knowing I was going to be working with brilliant people and b) knowing it would give me the opportunity to write. I had nothing else.
The silver lining of constantly waking up super early for no reason? Lots of time to read and snuggle our pup.❤️
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