Loving Anyways

 People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered.  Forgive them anyway.             If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.  Be kind anyway.             If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies.  Succeed anyway.            If you are […]

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New Year, Big Shift

Happy New Year! This year, I have come to recognize the importance of “shifts” in my life. I moved into a new place (for like, the 7th time this year), and I could not get it to feel like it was MY […]

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All I Want For Christmas

Spoiler alert-This post does not coincide with Mariah Carey’s hit Christmas song. I’ve come to realize that Mariah Carey and I have different ideas about Christmas. 2nd spoiler alert-It’s not a hippopotamus. I was thinking about all the people I want to […]

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Brighter Days Are Coming

My son and I were able to celebrate a couple of birthdays in November. My son absolutely LOVED the birthdays! When he saw the candles light up on the cake and then get blown out, he was so intrigued. He kept looking […]

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Life Lessons From My Christmas Tree

“Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree, You’ll ever be unchanging, a symbol of goodwill and love!” My husband brings all the holiday cheer into our home. He loves to set up the Christmas lights outside, each year we get a few more […]

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A Heart of Thanksgiving

Let me start off by saying YOU CAN DO THIS! You’ve got this! You have conquered every day before this, you will conquer this one too. You were not put on this path to fail. You were not put on this path […]

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Hello Halloween!

The holiday season has begun! As we approach my husband’s one year anniversary, I am finishing off celebrating things without him for the first time. This was my first halloween without him. I’m working on finding joy in every moment just as […]

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