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Vanessa Mayberry
Respect is at the root of love. be still + know that you don’t have to coax anyone to hold you in high regard. when love is intention + authentic, there will be no anxiety about reciprocity. connections meant for you won’t be second-guessed or filled with uncertainty. free yourself from relationships that leave you feeling insignificant. - a l e x e l l e
I am thankful for the years I am granted, to grow appreciation for both the light and the dark. For wisdom to understand that without one, the other wouldn’t exist as its own unique form. That without the sun and the moon we wouldn’t experience change and without the rain and the sun we wouldn’t experience growth. That regardless of our doubts and complaining, the world is magnificent and it’s always working magic. I’m grateful for the abundance of comfort and love. How I can be so lucky to live in such a comfortable place that a bowl of fruit in the morning and a tap that runs clean water are so normalized that they are taken easily for granted. I am thankful for the moments I am given to breathe and think. I am thankful for the freedom we have to choose. To live in a society where I have a voice and a mind of my own that is valued and heard. Thankful for both the laughter and the ugly cries that my family, friends and my job bring to my life. I am thankful and forever will be no matter the hardships life may bring because in the end there’s always more good to outweigh the bad and in the end it changes us and the universe is working ✨
Remember when the first snowfall was gentle and pretty? This year’s Winter has been a force for the Peg. It appears I am out of power, along with the other 30k Manitobans who are caught in this Winter storm. I will be offline for the rest of the day. If you are caught in the same situation, try to take advantage of the unplugged day, do some reading and enjoy the silence ✨
As kids, we take almost everything that surrounds us for granted. We don’t really appreciate the value of Holiday dinners with loved ones and the abundance of love and comfort. There are way too many other distractions that deter the mind away from gratitude. Now I ask, Is it really much different when we are adults? Sure we acknowledge the importance, yet when it comes to action how many of us really invest that energy as much as we can? I know I am personally guilty for letting other things consume my time. I love what I do, which is a conflict of interest. I often convince myself that overworking myself is okay because I am passionate, but I know that deep down I am guilty of not taking official breaks to turn off my work mind and really focus on family and friends. As an adult we should take more accountability when it comes to making an effort in relationships because it’s not as easy as living in a house or down the street from all the people you care about. People move, life gets more expensive and the demands for working longer and harder escalate. However, I will also admit to letting this be an excuse for why I don’t make lots of plans. “Oh you know life is just crazy”. Sure it is. Life is crazy. But I had this realization that most people are living their lives by this. I can wait for people to reach out to me but then what if they are waiting for me to reach out to them? I don’t believe in this when it comes to running a business and seizing opportunities, so why do I neglect this determination when it comes to providing value into my personal life? It’s true, as they say that time really does fly by. It is a figure of speech I have related to so fearfully as of late because when I get caught up in a work grind it doesn’t take much before I realize that a month or a season has passed me by. I realize that if I continue this pattern, then I will end up looking back and wondering why I let myself remain so careless and why I let my life lack meaning. A reminder that nothing should be more important than love and it is our responsibility to take initiative.
My new branding goal is to make all of my packaging more environmentally friendly by avoiding plastic and reusing any wrapping materials I receive such as tissue and wrapping paper. Being a small business, it is shocking to see how much packaging I actually receive throughout a season with online orders. It is pretty overwhelming when I visualize what a bigger business must consume throughout a year for trash. I’m overall really happy that my job can be done mainly digital, but being a sucker for the keepsakes, I still value giving my clients a physical gift to hold on forever.
Flip to the second and last photo for the Sisterhood of the travelling veil. Each of these girls are on their own stages in life but all share one journey 💕

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