A Lovely and Magical Book – Curled Up With a Good Book – Where Would You Fly

March 6 2020

Thank you to Michelle of Curled Up With a Good Book for the lovely review of Lillian’s book … We are deeply grateful!! xoxo

“This is a lovely and magical book, full of wonderful short stories where you can let your imagination drift and enter the unique world of Lillian. A collection of stories and poems written by Lillian throughout her life, will transport you to new enchanted and magical worlds, full of colour, rainbows and happy endings. The photos and drawings of Lillian are an added beautiful touch.

Personally my favourite bit about this book was the section on Emotions and Feelings. Camilla (Lillian’s Mum) explains at the beginning of the book that this section was born from them working together to understand and process emotions and from that, Lillian produced “Emotions with Animals”. There is a lot both children and adults alike can learn from this section and it really resonated with me, and how I try to live my life. Each mini story talks about a different animal and emotion, for example ‘Calm Monarch Butterflies’ and then there is Lillian’s summary of ‘How To’ (e.g How To Be Calm). There is some fantastic advice in this, and every single one of us could learn something!

Throughout the book there is a mix of short stories (fairies & princesses, legends, tales & adventures), poems and songs – each with their own unique tale to tell. This book is adorable and inspirational, and if nothing else will make you smile. We all love a wonderful and happy story, and Lillian certainly delivers this along with plenty of inspiration and a touch of magic ….”

https://curledupwithagoodbook.co.uk/book-review-where-would-you-fly-lillian-darnell/?fbclid=IwAR1gqkB45uE90GIZta2m-DYCbY618hMhq41w4o831dGeKE_O_8oP_Y3mUag

Book Readings – Words of Alchemy or Where Would You Fly or Biggest Little Photographer

March 15 2020

Book Lovers …. Anyone self isolating or in quarantine …. You can schedule a free reading from any of our books, with the latest being, Words of Alchemy. I get on the phone or other modality with you for 15 minutes or so, I read a few passages, and then we can chat about it if you like.

Sending much love out to all … xoxo … Follow this link to book your reading .. https://camilladowns.youcanbook.me/ …. And this link to see if any of the books interest you … https://camilladowns.com/books/ … Feel free to share this with all your connections …

New Tires With Micro Green Love and a Well Loved Bookmark

March 3 2020:

Isn’t it pretty? Four brand new tires. Thank goodness! Rosey has needed them since November. Yay!!! 🥳🥳🥳

March 4 2020

This little micro green jumped out of the pile to show me some love. 💚💚

March 4 2020

Lillian says she’s finished with this bookmark. 😜She uses a bookmark for years, having me tape it with packing tape several times. This one finally reached the point of no return. 🤣

Movie Night: The Little Mermaid

March 2 2020

Team TLC Extra Movie – Lillian’s choice: “The Little Mermaid”

Lillian says, “Good, liked the music, liked the moral, liked Elizabeth and Elle.”

I say, “Classic tale with a weird twist. A traveling circus in Mississippi, selling healing water, and with a real live mermaid. Definitely not Oscar worthy acting, yet loved Shirley MacLaine in her role.”

Thomas says, “It was hilariously bad. My favorite line was “rising orchestral”. 😜🤣 (The DVD is stuck with the closed captioning set to on. So, we had a verbal description for the music!!)

Thomas and Camilla February 2020 Date Day

March 2 2020

Thomas and Camilla February 2020 Date Day (a little late!) –

First stop: Late lunch of Korean food at Tofu House. For me: Hot Stone Pot Rice Bowl, made with shiitake mushroom, carrot, zucchini, and fried tofu. This dish was deeply satisfying! Thomas had the Seafood Soft Tofu Soup, along with Korean wings. Customer service is outstanding. Very helpful in explaining dishes and making sure I got a vegan dish.

Second stop: A walk in one of our favorite places.

Third “stop”: Playing Deltarune with Thomas.

Throwback Post – Sweet Dreams Spell and Can I Clean the Stove

**THROWBACK POST**

May 29 2013:

Sweet Dreams Spell from the book “A Little Fairy Princess Magic” … Read to Lillian just about every night for about the past 2 years …

“Faires, as I rest in bed, bring sweet dreams into my head, keep me safe and guard the door, bring tales of happiness forever more. As I close my eyes and fall asleep, bring magical memories for me to keep. Fairies, as I rest in bed bring sweet dreams into my head.”

Sweet dreams to all y’all tonight. Gonna review my talk for tomorrow to a group of UNR undergrad med students from a parent’s perspective (of being parent to a child with special needs) and then I’m off to dream land!

May 28 2013:

“Mom, can I clean the stove?” -Thomas …. Sure Thomas! I love it when he asks me this!!

Thomas Cleaning Stove May 28 2013

Movie Night: Your Name

February 29 2020

Team TLC Movie Night: Lillian’s choice, “Your Name”

Lillian says, “Good, liked the story, like the music, and my favorite character is Mitsuha.”

I say, “Lovely story about time and the thread of fate. Really enjoyed it.”

Thomas sat this one out.

Thanks for Noticing

February 29 2020

When Thomas and Lillian were younger, this was a much discussed topic in our house. They still tell me I’m weird and crazy. I tell them, “Thanks for noticing.” 😜🤣

“My kids are starting to notice I’m a little different from the other dads. ‘Why don’t you have a straight job like everyone else?’ they asked me the other day.

I told them this story:

In the forest, there was a crooked tree and a straight tree. Every day, the straight tree would say to the crooked tree, ‘Look at me…I’m tall, and I’m straight, and I’m handsome. Look at you…you’re all crooked and bent over. No one wants to look at you.’ And they grew up in that forest together. And then one day the loggers came, and they saw the crooked tree and the straight tree, and they said, ‘Just cut the straight trees and leave the rest.’So the loggers turned all the straight trees into lumber and toothpicks and paper. And the crooked tree is still there, growing stronger and stranger every day.” Tom Waits

For Emarie Peters – We Are Family

February 29 2020

For Emarie … Wearing purple, red, and blue … blowing bubbles ….We love our Chromosome 18 family, we love you Emarie, we love you Peters family. I was lucky enough to catch a heart shaped bubble!! Perfect!! Strong winds made it a short celebration for you. Yet, that is perfect. As you were one strong human. Much power was packed within your tiny body. 💜💜💜💙💙💙 #WeAreFamily 💙💙💙💜💜💜

Photos of Emarie and her mom and dad from the Different iz Good archives …

 

Wild Horses with Huge Clouds

February 25 2020

Lovely hour long walk yesterday. Passed by a gorgeous family of wild horses that had been lounging in the construction area mess. It’s such a treat to get to see them. 🙏♥️♥️♥️🙏

February 28 2020

From yesterday’s walk …. 💙💚

February 29 2020

Huge cloud yesterday afternoon. 💙💙💙