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Suds & Soul: Things I Think of While Washing Dishes

What a Momma Really Wants For Mother’s Day

I was drawing with Ada and she asked me what I wanted for Mother’s Day. Diamonds? Flowers? Shopkins? No, baby. You know what I really want? I want to sip more tea instead of chugging so much coffee. Tea Bag Pocket Mug   I want to worry less and wander

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10 Best Ways to Let Yourself Go After You Turn 30
Suds & Soul: Things I Think of While Washing Dishes

The 10 Best Ways to Let Yourself Go After You Turn 30

I’ve absolutely let myself go since I turned 30. Here’s how you can, too:   Let yourself go and make female friends. 10 years ago, I would have said that I’m incapable of making female friends. I would have told you that I had more in common with guys. I

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10 Lessons I’ve Learned From Southern Women

I come from a long line of obituary readers. The kind of women who sip black coffee while reading each and every life story, all the while shaking their heads and saying things like Lordy, Lordy. And sometimes, if it was someone who died in an especially tragic way, they’d

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Preserving Memories — Playing Dress Up

I’ve been thinking about taking my wedding dress out of the preservation box to get photos of Ada, our four-year-old. Eli, our rough-and-tumble toddler, helped me along in the process by sticking his foot through the plastic window as Ada was admiring the dress on the other side. It occurred

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