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🍁 September Ember 🍁 Ember Days, also known as the “fasts of the four seasons”, were said to have been introduced into England by St...
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Kelly Ellis-Radahd
- Jul 27
- 1 min
An overflowing bowl of Self love and care
Self Care and self love has become extremely important to me over the years. And my faith has been so influential in that. We are called...
Kelly Ellis-Radahd
- May 21
- 1 min
Sacred Spaces
A big thank you to my mum who bought me a frame today for this beautiful print out from @thelivingheartco I absolutely am in love with...
Kelly Ellis-Radahd
- May 3
- 4 min
Sowing seeds of love.
The Kindergarten garden @thevalleysteinerkindergarten is starting to look so beautiful and full of life. The little one absolutely loves...
Kelly Ellis-Radahd
- Sep 10, 2021
- 2 min
Honouring joyful tradition
What are traditions? They are things we do, which we have enjoyed and taken into our hearts…most of the time. There is another side to...
Kelly Ellis-Radahd
- Jul 14, 2021
- 2 min
Our call to priesthood in the home through the sacrament of Baptism
In ‘The Spiritual Task of the Homemaker’ Manfred Schmidt-Brabant refers to the ‘Sacramentalism’ of the home from Rudolf Steiner’s 1916...
Kelly Ellis-Radahd
- Jun 29, 2021
- 2 min
Thoughts on the Solemnity of St Peter and St Paul.
Children, they bring love and light into our lives, such joy…frustration too. Sometimes parenting can feel difficult especially as...
Kelly Ellis-Radahd
- Jun 22, 2021
- 2 min
Homes as a sanctuary
“You will teach them to fly, but they will not fly your flight. You will teach them to dream, but they will not dream your dream. You...
Kelly Ellis-Radahd
- Jun 17, 2021
- 2 min
Creating magical moments in the home.
How do you bring the extraordinary to the ordinary? Here at home the smallest details make everyday childhood experiences magical. After...
Kelly Ellis-Radahd
- Jun 9, 2021
- 2 min
Waldorf and Catholicism
As we approach the little ones third birthday in September I find myself thinking deeply about what her education may look like, how we...
Kelly Ellis-Radahd
- May 6, 2021
- 2 min
Home, our sacred Spaces
🏡Home🏡 Our sacred spaces, spaces which offer a glimpse into our lives lived, our memories, our cultural background. The global...
Kelly Ellis-Radahd
- Apr 4, 2021
- 1 min
Showcasing the grace, beauty and majesty of Gods creation in the home at Easter
Easter is a beautiful and bountiful celebration of Christs defeat over the cross, just as we started to lose hope over the bare and cold...
Kelly Ellis-Radahd
- Mar 10, 2021
- 2 min
Reverence in words
“We must guard against disrespectful, disparaging, and criticising thoughts. We must try to practice reverence and devotion in our...
Kelly Ellis-Radahd
- Mar 8, 2021
- 2 min
Small traditions for wonderful shared mealtimes
One thing that has always stayed with me from attending Steiner parent child sessions with my little one is the small details that make...
Kelly Ellis-Radahd
- Mar 3, 2021
- 2 min
Quiet prayerful connection
Tea and knitting this afternoon. These things I do in joy and passion for me, for the home, for my family are themselves rich learning...
Kelly Ellis-Radahd
- Jan 29, 2021
- 2 min
Some thoughts on ‘mess’ and creativity.
Where once was tidy, there is mess, there are boxes, crayons, toys, books lay about for days on end... mess ... a beautiful mess - mess...
Kelly Ellis-Radahd
- May 5, 2020
- 7 min
The Soulful Garden.
‘To see the world in a grain of sand. And heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand. An eternity in an hour.’...
Kelly Ellis-Radahd
- Feb 4, 2020
- 2 min
Respectful and Responsive Mealtimes
🕯Respectful and Responsive Mealtimes🕯 . As part of my training in Early Childhood, a number of years ago, I took a course called HENRY...
Kelly Ellis-Radahd
- Dec 16, 2019
- 1 min
Beautiful Family Moments
Our little dining space. Small and sweet and extendable. Sociable - being in the kitchen, a place where we have had big family meals,...