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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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Maxi-nista
I mentioned this maxi in my Monday 5 and promised a pic…so here you go! I came across it at T.J. Maxx so of course it was a steal! I love how flowy the maxi style is…so fun and feminine! My favorite part of it is probably how soft it is…so comfy! When cute and…
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‘No such thing as a broken heart’ & other things to be excited about this week.
This weekend flew by. Literally. I don’t know what happened (okay not literally, but it went by really fast). My brother and I took the train to visit our dad in North Carolina for Easter and had a really nice visit catching up with him and some other people we know in the area. We…
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The ‘safe space’ we actually need
I remember the first time I came across a ‘safe space’ on a college campus. While I had read and heard of these before, it felt a somewhat surreal to come across one in real life; it took seeing one in person to realize that this is something that is really happening…not just a story…
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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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Monday 5: Spring & other things to be excited about this week
Happy Monday! I want to first and foremost apologize for no Monday 5 last week! Due to some, um, inattention on my part, I was stuck in North Carolina one more day than planned…without a laptop, #nothelpful. In any case, both last weekend and this one were nice. last weekend I got to explore some…
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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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Monday 5: Needlepoint hats & other things to be excited about this week
Happy Monday! I hope the time change didn’t throw you off too much (why can’t we just pick one time and stick to it?), although I’m not complaining that the days are now an hour longer! This weekend my family and I went to Atlanta to visit some relatives who live in the area. I…
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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 