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Hey Sweet Baby A!|Langston’s Birth Story

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• Aug 3, 2020
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Trigger warning: While our birth story has a happy ending, if you’ve been through something similar, you could find our experience particularly triggering. Possible triggers – placental abruption, preterm labor, low birth weight, emergency c-section, birth trauma, fetal distress, NICU Braxton Hicks…or so I thought Before I went to bed on April 2, I wrote…

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A Dairing Decade – Recapping the Years

I can’t believe it’s finally the last day of the year…and an entire decade! I sat down to look at some of…

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• December 31, 2019
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Life Just Got in the Way (why I really ghosted ya’ll for 9 months)

Just because what’s happening in your life isn’t what you planned, doesn’t mean it wasn’t intended. It’s not “in the way”. It’s the way you’re supposed to be going. No matter what you planned for. Life is funny like that, isn’t it?

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• October 15, 2019
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How to Survive When You’re in a Season of Waiting

I was looking back on some memories on Facebook recently. You know, the ones that pop up on your timeline and show you everything you or someone else has posted on your page on that particular day throughout the years? An epiphany I never thought I’d receive while scrolling through social media came to me….

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• January 18, 2019
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Closing the Gap: My reconciliation of self acceptance and self love

Sometimes acknowledging there's something you want to change about yourself is the greatest form of self-care

When I look back at childhood photos of myself, there’s one thing a lot of them have in common. I’m smirking. No,…

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• June 5, 2018
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What I wish I could tell the 2017 version of myself

What I wish I'd known this time last year

I’m not big on New Year’s Resolutions. But that doesn’t mean I don’t focus on self-improvement. I just don’t like saying I’m…

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• January 10, 2018
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2017 was Eye-Opening: Recapping my Best Moments

This year wasn’t very big on tangible gifts, which I actually kind of love. We instead spent some much needed time with…

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• December 31, 2017
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Celebrating 6 Years: Private Vow Renewal on Beautiful Maui

Today is my 6th wedding anniversary! This past May we took a trip to Maui to celebrate our 5 year anniversary. Yes,…

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• October 16, 2017
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My Struggle with PCOS (and how it’s made me stronger)

Full disclosure: This is a blog post I never really thought I would share. It’s a real, honest, personal, and some might…

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• September 8, 2017
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I was body shamed…on Pinterest??

Hello from beautiful Maui! The hubs and I are celebrating our 5 year anniversary (that was in October) on this amazing island!…

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• May 7, 2017
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