friday favorites- june 28

         

Happy Friday friends! I hope that you have had the most wonderful week! It has been a busy week over here for me at work, a beautiful and fun day trip to montreal, continuing to settle into the cabin, and several behind the scenes projects!! 

Here are some of my favorite things from this past week! First of all.... 

1. 9 Surprising and Amazing Health Benefits of Strawberries

Yesterday I shared about some amazing and surprising benefits of eating strawberries. If you missed the post you can find it HERE! These are some of my favorite posts to share (health benefits of food) - and I love that y'all love reading them too! 

Are you looking for an easy way to include strawberries into your life this summer? Check out this AMAZING and delicious recipe that I talked about in this week's What's Up Wednesday post by clicking HERE!

2. July 4th Junk Journals

Can you believe that July 4th is next week?!? There are still a few adorable July 4th Junk Journals in the shop so if you are still looking for the perfect unique gift or for a bespoke heirloom memory piece for yourself, head to the shop and go HERE for the collection! I shared more in a blog post this week HERE that you can read more about the collection!

3. Day in Montreal

On Wednesday I had taken the day off and mom and I went up to Montreal for the day. We had such a lovely day (and a bit of an adventure!) but it is always so fun to travel to Montreal for a little bit. This is one of my favorite things about living where we do- the ability to step into another country and culture so easily. I am constantly amazed by the kindness of our Canadian neighbors, the way that they go out of their way to communicate in English with those of us that are not experts in French and just the loveliness of having a taste of Canada so easily to access. I need to write up a post on some of my favorite places and things to do soon!

4. Thursday Health Thoughts

If you are looking for Thursday Health Thoughts, Simple and Nutritious recipes and encouragement for chronic illness or health issues, check out this page HERE! Every week I share new thoughts and tips and I hope that they are an encouragement to you in your health journey!

5. Caravan Sonnet Shoppe Update and Refresh

I was so excited to share this week (read HERE) about the Caravan Sonnet Shoppe on Teachers Pay Teachers update and refresh. Thank you SO much for all of the sweet and encouraging words about this! I shared all my thoughts in the blog post about how this made me realize some things about "change"... check it out HERE!

6. Keep Moving Book

I shared this in my What's Up Wednesday post (click HERE to read), but I bought this book for my sweet mama and she absolutely loves it! If you are looking for a book for your parents this one is so encouraging, real, and makes my mom laugh out loud and encourage her at this stage of life. Full of life and encouragement- I definitely recommend it y'all!

7. FLASHBACK FRIDAY

With Caravan Sonnet turning eleven years old this year I love sharing on Fridays some of the older but most popular posts on the blog! One of the things that Caravan Sonnet developed into was a a resource for those looking for trip itineraries around the United States and World.

With heading back to Georgia in July for a wedding, I immediately am remembering about my time living there. My time in Georgia was a chapter that will always remain incredibly precious to me. I arrived in Georgia "starting over" and left with a knowledge that something was seriously wrong with my health. I had no idea of course how sick I was or what the next 11 years would bring, but as I look back on my time here as I am visiting for a couple of days I am humbly reminded of the treasure and love and laughter of the three years in Georgia. Fellowship family, you remain incredibly close to my heart always. I love y'all and thank you for loving me so well too.

I shared a reel last Spring that holds tons of precious memories from that time. You can watch it HERE!

I hope that you have a wonderful Friday friends! Thank you for making this such an incredible space to come to and connect with every single day. I am so blessed!!