Author: Rachel
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The Bigger Announcement
Remember that time I made a big announcement and everyone thought I was pregnant? Well, now I have another one to make. Aaaand…..well, still not preggo. We’re taking care of that for good next month actually. I keep saying big changes are coming for our family this year. Finally it’s official and I can talk…
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2014 Goals: Update #1
We’re a quarter of the way through 2014 and I just celebrated my birthday, which means it’s the time of year when I typically do some extra reflecting and evaluating. This year I didn’t set super specific goals – which is new for me. I simply took some time to evaluate what I wanted more…
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Officially IN my 30’s
So much has changed in this last year. Woah. It was just a few days after I turned 30, that my life really turned around. My 20’s were covered by a rain cloud and I fumbled around in the darkness and fog trying to see glimpses of light. I’d spent so much time trying to…
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Three books in 8 days
We’re just a few days shy of the two week mark of Lent and this only checking into Facebook once a day an only seeing a handful of photos on Instagram when I post is going alright I guess. It’s hard I’ll admit. I feel like I’m missing out on the lives of my friends…
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The start of Lent
The first time I heard about Ash Wednesday I was in high school. A bunch of my Catholic friends came to school with dirt on their foreheads. I was so confused. Someone told me it was for Ash Wednesday (“duh!”) like I should know since I was the good little Christian girl. I didn’t know.…
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Dear Future Self,
Now that you sleep through the night and even sleep late on the weekends, don’t forget what you went through before these easier days arrived. Don’t take for granted the help you get in the kitchen – the prep, cooking and washing of dishes. And don’t let a date night slip past that you aren’t…