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December 6, 2018

Goodbyes

Stumbled across this on Pinterest:

The most painful goodbyes are the ones that are never said and never explained.

Boom. That is all.

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Welcome to my little space where I ramble some, share some, and maybe even rant a bit. I'm just a girl (50+ but I still think of myself as a girl) who tries to see joy and humor in life, but sometimes stumbles and gets stuck in the muck. Life is what we make it and I want mine to be happy. Read More…

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Shout-out Saturday: Available Tuesday September 14th! 🥳 “First Date Stories: Women’s Romantic and Ridiculous Midlife Adventures” by Jodi Klein.

A bit over three years ago Jodi contacted me with her plans for a podcast and blog. I was thrilled to collaborate with her on the website. We recently did a redesign of the website and updated it…I love the new look.

I was very excited to work on Jodi’s project partly because I was her demographic…a midlife single woman. Sometime during the first site design I went on my last “first date”…but I didn’t know it yet.

Three years later and Jodi’s book will be released Tuesday, it’s the middle of season 4 of the podcast, we’ve redesigned the website, and I’ve almost been married for two years! We’ve come along way.

The book is full of interesting stories and truly a lot of fun to read. The stories pull you in and you just have to find out how each date ends. Anyone who’s had a first date will enjoy reading it. Great job Jodi!!

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I have no words yet I feel compelled to find some.

I have no words yet I feel compelled to find some. I can’t stop thinking about all the lives taken on that horrible day. The families that have never been the same, the people who were terrified because it happened close to home, and the rest of us that watched helplessly from a far.

I remember watching the news that morning and saw the second plane hit during the coverage of the first plane’s impact. It’s a vivid memory. It still makes my heart sink and tears fill my eyes. And then my thoughts race to all the people that were there in the buildings, on the planes, in the city…and I cannot even imagine. My heart hurts…our hearts hurt. 💔

I remember the day I went to the World Trade Center to shadow a woman I worked with for a day. When I lived in New Jersey and worked for an import company our customs agent was in the WTC. I spent a day with the sweetest lady learning about how she did our paperwork to move our shipments through customs. I spent the whole day with her on the 77th floor and went to lunch at Windows on the World. For this a small town girl it was dream, taking the train in from Jersey and working in the WTC all day with a fancy lunch. After the work day I went to the observation deck and took in the view before taking the train home to Jersey. I left that job to be a mom and shortly after moved back west and went on with my life. I remember that day at the WTC like it was a magical day in a castle…I don’t know what happened to any of the people I met that day. 💔😢

That horrible day was followed by Americans coming together to help and support each other with so much love and kindness. I wish we had some of that love and kindness today. Every year we say #neverforget but I fear we have forgotten too much about what it means to be an American, united together in spite of our differences. 🇺🇸 and how blessed we are in our beautiful country.

Love your people extra today, we never know what tomorrow will bring. I hope we never see another day like #911 💔🇺🇸

Hey friend, are you on team YOLO or living in FOMO

Hey friend, are you on team YOLO or living in FOMO? We all know the phrase, “You only live once.” Honestly we all get stuck in fear that we are missing something or not doing enough at times, but we don't need to stay there. Let’s focus on the happy today.

How are you pursuing happiness with the one life you get to live? I was scrolling through my camera roll which is how I quickly check in with what's important to me, what I'm *really* making time for, and it reminds me to be grateful. The pictures above are honestly from my camera roll over the last few weeks. These photos are a few of the things that make me happy.

So tell me, friend, what makes you happy? Is there enough of it on your camera roll?

Have a wonderful weekend and snap some happy memories. :)

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5. Porch goals
6. Time at the fountain enjoying a beautiful day
7. Sushi!! (I’m not a big sushi person but I LOVE this at PF Chang’s)
8. Taking pictures of flowers (favorite)
9. Trying out something new with my phone
10. More flowers

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I've always been a Genesis fangirl and for years and years only worked on the Genesis Framework. You don't need to worry if your current site is built on Genesis, it's still a good, rock-solid framework. However, when it's time for a redesign you may want to consider Kadence.

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