Category Archives: Personal

Happy 8th Birthday, Breckin!

Oh my sweet Breckin Bookworm, At eight years old, you are a dreamer—a lover of nature, books, animals and people.  You always have time to investigate a bug, interesting flower or chat with a friend, no matter how big of a hurry the rest of us are in.  “Breckin, please hurry up.  We’re late!” has...

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i’m beautiful.

JUST THE WAY THAT I AM. There.  I said it.  Amazing how hard a simple statement like that can be for some of us women, huh?  I’ve struggled with having a good body image for so long.  If I was feeling even braver, I might go into some of those details, but not today.  Suffice...

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Happy Anniversary, Chad!

I love you for countless reasons, but in celebration of eleven beautiful years of marriage, here are eleven reasons that come to mind quickly. I love you because you have so many unexpected skills, like playing the didgeridoo, juggling and walking on your hands. I love you because you can always make me laugh. I...

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i feel like i just won the lottery!

Some of you might remember that I posted about a Hylands product a while back called Calendula.  It was referred to me by a friend and we LOVE it.  We orginally used it for a diaper rash, but I now use it for all sorts of skin irritations. Well, the company, actually Ruben, emailed me...

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authentically me

I put off starting a blog for SO long, because I hate doing what everyone else is doing and jumping on the bandwagon.  I finally caved in since it is such a powerful marketing tool for my business and consequently have found it to be quite therapeutic on a personal level. A journal that the...

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