The Mystic Pumpkin

11/14/2025

I don’t understand this new trend of banning sleepovers.
Like… some of my best childhood memories came from sleepovers.
Little girls need those nights where they whisper secrets under blankets, do their nails at 2AM & laugh until their stomach hurts.. ✨💅🏻💖
The boys had their video game marathons, Dorito fingers, wrestling on the floor & pretending they weren’t scared of the basement… 🤼🎮💙

I still remember this night when me & my two besties camped in my yard.
We had our little tent, blankets galore, an air mattress, snacks, the TV/VCR combo strung with the extension cord to the house, our flashlights… 🏕️🍬🔦

A tiny kitten wandered into our tent & curled up with us for a couple hours like we were its family.
It felt magical, like the universe tucked us in… 🐈‍⬛✨

But it wasn’t just camping.
It was the silly stuff too..
Like the night with one friend, when we watched Finding Nemo & had to keep it a secret so we didn’t ruin her birthday sleepover theme the next weekend.. 🐠
We were sworn to silence like nine year old FBI agents! 🥸💼🤣

That’s what sleepovers give kids
Magic ✨
Trust 🤍
Friendship 👯‍♀️
Memories that soften your whole life. 🥹

Protect your kids yes
Use judgement yes
But taking away sleepovers completely… it just feels cruel. Childhood deserves softness. Childhood deserves freedom. Childhood deserves tents in the yard & tiny kittens who choose your lap! 🥺

I couldn’t take that away from my future kids..
Not when I know how much those nights shaped me, & the friendships I still have today. 💞

11/11/2025

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'Savanna' in 14k Yellow Gold with Purple Turquiose ✨️

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11/11/2025

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11/11/2025

Today I’m remembering all who’ve lost their lives to war… 😔 the soldiers, the widows, the civilians & the children alike.

I carry deep respect for those who served to give me the freedoms my country has, but I don’t believe they fought for a world where truth is censored, where youth are crushed by debt before their life begins, or where elders can’t afford to rest after a lifetime of giving.

They didn’t fight for silence in the face of injustice, or for compassion to be branded as controversy.

Freedom should mean the right to live, to speak, to dream! ⛅️
Without fear, without hunger, without bombs falling on homes half a world away…

Our forefathers didn’t die for a country that turns away from suffering.
They died hoping we would never forget our shared humanity!

To truly honor Remembrance Day, we must remember not only the dead, but the living still praying to survive. 🤍

🌹 May peace be for everyone, everywhere.
May mercy find those who suffer, & may justice rise where it’s been buried.
May the souls of the departed rest in eternal light, & may the living be guided by grace to protect one another.

In the name of love, compassion, & the God who weeps for His children,
God bless us all.
Amen 🙏🏻

- The Sacred Loaf 🍞 x The Mystic Pumpkin 🎃

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11/11/2025

My Brother, My Gaza 🤍

There’s a war that doesn’t make the news.
A siege that lives in the walls I grew up in.
The smoke isn’t from bombs.
But from broken promises & painkillers ground into dust.

Every day I try to rebuild…
By stacking small moments of calm like bricks around my heart.
While another storm tears through the door & the air fills with old ghosts again.

He isn’t the enemy, but peace never stays long where he stands.

Still, somewhere under his rubble, I keep looking for peace, I keep looking for him.
& when I find him, he’s bruised & broken all over again, & so am I.

But I still believe one day that his ceasefire will come.
The war inside him will grow quiet, & he’ll feel sunlight again, he’ll feel love that stays, warmth that doesn’t fade.

Inshallah may he find a home within himself that no drug can wash away.

Ameen 🤍

- The Sacred Loaf
The Sacred Loaf

11/10/2025

The more yarn I acquire, the less powerful I become 🫠
& the more disorganized I get trying to start 9 projects before Christmas 🎄🧶

11/10/2025

The more beads I acquire, the more powerful I become !! 🙂‍↕️
Mwuuahahahaha 😇

11/10/2025

I wrote a boooookkkkkkk!!!!! 📚😍
My first ever!! ☺️💕💕

For a long time, I thought I had to choose between my roots & my rebirth, between rosaries & dhikr beads, between pews & prayer rugs.

But maybe faith isn’t meant to divide us. Maybe it’s just different ways of saying the same love. 💗

This is a small project from my heart to yours; a devotional booklet that weaves together Catholic & Islamic reflections, shared prayers, & the everyday language of faith.

For anyone learning to speak peace in two languages.
☪️🌿 In the Name of the Same God

🍞 The Sacred Loaf
🎃 The Mystic Pumpkin

✨ “In the Name of the Same God”
A gentle bridge between two languages of faith.

A small devotional booklet by Chantal Palmer
from The Sacred Loaf 🍞 & The Mystic Pumpkin 🎃

🌿 Chapters Include:
1. The Language of Faith:
learning the words that mean the same thing twice.
2. Speaking with Heart:
greetings that carry peace.
3. The Rhythm of Worship:
where prayer meets rhythm.
4. Mercy, Trust & Return:
the language of healing.
5. Life & Blessings:
everyday holiness.
6. Knowledge & Legacy:
the wisdom we keep.

🌸 Excerpt (from Chapter 1)

“I grew up hearing ‘Thanks be to God’ in church pews,
& now I whisper ‘Alhamdulillah’ in prayer. It’s the same gratitude, the same breath, just spoken through two different windows of light.”

☪️🌿 In the name of the same God.

If you’d like a little preview before it’s published, let me know! I would love to share a few pages. 💌

The Sacred Loaf 🍞

11/03/2025

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11/03/2025

11/03/2025

💖 Update:

Dad’s no longer in the hospital!! Alhamdulillah! Now it’s all about rest, recovery, & patience ❤️‍🩹

If anyone would like to help him out during recovery, one thing that would mean the world is some home-cooked meals 🍲
Standing to cook is really difficult for him right now, so I’m trying to keep him resting as much as possible.
I can even come pick meals up from you to bring to him 💖

Thank you again for all the love, prayers & kindness, it truly keeps us going 🕊️

💖Dad Update:
Dad’s back in the hospital.. after a bit of a mishap. Thankfully there’s no new surgery needed, but he did end up with a badly broken rib & a lot of pain. We’re just taking things one day at a time right now.
I’m sure he’d really appreciate a friendly visit or two!
He always lights up when people stop by, maybe being him a snack and a coffee ☕️
Gofundme still open since il be going to and from the hospital again and care giving, while on sick leave myself. Thanks everyone for your prayers & support 🩵

ِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
🧿 m

11/03/2025

I just read a post where someone said that America is a third world country in a fake Gucci belt.
Lmao 💀😂

True or false my Mercian homies ? Hahaha no hate all love ❤️💙