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Our Perfectly Planned Christmas Break…or Not! 🤷‍♀️

Published 8 months ago • 2 min read

Before Christmas, we had all these plans for our Christmas break:

🎁 People we wanted to see,
📍 Places we wanted to go, and
✅ Things we wanted to do.

Not to mention, relaxing and spending time together 🕯️.

We didn’t get everything done for work on Dec. 23rd, so we worked part of the 24th to finish up 💻.

Then we got ready and went to our Christmas Eve service 🎶, where we celebrated the birth of Jesus. ✝️

🎄 Christmas Day was relaxing and enjoyable, like it should be.

And then the day after Christmas (known as Boxing Day here in Canada, but that’s a story for another time), we ran one errand.

When we got home, we both crashed in the living room and fell asleep 😴, only to be sick by the next day.

That lasted on and off until 3 days ago, which was the first day we both felt okay at the same time! 🎉

Obviously, all of our plans were canceled ❌, we haven’t seen anyone since Christmas Eve, and we got VERY little accomplished on break (well, aside from counting meals 🍽️, dishes 🧼, and laundry 🧺!).

Maybe you can relate, either with Christmas break plans, or just life in general. 🤷‍♀️

When Life Happens… 🎢

The point is, sometimes life happens.

And when it does, we have to have some ways to roll with the punches, especially if you have kids in your home.

That’s one of the reasons why I’ve started creating music videos for our YouTube channel 📺.

🎶 Music can be a wonderful tool to bring a sense of calm 🕊️ to your home in the midst of chaos.

I believe that’s one of the reasons why God created music for us! ✨

What Makes These Videos Special? 🌿

My main focus is creating music videos that help the whole family relax.

That's why I fill them with nature-themed scenery 🌳🍂 and enjoyable music 🎼 that both kids and adults can enjoy.

I’m also starting to include some videos that have “Calming Thoughts” for kids (but let’s be honest, we could all use them sometimes!).

I hope these videos will help your kids:

  • Regulate their emotions 💓,
  • Calm their bodies 🛌, and
  • Bring a sense of peace to your home 🏡.

When kids don’t feel calm and regulated, they’ll have a much harder time being kind and sweet 🥰.

Let’s face it, most adults have the same struggle—they just may (or may not!) try to hide it better!

Try It Out Today! 🎥

So the next time your child is struggling to calm themselves or make good choices, why not give one of my videos a try? 🤔

It might make a world of difference and make it so much easier to talk through the issue at hand once they’ve had a few minutes to calm down (not to mention giving you a quick breather too!).

The Best Part? 🆓

Our YouTube channel is one of our resources that is completely free 💖 to access.

📢 We posted a new video this week!​
👉 Click here to check it out!

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Make sure you subscribe 🔔 to our channel while you’re there. We hope to publish at least one video a week 📆 for the whole year and don’t want you to miss out on any of them!

Every time you watch, like, and share our videos, it helps us out so much 🙌—thank you in advance for doing so!

We’d Love to Hear From You! 📨

If you find these videos helpful for you or your family, hit reply and let us know what you think 💌!

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Your feedback will help us know what kind of videos to keep making 🎥.

Joyfully,

Angela Joy

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PO Box 40018, Milton RPO Derry Heights, ON L9T 7W4
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Joyfulnotes Piano for Beginners

Teaching Kids About God Through Music

My name is Angela Joy Duncan but I'm also known as "Lady Joy" to kids around the world! My goal is to help Christian parents by teaching their kids about God through music using a colour-coded piano program comprised of books I've written and courses I've created. While I love for any kids ages 4-10 to use my program, I especially tailor it to young children, those with special learning challenges (such as neurodivergent students) and missionary kids!

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