They saw that there was more to life, to the world, to themselves as individuals than what was right in front of them.
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She saved me when I thought I couldn’t be, when I didn’t want to be.
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Devoid of goals and aspirations which my former self was never short of, I took a hard look at the direction my life has taken and let’s just say 19-year-old Laura would be very disappointed in me.
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“Anything that has power over you is teaching you how to take your power back.”
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Feeling stuck in today’s world. You can get yourself out of the quicksand.
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What are the tunes that move you, groove you, and improve you? What’s your battle song?
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Read More“It takes effort to say no when our heart and brains and guts and, most important, pride are yearning to say yes. Practice.”
― Cole Harmonson, Pre Middle Age: 40 Lessons in Growing the Hell Up
This Sunday, join me in my upcycle project of the week, candle making, utilizing glass yogurt jars.
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My wedding story. No it won’t always be about me but since this is the first wedding that I had the most knowledge on why not start with what I know, right? And yes I did write it in 3rd person. Don’t judge.
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New Year's Eve, the day where everyone makes promises, says how wonderful the previous year was, prepares for a night of fun and festivities, and eagerly anticipating the chance to start over. Some had the best years of their lives where you see the happiness and joy reflected in Instagram and Facebook posts or those that went through unspeakable pain and torment thanking God that 2018 will soon be a distant memory. It’s the day where we make plans for how we will attack this new year so as to not continue to repeat the habits of the past. Even those who poo-poo making resolutions, like me, are still mulling around the possibilities of what turning the page into 2019 will produce.
It’s the holidays! The most wonderful time of the year, or so Andy Williams told us as children. There are lights, Santas, reindeer and elves galore donning trees and houses all over the neighborhood. With hope in our hearts and a twinkle in our eyes, the promise and warmth that radiates from multiple directions should be enough to melt the coldest of hearts right?
“Hi, I’m Laura and I am a self-help addict.”
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Three years ago, I hit my rock bottom. I was fired from my job.
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