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Happy Father’s Day…
Today is Fathers’ Day which of course means that Facebook and Twitter are littered with everyone proclaiming they have the best dad in the world. While I’m sure that their dads are great, I have to admit that when it comes to the father-figure department I’m the luckiest girl. In addition to having the world’s greatest daddy, [...]
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Stitch Fix: Round 3
In January I shared my thoughts on Stitch Fix, a personalize styling service. At the end of March I received my 3rd fix in the mail. One of the best things about Stitch Fix is that every time you “check-out” you indicate which items you are keeping and when you are mailing back. You’re asked [...]
Pass The Chocolate Pie
Last Wednesday, June 5th, marked what would have been my grandmother’s 80th birthday and marked the 13th anniversary of her death. Maw was my daddy’s mom and was a constant influence on my life growing up. I grew up just a few miles down the road from the farm my grandparents lived on, where my grandpa [...]
Brave
One of my favorite bloggers is Annie Downs. In my opinion she and I would be BFFs if we lived in the same city and/or actually knew each other. This is especially true when she posts things like this. While watching the video she linked to I laughed at how well it was done and [...]
Tragedy, Joy & Restoration
Today marks four years since the strangest and saddest week of my life began. It’s amazing four years has gone so quickly. It seems like just yesterday. You see four years ago this week I was mentally preparing myself to turn 25. For some reason this impending birthday weighed heavily on me and I felt [...]
Self-Image and Abercrombie & Fitch
I, like most women, have struggled with self-image for as long as I can remember. I have always had a bit of a distorted view of how “fat” I was. Even though I wore single digit clothes in high school and college I still thought I was overweight because I didn’t, in my own eyes, [...]
