A little can go a long way.
Small acts of generosity can change a person's life.
I have seen it first hand.
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This is dedicated to the lonely onlies. The cream of the crop in this muddled and crowded world of siblings. Today is OUR day so flourish young one, flourish. Happy National Only Child Day.
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Spring has a way of reminding you of new beginnings. It's like the world sort of wakes up from a nap and starts to gear up for Summer, where the real party begins. So here I am, start of Spring, with an updated site and a fresh perspective on life.
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I love this picture. I wholeheartedly believe that I was getting ready to take on the world in this picture. That at the ripe age of 2 I was determined to conquer the world from that driveway. Some hating adult probably stopped me from going to far after this picture was taken, but just know I was getting ready to take off. This picture only captures a glimpse of whatever was happening on that driveway but that glimpse has continuously been a glimpse into my true self.
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Think: becoming an heiress to a well-known celebrity that you're not related to, a haunted house, a huge hollywood movie shot in a small town and a grandmother skipping town and no one knows why. Oh and sprinkle in a murder. Peaked your interest yet?
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I went 30 days without social media. That meant:
No Facebook.
No Instagram.
No Twitter.
No Snapchat.
Here's what happened.
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I had a completely different post scheduled for today. But I just watched a man die in cold-blood and my opinion on the book Eight Hundred Grapes (though good), just seems less relevant right now.
I'm not an emotional person. Some would even categorize me as cold, but to watch a man that looks like he could very well be my cousin, uncle, church member, my fiance... my Dad, even the coldest couldn't help to be emotion. My friend Tashi summarized it perfectly: "If you have ever loved a Black man, then you understand the panic, the dread, the hopelessness we are feeling."
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"This book isn’t about having it all; it’s about having what matters most to you. It is about how to find your extraordinary – your extraordinary career, your extraordinary happiness, your extraordinary life."
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So it's Friday afternoon, you're packing up to head home to play with your puppy and your coworker says: "Bye! See you Tuesday!"
And you're thinking: Oh, another vacation Becky? *insert side-eye*
And then it dawns on you that it's Memorial Day Weekend...
...and you have no plans.
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Chileeee. It's been so long since I've been on here, that I forgot how to write. Alright, I'm exaggerating... but still it's been a minute.
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By now you should be: excited, happy, nervous and scared. I want you to know that everyone from the upperclassmen to the graduated alumni have all felt those SAME emotions and I want you to know that it's going to be okay.
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Okay seriously... this is the best book I've read this year.
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