Sunday, October 16, 2022

Focus on Joy and Love



The storm was crazy, I never in my life heard wind like Fiona before. Fiona felt like a monster trying to get you and it lasted endless hours. At 2 in the morning we all woke up and sat in the living room. New home, new place and it was frightening. Power went out and trees came down and after 13 hours or more the storm slowly stopped. Fiona scared me to the core. 



Autumn weather has settled all around us now. The clean-up around our town is almost complete. The evidence of Fiona coming through the area slowly diminishing. 


The sun rises beautifully, gold hues touch all the leaves and burnt orange and yellow surrounds us. The fields softly touched by morning fog disappear by the warmth of the sun. 


Being in a new place feels vulnerable, I still feel emotional, it’s only been one month. The beauty of my surroundings helps my emotions and offers me comfort and joy. The beauty of PEI embraces me and offers love. 




I don’t know how long this adventure will last but I know that I am going to live in the moment and appreciate everything around me. I am going to look toward the brightness of the sun and not the shadows. Focus on joy and love. 


I have set up an art area and slowly I will set up my books as well. I forced my self to sit down and make some art but I just sat there not knowing where to start. Feeling lost a bit so I’m just going to take in my surroundings and breathe a bit before creating anything. It takes time…


Thank you for reading my blogpost for today my friends,

All love and positivity,


Maria 

Saturday, October 8, 2022

Autumn 🍂 in PEI

 



I’ve started writing my new poetry book and It will include photos and art.

If you like my 2022 poetry ebook it's available here:


Poetry Ebook


I’ve written a few new poems inspired by Autumn in PEI.


Autumn in PEI 


The land is golden

Trees rustle

Leaves falling to the ground

Wind has picked up

Cool wind

Crisp air

Birds in the distance scrounging off the farmers land

The sky is full of blue grey clouds

Pumpkins everywhere on the porches and store fronts 

Scarecrows and Farmers Markets 

Open Signs

Small town O’Leary 

Charming little town!


-Maria Medeiros




Autumn in PEI


It’s harvest time 

The potatoes are tumbling into the trucks

The sun shines between the branches 

Leaves turn orange, red and gold

Silhouettes and shadows appear on the ground

Leaves slowly falling

Local markets selling orange pumpkins, mums and corn

The air perfumed by earthy leaves

Crisp breeze

Hot cocoa and some pumpkin pie please!


-Maria Medeiros



I have uploaded two moving vlogs on my Youtube Channel. 
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Moving...



It feels like a dream! Time went by so fast. We packed up and moved out of the busy city to a small town in PEI. Selling the house was stressful and finding a house even more stressful. Moving has been a whirl-wind of emotions. It’s very emotional to leave familiar surroundings, it's very hard to leave family and friends. We miss everyone so much.


I’m not going to miss the Toronto traffic and overpopulated areas. I’m not going to miss the consistent city noise. The noise pollution was very intense and it was causing many problems to my mental health. Traffic, noise pollution, air pollution, crime, hustle and bustle…not going to miss you! 


Driving over the confederation bridge was breathtaking! It is beautiful here. It takes time to adjust and to get use to a new lifestyle and pace of life. Things move slower here and traffic is less. Local food is amazing. I was worried the first week with the changes but I’m slowly embracing everything. There is beauty all around us here. Farm land, ocean, lighthouses, windmill farms and more. The locals are super nice and friendly. Everyone knows everyone by their name. 


I love the house that we moved into. We are still opening up boxes and are putting things in place. We definitely look forward to personalizing the house to fit our style but overall I am so grateful for the home. 


I was worried how my girls would adjust to new schools and so far things are great. The PEI schools are great. They provide food programs and even pay for student’s school supplies. 


Since we’ve been here we have visited the West Point Lighthouse beach, the potato museum which has amazing food, especially the blueberry bread pudding! So so good! We’ve visited Summerside and Charlottetown. There’s so much to see and do here. The summer attractions are now closed but I am sure there is so much more to do in the Fall. I can’t wait! 


Thank you all for reading my blog post today, I appreciate it. I hope you are all well my friends. 

Much love and positivity!


Maria 


Moving Vlog Part two...

more coming soon!


Friday, May 13, 2022

Birthday and Last Treatment Vlog





Thank you all for watching the vlog and for all your love and support. 
More vlogs coming soon! :) 
Have a beautiful weekend!

Faith Hope Love


It’s been a long, emotional and challenging year of treatments. After completing surgery, radiation, chemotherapy and 18 rounds of Herceptin, I am finally finished. I only have five years of hormone therapy to do and the side effects are very stressful and annoying but I’m going to try and figure out ways to minimize them. 




It has been so hard. So difficult. Very emotional and a challenging year. I feel I don’t even know how to function without thinking about infusions and results and appointments. I only have follow up appointments and yearly check-ups. Sometimes I stop and think what just happened? 




I am so grateful that I’m here and I’m trying to appreciate each moment without drowning in the emotions that I dwelled in the past year. It’s hard to move forward, but with faith in God and focus on love and family my heart ♥️ is full and hope is here.

 Hope and positivity for the future. One day at a time. 

Thank you all for being here for me and being a part of my journey. 


Thank you from my heart,

Love ❤️ always Maria 



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