Category: Random

have a great weekend

December 28, 2013

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have a great weekend

Just because Christmas was a few days ago, doesn’t mean the holiday season is quite over. I loved this print from Curly Girl Design about the holidays and reminded that this is a season, not just a few special days. I hope your weekend embraces the in-between time from Christmas until New Years. I hope your weekend is full of cheer and celebration and laughter with the ones you love the most. I hope your weekend is spent warmly near the fire wearing cozy socks and cuddled next to someone. I hope your weekend cherishes the full holiday season, not just fizzle out after one day. I […]

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peony season

June 6, 2013

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it’s my favorite time of year…peony season! peonies just seem to make every atmosphere or situation a little sweeter. i also love rereading mary oliver’s “peonies” – here’s an excerpt from the poem: all that dampness and recklessness gladly and lightly, and there it is again– beauty the brave, the exemplary, blazing open. Do you love this world? Do you cherish your humble and silky life? Do you adore the green grass, with its terror beneath? Do you also hurry, half-dressed and barefoot, into the garden, and softly, and exclaiming of their dearness, fill your arms with the white and pink flowers, with their honeyed […]

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A Prayer for Oklahoma

May 21, 2013

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Yesterday hurt. After hearing about the tornadoes in Oklahoma and reading the news and seeing the photos, I felt weak and weary and very sick to my stomach. Why do bad things happen to good people, to innocent people, to children? I couldn’t think about anything else and I did what I try to go in good times and absolutely have to do in the not-so-good times, like late Monday afternoon – I pray. Here’s the prayer I wrote down as I lifted up those affected by those forty-something minutes of destruction yesterday. My words rambled on and on and most of the time, I […]

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for your weekend.

April 19, 2013

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May your weekend be full of people – the ones who lift you up, who encourage you, who make you a better person. May your weekend be sprinkled with light and grace,  a time to truly know how wonderfully special and valuable you are. May your weekend be full of thankfulness and a time to appreciate the people, places, experiences and moments that really matter. May your weekend be a sacred place for your heart and soul and mind to rest and simply be. May your weekend be full of rest – time off. That’s what I’ll be up to. Enjoy your weekend queens! Lots […]

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