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Monday 5: Memory jars & other things to be excited about this week
Happy Monday! This weekend was very restful and a lot less productive than anticipated…but what’s the weekend for?! It’s getting pretty warm here in Charleston, which is both exciting and a little daunting. The hot months here are many and intense. However I think complaining about it doesn’t really help much. My goal is to…
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Monday 5: Cleveland edition
Happy Monday! Do people ever ask you what you did over the weekend and you completely blank? That happens to me all the time and even now I’m having trouble recalling all that happened…and it’s not even over!! The highlight of the weekend was certainly a concerto competition we attended at University of South Carolina…
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Monday 5: Fairy tales & other things to be excited about this week
This weekend was one of those jam-packed one’s that you wish could last forever. I spent most of Saturday helping out with a retreat for high school students at a beautiful place a little outside of Mount Pleasant called Windwood Farms. Surrounded by marsh, this enormous farm was the perfect place to enjoy the Spring…
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What being a nanny has taught me about the power of vulnerability
Earlier this week, the 11-month-old I nanny somehow cut her thumb badly. I have no idea what caused it and therefore was pretty shocked when I picked her up and found her hand covered in blood. Of course I immediately assumed she needed stitches and was preparing to head to the emergency room while calling…
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Unoffendable: The importance of living in truth in a culture of offense
As a general rule, we’re not nice in our family. Snide remarks and brutal honesty prevail, and if you receive a compliment, it’s probably sarcastic (‘you’re a genius’ is one I get pretty frequently). Being sensitive, this dynamic caused me a lot of angst growing up. Storming off to my room in tears was not…
Miranda Kate 