Joyful Family Journal

Sweetness and Light

by Brian and Nissa Gadbois 13 December 2011 Breads

Every year on 13 December, before the morning sun lights the sky, Lucia comes wearing a candle-lit evergreen wreath, bearing saffron buns and coffee (cocoa for the children).  We sit in bed together, savouring this delicacy in the stillness of dawn.     The night treads heavily around yards and dwellings In places unreached by [...]

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{Making a Home} Quiet Time

by Brian and Nissa Gadbois 20 October 2011 Children

It’s been a quiet span of weeks with restorations.  Several of those were spent waiting for windows to arrive.  Then there was a momentary flutter of activity as they were put in and trimmed.  There is still a dozen or so to order, but those will have to wait until the coffers are refilled.  The [...]

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Baby Blues

by Brian and Nissa Gadbois 19 October 2011 Children

A volcano. That is how Dr. C described Josie’s tear duct.  Josie was born with a tear duct that never opened.  We tried compresses and massage for 11 months and we finally had one infection that went frighteningly outside of our ability to handle.  We decided we were done waiting for it to correct itself. [...]

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Quiet

by Brian and Nissa Gadbois 28 January 2011 Family Centered Living

It has been quiet. Brian has been in Seattle this week.  Something happens when he is away.  It is always a wonder to me.  There is a stillness, a waiting.  Adding to that stillness is the hush that falls with snow.  And there is plenty of that here, too. And waiting is something we are [...]

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A Joyful Family Journal:: 31 August 2010

by Brian and Nissa Gadbois 31 August 2010 Family Centered Living

Outside our window… Lots and lots of sunshine… for now. We’ve got a major hurricane headed our way. Around the house… Still catching up with laundry, cleaning tasks, and putting away from our Kentucky trip. On the farm… Chickies still laying a few eggs, they’re getting better at finding hiding places. Found a large clutch [...]

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