18 shiny boxes and counting for the duo boxes and I also cut the papers for the minis and a lot of other papers for the duo. 

I used to make one box from the beginning till the end and then start with the next one.. Now, in the interest of time, I cut all the papers first - or at least, a big part of it - and I am making them as "automatically" as I can :-)
It goes much faster and I do not have to concentrate as much - which is win-win as I can listen to whatever I want to - and talk to V all day long without making too many mistakes..

I am so enjoying this process, it's a great meditative practice for me. And a great lesson in not stressing.. 

For some reason, this time I had no interest in making shiny boxes from prints of my art - but went on to make them from older stacks of carton that I have saved for a while. Wow, are they beautiful! 

I am wondering why I felt nothing for making boxes from my art but here it is, me totally trusting that my intuition tells me what people will enjoy at the Leefmarkt fair..

We also had a surprise guest today in house:

Sunday morning
Right now I am happy to say that we fall asleep around 12:00 in the night - which is a huge improvement to the 2:00 sometimes 3:00 o'clock of only a few months ago.. (V could not fall asleep).. 
The improvement came maybe from the good weather and thus lots of walking and playing outside - v is more tired.. 
Or maybe the counter intuitive, that the days seem longer (it's getting dark past 9 o'clock in the evening at this time in the NL)..  Or maybe that I am so so tired that V is just falling asleep earlier just for me, because he sees how tired I am..

However it came to be, this new habit gives me the wonderful possibility to wake up earlier and feel fit, sometimes as early as 7 (!!) and write, without losing too much needed sleep..

My planning for today (plus brain dump):

These past few months I found myself writing hundreds of pages that I want to share with you, my faithful friends. 

Not only have I written a blog a day for April's Shine but there are and where other stories, old and new, moments in time that need healing and closing, dreams and plans that want to be shared so that they can be anchored in reality. 

So I have decided to go all vulnerable and share it all on my journal blog..

It feels really really naked and raw..

..I kind of struggled with the name i wanted to give to this new adventure I am embarking in - and I was trying to invent a good date to start..

Thinking about it when I started writing this mail I realized that starting "yesterday" felt actually "better". There is no one good day to do that - so I will just start. Tomorrow is day one.. :-)..

As April's Shine (30 mails in 30 days Detox program) was over, I gave myself a little tiny holiday..
..That I have spent doing whatever V wanted, pretty much. 

You may have guessed it.. We watched Marvel's superhero movies over and over again while eating the first water melons of the season.. Yum, from Marocco, one of the few non-local staple food in our family..

But don't let me digress as there is a lot to cover today.. :-) 

Today is the last Shine Café of the season.. In June, July and August there won't be any Shine Cafés and I am not really sure whether and when I will hold a Shine Cafe again.. Things are shifting lots in the Shining Mama's World (you'll hear more about it later) and I am planning to do more thngs online.. On the other hand, I love having you guys in my living room! Watching inspiring movies together and eating yummy raw shiny treats is always good so Shine Cafe might stay in the program after September.

Today we'll watch the movie the Connection: Mind your body. As usual we start around 14:00 with a raw buffet. I have prepared a new recipe for water kefir that is awesome! and some other really yummy treats.
The movie starts at 15:00 and is 74 min long.

Shining Mama @Leefmarkt
On May 16th Shining Mama will have a stand at the market Leefmarkt, (translated would be something like Live!-Market).

I will have lots and lots of Shiny Boxes with raw chocolate and some other raw shiny yummy surprises - like raw cakes and tarts. 

Come if you are in The Hague, it will be fun.