June 27th is Joy Day 2025: How will you Celebrate?

“Joy is not in things; it is in us.”

— Richard Wagner

Celebrate Joy Day: June 27th

a special day to celebrate the joyful things in life

In a world of distraction, bad news, and an endless list of obligations, carving time for joy is now a must for our well-being.

make it a date.

Press pause on BUSY

These days we are busier than ever. We feel time-starved and harried with work, home obligations, kid’s activities, community, friends and family. It seems impossible to schedule those dentist appointments, do the groceries, plan a week’s worth of healthy dinners, give quality attention to the kids or drive them to and from sports and care for senior parents, all while trying to find a sliver of time to yourself to exercise or read a book. On top of career, being a dance mom to a teen, and being a dancer mom too, I know how busy and intense schedules can be. And I only have one child!.

I spent many years in non-profit work on the West Island, in addition to photography. On the date of our board meetings, I always called out what other wacky, fun, or bizarre holiday that date shared, just for a laugh. From “If pets had a thumb day” (March 3rd) to “Elephant Appreciation Day” (September 23rd), it seems there is a holiday or a special day for just about anything! And then I noticed that March 26th is “Make up your own holiday day.”

In 2021 I created Celebrate Joy Day. I chose June 27th — my late mother’s birthday — to honour her.

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Lucy is a

Montreal Family Photographer

I’m here to photograph your joy, and [hopefully] make you ugly-cry (even if in private or just on the inside!)

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Feel the bigness in the small moments

While we don’t need a special day to celebrate and spend time with family, a designated Joy Day is a reminder for us to take a step away from busy schedules and obligations and reflect on what truly matters most to us – our family and our children.

I’m coming into my own as a joy advocate. I’ve had my share of life challenges and sorrows, as we all have. And I decided that I must ruthlessly pursue joy, as a means to counteract the negative in this world. Despite the bad news that seems to swirl around us at all times, we are allowed and deserve to be happy, and I’ll argue, even must find joy, to feed our souls amidst challenge and to help us act in loving ways. Joy is critical to our well-being and we must nurture and protect it. Our collective joy has an energy. Let our joy beget more joy. I want to leave a more joyful world for my daughter. I am a light-worker as a photographer and now with a mission to be a joy-worker too.

June 27th is summertime in Montreal. A perfect date for being together and doing something with your family. Mark it on your calendars and plan a family activity! Messy pancake breakfasts. A hike. Breakfast for dinner and in front of the TV. Backyard camping. A day at the Splash pad and mum and dad are right under that bucket filling with super-cold water!! Dressing up for Halloween in summer. Snuggling in bed ALL DAY with the dogs and the cat and watching movies. Ice-cream with every topping possible. A special visit with grandparents. The goal is to laugh and to love (and maybe to eat) and nothing else. Just joy.

THE JOYDAY PROJECT

Please visit this post on my Facebook Photography page and submit your joyful photos! All submissions (or set of submissions) will receive one entry to receive a complimentary Pure Documentary: Activity! photography session. I will make a selection from submissions on Celebrate Joy Day, June 27th. *Please note that it must be your own images submitted.

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