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My Best Day in February
Right now, Thursdays are my favorite day (aside from Fridays, Saturdays, or Sundays, I suppose.) Thursdays I get to go in late to work because I exercise in the mornings, filling my endorphins cup early. I count down throughout the week, thinking, only x more sleeps until I wake up on Thursday. And waking up Continue reading
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The Waiting Room (The Day My Niece was Born)
My mom texted: Third floor, labor and delivery! My sister Natalee’s c-section had been scheduled, and my brother and I had taken the day off work. I was sitting in traffic on the way to the hospital when I got the text, and my brother was in his kitchen making breakfast. We both had plenty Continue reading
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This One is for My Grandpa
When I was in elementary school, I remember a lot of summer afternoons when my cousin Spenser and I would spend the day with our grandpa. We could keep ourselves busy by watching television, throwing poker chips into a hat, playing Sequence, or sneaking back to ride the exercise bike we were explicitly told not Continue reading
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A Prayer for the Comment Sections of the World
While I’ve always known that internet trolls are a thing, and that the anonymity that comes with a screen allows people to say things—horrible things—that they most likely wouldn’t say when put face to face with someone, I have recently been floored by the sheer number of opinions that are thrown every which way at Continue reading
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Better Than Advil
“Do you have any Advil?” My sister’s eyes widen, telling me more than she’s telling the rest of the table: an onslaught of cramps, the debilitating back pain that comes once a month. I nod and reach into my purse, pulling out the shiny, circular pill container. I pop it open and she takes two Continue reading
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A Lesson In Love from Mr. & Mrs. Day (Repost)
I recently came across this story, and thought it was the perfect time to repost. I wrote it in October of 2015, but I still think about it often. It’s a real life love story, one we could all learn something from. Sending you all lots of love this week! — My Grammie lived with Continue reading
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3 People to Look For in the New Year (List-cember #9)
When I am out doing errands, or making a delivery for work, or on a walk around my neighborhood, or just out doing whatever, I see all kinds of people. We all do. When we go out into the world, we put our lives on a collision course with so many other lives. Sometimes I Continue reading
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My Sister Got Married, Obviously
On Saturday, my sister Natalee got married in a very small ceremony in our parents’ backyard. After getting engaged in March, Natalee and her fiancé, Will, booked a wedding venue for March 2023 that will host about 250 guests when the time comes. But after some thought, they decided they wanted to exchange their vows Continue reading
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A Weekend of Happy Moments
I had a good weekend. I wanted to write about it from start to finish, but the more I thought about it, the more I just wanted to highlight the moments that made it especially good. Because sometimes it’s not always the big moments, the obvious moments, the moments everyone can see from the outside. Continue reading
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Our Epic October Trip (Part 2: Arkansas & Tennessee)
On Friday, we had an early flight to Arkansas, where we planned to spend the weekend with my cousin Brittney and her family. On our agenda was nothing and everything, all of which was made ten times better because we were finally back in Arkansas, where we always dipped a little bit into a southern Continue reading
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