After a month of tireless efforts, Siri finally started sending me nightly reminders to open WordPress. I see it as a personal win. If Siri thinks I’m in a habit of journaling, it must be true.

Today was an annual village fest and truly gorgeous weather, which, if I were alone, I would have rather celebrated by a long walk in the forest and around the lake. Instead, I spent the day walking between food stands, a mini farm and bouncy castles planted right in the middle of a frozen pond. In other words, I spent the day with my family and that’s a blessing to be thankful for. The other blessing was, of course, the weather: sunny, crisp delicious air with no humidity, no wind, gentle cold, just enough to colour the kids’ cheeks, but not to freeze their noses.

The reason I like village holidays is because they give me a reason to remember what the weather was like that particular year, how did it feel like outside of the daily routine. Today was beautiful.