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Good sax

Not a typo

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Sunshine + water

This day gave me no reason to worry. Yet my brain managed to manufacture all sorts of things to fret about. ☀️🌊

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Earth Day Confession

My habits and behaviors around my mobile phone are gross. Thank you for reminding me of this, Planet Earth.

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I hope this helps

I debated writing about this. But since it happened, I’ve wanted to shrink. I’ve wanted to hide. And at this age and stage, I’m not willing to do either.

I have far more interesting things to write about than this, but I can’t get back to sharing until I speak up. I trust this will reach those who need to see it.

Poem by the incredible Nikita Gill.

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A novel approach

It’s a reckoning, of sorts.

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Burn it 🔥

I am ready to speak about something I don’t talk about. It’s written. I will share soon.

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Always a man

🖕

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Cheer real loud

Now is the time for us to amplify people’s voices who are just now learning how to speak.

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Girl power

We’re so drawn to the beauty that we forget to respect the power.

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Sweet Darkness (excerpt)

Oh, to truly be alive. ☀️

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Don’t you imagine (I just suggest it)

I’m always so excited for spring. But tonight I noticed peonies blooming, and peonies don’t bloom in Denver until WAY after I file my taxes on April 15 at 11:59 p.m.

This fair-weather loving human has much enjoyed our unusually warm winter and dry spring but it’s not sitting right in my soul.

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A message from Mr. Wizard

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you can absolutely, 100% trust the signs you’re being given. I do.

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Self talk

Sometimes you gotta choose the long view over the instant gratification. And sometimes you gotta give youself a break because even though you fail, you’re doing the best you can with the resources you’ve got.

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Team Hard Stuff

These sunglasses have a bifocal and made beach reading a dream and damn it feels good to be a gangsta.

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Winning

If you must leave fhe Caribbean, may you return home to these.

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The Journey by Mary Oliver

A long, long time ago, before I’d gone through hardships of my own, a dear friend told me that she went through a hardship at a young age so she could be a guide for those who face similar circumstances in the future. Now that I’ve been through my fair share, I see how true this is in my life, as well. Here’s a poem that once-upon-a-time saved me. Thankful for the wisdom and honesty of dear Mary Oliver.

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Jane Goodall — “Hope requires action”

“Each one of us matters, has a role to play, and makes a difference. Each one of us must take responsibility for our own lives, and above all, show respect and love for living things around us, especially each other.”

Jane Goodall

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Wise women on raising creative, funny kids

Here’s the blog I wrote before learning the WiFi situation in the Bahamas was not gonna let me post.

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Back in the land of WiFi

Such a blessing to take my daughter on a lazy, nervous system regulating beach vacation. Thankful for a week of weak WiFi that prevented me from posting this blog.

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Whistling Swans by Mary Oliver

Rumi said, There is no proof of the soul.
But isn’t the return of spring and how it
up in our hearts a pretty good hint?

💞

Hi, I’m Carie. I write daily posts about navigating these times.