why i wake early hello, sun in my face hello, you who make the morning and spread it over the fields and into the faces of the tulips and the nodding morning glories, and into the windows of, even, the miserable and crotchety- best preacher…
in my faith
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mother’s day moments
redefining motherhood it is the look in my mother’s eyes, every time we say goodbye. it is the pregnant girl on the bus, softly singing lullabies to her unborn child. it is the woman staring at the negative pregnancy test, longing, hurting, grieving. it is…
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may intentions
this post contains affiliate links . thank you so much for supporting this blog “for the rest of this year, stay strong. Let no one and nothing make you feel like you are not good enough or that you do not belong. It does not…
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thrift store tips
-a home scene- let’s chat about those dusty vintage gems that can help turn your home into a place with charm in a really inexpensive way. thrifting has become a way of decorating our home, a small business (olive june vintage) and a bonding experience…
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easter memories
i am currently listening to tift merritt radio with an afternoon coffee while the boys nap. and i can’t help but reminisce about yesterday and how much this day, this easter sunday, meant to me. our first easter as a family of four was so…
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in case we’ve never met
this post was inspired by morgan harper nichols 01. i’m janelle marie monaco . a lot of my family members and close friends call me ‘nelle’ 02. born on june 25 03. i currently live in charlotte, north carolina 04. i have also lived in a…
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a nephew to love | julius imoh
9:20 am mid-morning the crisp chillness in the air takes my breath away as i step out of the car in oakley a milky latte the wind is blowing quietly in route to the hospital gender still unknown a niece or a nephew to watch…
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dating | your husband, your kids, yourself
when i was in college (at miami university in oxford, ohio), one of my professors gave the most memorable assignment my senior year- a date with yourself. he wanted us to spend a significant amount of time doing what we love most (alone) and then…
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simply loving
this post contains affiliate links . thank you so much for supporting this blog basal coffee . charlotte, north carolina lilies I have been thinking about living like the lilies that blow in the fields. They rise and fall in the edge of the wind, …