• finding beauty
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    Nurturing Beauty

    Finding Beauty How often do you consider beauty? Or place yourself in the oncoming path of beautiful things? This could include anything from the sunset on your way home to the budding magnolia in your driveway. It may also show up in the piano piece your child is learning…

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    Holding All Things Loosely

    It’s Fall of 2021 and I’m sitting here in my living room cuddled up with my two pups. I’m gazing out of our wide windows facing the backyard, watching the leaves fall from the trees. One by one, these leaves are released with the wind, gently letting go from…

  • the gift of presence
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    The Gift of Presence

    I’ll be 30 soon, and by now, I’ve wrestled with the tension of decisions. In your late 20’s there’s all sorts of things to consider and choose about your life: career directions, when to start a family, what to do with your mortgage, the best way to pay off…

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    Wisdom in Trees: 5 Things I Learn From The Forests

    Wisdom in Trees I first started really appreciating trees when I was 19, after meeting my boyfriend at the time, Joey. Some of our best memories and conversations happened while we climbed trees around our college campus. It was a great, inexpensive way to date at the time! I…

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    3 Reasons to Slow Down in Life

    Life is like a never ending game of Mario-Kart. We're all zooming around in our own cars, pumping out productivity in the name of individualism and self-sufficiency. To my fellow exhausted racer, here are some reasons for us to slow down.