I opened up my closet this weekend, and an avalanche of clothes fell out practically burying me with cotton, muslin, and wool. I grabbed a trash bag to begin sorting clothes to send to Goodwill, but every item I picked up flooded me with memories. One dress was a what I wore on our honeymoon, …
This post may contain affiliate links. The dreaded question has returned. You know the one. The anxiety-inducing question that was posed to me myriad times as a fretful high school senior: “What are you doing now, and what are your plans for the future?” As a senior it perplexed me to no end simply because I …
February is the most misunderstood of all the months. If she were a person then she would be the kid in the corner with bangs hanging in her eyes, and a peculiar smell about her. Intent on finding something encouraging to write about this rather abysmal month, I searched and searched for a pleasant quote …
I have had long hair for the majority of my life. When I got my first real hair cut when I was eight years old I had to convince the hairstylist to do the deed, because she admired my long hair so. She even called her daughter out of their house to come look at …
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I was always afraid of orchids. They seemed so delicate, and difficult to care for. Until that day that my boyfriend came to one of my rehearsals, and brought me a gift: a beautiful, pink orchid. Everyone oohed, and awed, and I blushed the same color as the orchid, but underneath my excitement, I had a …
We’re going to make it, you and I. You married a girl with stars in her eyes, and dreams in her belly. A girl with an image in her mind of what romance was supposed to look like based on twenty-three years of romantic comedies, books about knights in shining armor, and long lists of all …
When I was a little girl, my brothers called me Scrooge because I was such a penny-pincher. I was quite the entrepreneur as a child. I had a Little Debbie business. I sold sugary treats to my friends, family, and neighbors. My parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, and grandparents all would pull quarters out of their …
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Three weeks ago hubs and I began our grain-free, sugar-free, and dairy-free journey… …(because we are the home of the free…sorry…I couldn’t resist…). We decided to be lenient when dining with others (hello pizza party after the melodrama!), but when we cooked at home we replaced our cow milk with coconut milk, wheat flour with …
Have you and your fella taken the 5 Love Languages test? This short love languages quiz radically changed how I approach loving my husband. I always used to buy him a lot of little gifts throughout the year. I would grab a bag of pistachio nuts, a couple hymnals for his collection or a rugby shirt. He was so sweet about …
In high school I was an avid reader. It could have been because my teacher enforced a reading hour every day (thanks Mom!). It might have stemmed from the fact that we had bookshelves from floor to ceiling in our library room, and made weekly trips to the public library as well. But the honest to …
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