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TLF Syndrome Jacking Up My Life Again. Are you a victim too?

It used to be so huge to her. It use to fill the room and consume her thoughts. But now it was almost gone. She could barely see it and definitely could not touch it. How could something that big shrink so small? Was it sick? Was it dying? Who had broken it? Could it [...]

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Who says life isn’t a musical!?!

FULFILLMENT (lifestyle design)

You know what it feels like. You have experienced it more times than you care to admit. I’m talking about that mounting feeling of pressure when overwhelm is about to knock you down again. When the day seems too long and the assignment too BIG. When the steps you take don’t seem to be long [...]

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LOVE & Other Four Letter Words! Part 4 – Four Things to Look For When You Are Searching For An Outstanding Love

LOVE (what is love?)

Do you remember being in elementary or middle school and having your first crush? I do. I was in the first grade and his smile just made my day. I hardly knew anything about him but I knew I wanted to be in the room when he was there. That crush turned into my first [...]

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LOVE, & Other Four Letter Words! Part 3 – Five Things To Watch Out For

LOVE (what is love?)

She stepped toward the edge of the board. Knees numb, legs jumping, she wondered how she would do this. But something in her felt that she could only do this. No quitting, no going back…it was as if the only choice was to dive in. She had been training and practicing on how to swim [...]

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LOVE, & Other Four Letter Words! Part 2 – Simple Pleasures

LOVE (what is love?)

Yesterday, I purchased a new lunch box. I was so happy with myself to finally have something that reflects my style to carry my food in. It’s cute and chic (for a lunch box) and it can easily be mistaken for a handbag. I adore the little thing and find that it reminds me of [...]

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LOVE & Other Four Letter Words! Part 1

LOVE (what is love?)

Love Interlude: He was breath-taking to her. Moments in his presence often left her limp and longing for more of him. She day-dreamed him into her life, wished him into her future. She danced when she thought of him and something on the inside leaped every time. All she knew was that she wanted him. [...]

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The King’s Company: Who’s Got the Hook Up?

FULFILLMENT (lifestyle design)

You ever noticed how everybody seems to know somebody that “can help you with that. Let me just give them a call for you. Don’t worry, I’ll hook you up.” These days everybody seems to need a hook up, want a hook up, or have a hook up. Have you ever wondered what all that [...]

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Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye

LOVE (what is love?)

a new duck, a new you I was that girl that just loved the action cartoons from my childhood. Some of my favorites were Defenders of the Earth, Thunder Cats, and of course The Transformers. Every time Optimus Prime’s voice came through the television something on the inside of me would leap. He was the [...]

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Ferris Wheels, Roller Coasters and Merry Go Rounds, Motion Without Forward Movement

LOVE (what is love?)

Do you remember the fair? It was exciting to hear that “the fair is coming to town!” I could always see myself walking the grounds with funnel cake in both hands or trying to win a stuffed animal or standing in line for the rides. The anticipation was an event of its own. Oh, it [...]

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Restless and Unafraid of Change

LOVE (what is love?)

Often times life stretches out in front of us like a long winding road that we have yet to travel. It looks interesting and frightening at the same time. Going around that corner is unknown, and the unknown excites one person and scares another. I love driving back country roads with hills and curves and [...]