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Transition, Transformation, and Time

Transition, Transformation, and Time

TRANSITION: passage from one state, stage, subject, or place to another // CHANGE. I love how Merriam Webster uses the word

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Empty Nest + New Stories

Empty Nest + New Stories

It happens every year around this time. Seeing my friends post about their seniors in high school or sending their

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Seasons and Nests

Seasons and Nests

Over the course of the summer, we have had two nests of robin babies in our yard. In June, I

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50 Stories::The Sunday Funk

This is my favorite blog post. Not because it’s especially ‘good’ (although it is heartfelt and honest), but because it

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50 Stories::From an Empty-Nest to an Abundant Life

If I could sum up the past several years in one post, this post from September 2016 is it. It’s

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50 Stories::I Tried

Craft therapy. That’s what I’ve come to call these kinds of projects. Getting messy, working with my hands, making something…it’s

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Story Teller for Ali Edwards Design Team

Currently Teaching at Big Picture Classes.

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