Category: Personal Interests
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The power of the TED Talk
It was a weird day. A long day. One of those days where far too much is occurring in one, where I ask myself in the car “Do I really work this hard all week just to barely be home on my day off?” One of those days that you squeeze in some quality time […]
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Walking In His Desert During Lent
Lent is here. It is among us. For me, I have noticed myself in such a rut. This place of confusion and being overwhelmed by the wave of tasks and duties. Responsibilities to my family, my community, and in my relationship with Christ. In the many moments of loneliness and frustration, I feel so tied […]
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A Favorite: Women Performing Songs That Move Me
It’s no secret that I am an avid Broadway fan, it’s truly my favorite genre. “Musicals are, by nature, theatrical, meaning poetic, meaning having to move the audience’s imagination and create a suspension of disbelief by which I mean there’s no fourth wall.” – Stephen Sondheim Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again from The […]
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Naked & Handmaid: Lush Products I Love!
Lush products are my guilty pleasure. It’s okay, we can be honest about it. I’ve always appreciated how they work as a brand. Specifically they do not conduct animal testing, use fresh ingredients, partake in ethical buying, 100% vegetarian, handmaid, and use little to know packaging (which is why they coin themselves as “naked”). I […]
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Here’s to Writing More (Life Update)
Perhaps it is a good thing that my deepest writing endeavors end at my precious little WordPress, which has a cult following of maybe one person who actually knows me in my personal life (hey, you rock… whoever you are) and the rest are yet-to-meet friends who just so happened to have pressed “follow” when […]
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Officially an Unofficial Videographer
Everyone Loves Weddings Weddings are so wonderful! Who doesn’t love weddings? It’s a beautiful gift of witnessing two people make their vows in front of their family and friends as they enter in the sacrament of matrimony. It’s a day that opens people up and brings them together. It’s a day of glitz and glam. […]
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Ready to Read: 5 Acclaimed Books That I Am Dying To Get My Hands On
1. Bossypants by Tina Fey Let’s be honest, everyone loves Tina Fey. And it’s no question why she has such an authentic and wide fan base. Tina is talented, intelligent, lovely, hilarious, creative, successful and yet still somewhat relatable. She reminds me of my friend’s cool mother and my 15-year-old awkward self. I cannot wait to […]
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