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    Things and such…..

    Ava’s Acts of Kindness kicked off! My hope is that just a little bit of the kindness we were shown will be reciprocated, even just a little bit. I felt like Ava was…

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    The Rise and Fall

    Occasionally a metaphor will pop into my head and hang on until I write about it. Today I woke up thinking about “the rise and fall”. It’s not new, in fact, it is…

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    Another Monday

    September 11, 2017, was Ava’s last Monday. There have been 30 Mondays since she passed away. Every day I wake up and miss her all over again, but Mondays are particularly hard. It…

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    Hot off the press…..

    If you haven’t seen it on Facebook already, check out the Des Register article for St. Baldrick’s! ‘I do it for those kids’; Iowa town nears $1 million raised for childhood cancer research…

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    Friday, Friday, Friday!

    I am not one to wish the weekdays away, but there is just something about the feeling of a Friday. It’s like the end of a long race and you can start to…

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    The magic of beginnings…

      This quote is very fitting for today. I have been dragging my feet on this for some time, but I finally put fear in a headlock and said not today fear. Today…

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    Hello world!

    There is a place for me… Somewhere between happiness and sadness Somewhere for people like me… A place for those who wish to live on the brighter side of life.

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