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Monday 5: Endurance & other things I’m excited about this week.
This weekend was a good one. Friday evening we hosted Nicholas’ medical themed housewarming party and it was a good night. I had so much fun working on the preparations (white balloons with red crosses, candy as ‘prescription meds’, sangria as ‘type O negative’ wafers as ‘tongue depressors’, medical wristbands for guests) and I think…
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Monday 5: Themed parties & other things I’m excited about this week
Happy Monday! I hope you are starting off the week without too much despair. I am actually pretty excited because Nicholas moves here today! It has been a lot of anticipation in the past few months, first because we weren’t sure where he would even be placed (he could have been heading to New Hampshire…
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Monday 5: Waiting & other things I’m excited about this week
This weekend was another fun one in Charleston. Friday evening we watched an interesting documentary on Medjugorje. Saturday we had some people over for hot dogs and bonfire and yesterday a few of us made it out to the beach! Tourist season can be a little overwhelming here but if you know where and when…
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Serena Williams & faithfulness: Why it isn’t always what we think it is.
You may have heard that Serena Williams recently won the Australian Open…while pregnant. #nbd I can’t even stay on the court long enough to make it through one point…and I’m not pregnant. Recently I listened to a TED talk podcast where Serena was interviewed about being a mom and on her recent win in Australia.…
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Monday 5: Memorial Day edition
Don’t you wish every Monday was a long weekend Monday? Holidays are the bomb (and definitely something to be excited about). The past two days had some fun outings that included a pops concert put on by Charleston Symphony Orchestra downtown Charleston (the perfect weather and free entry were definitely perks), a violin recital for…
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What the Beast teaches us about our wounds
Even if you haven’t seen the newest rendition of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ with Emma Watson and Dan Stevens, you’re most likely familiar with the fairy tale that has been around for quite a while. Fairy tales are powerful, not necessarily because of the beautiful protagonists, singing animals or happy endings but also because of…
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Monday 5: Teamwork & other things to be excited about this week
This weekend was a blast. Crazy, poop-filled, lots of screaming…and really fun. Friday evening Nicholas and I biked through old Mount Pleasant (one of my favorite areas of Charleston) and then walked the Ravenel Bridge. I had never been there at night and it was cool to see the water and the city all lit…
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What Coldplay & co. got right in ‘Something Just Like This’
As I mentioned in this week’s Monday 5, recently I’ve been perusing Aziz Ansari’s ‘Modern Romance.’ I’m only a few chapters in but it has definitely been an interesting read so far. In his funny-but-serious book, Aziz addresses some of the questions and challenges we are facing in today’s dating world. Aziz starts out by…
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Monday 5: ‘Modern Romance’ & other things to be excited about this week
I hope your Mother’s Day weekend was filled with quality family time and (if you’re a mom) some well-deserved rest. Friday night we met up with some friends at one of my favorite spots in Charleston, The Vendue Hotel, which has a sweet rooftop bar. My go-to drink there is called Takes Two to Mango…
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‘All the feels’: What 40 days without music taught me about the emoticoaster
So 40 days without music might be a slight exaggeration. What it really was is 40 days without music…in the car. As I mentioned when it started, in Christian tradition we have a period of 40 days before Easter when we often make some sort of sacrifice and/or add in some sort of spiritual practice…
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