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four years & three cities & three apartments &  one house & one dog (fox?) &  one perfect baby & one messy, wonderful life.  When we got married four years ago today, I would have never imagined our life now. To be fair, I didn’t really know that residency was a thing when we got […]

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Four Years.

Dear 2016,  I feel like I could make this very simple and just give a quick, “to hell with last year!“ and be done…but this:  and this:  and this:  So I can’t just write you off as some weird year that kind of sucked (although, I’ve gotta say, that seems to be the general consensus) […]

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Dear 2016.

Every year around this time, I get so overwhelmed with thankfulness. The music and the lights and the cheer make me feel so happy and sentimental. The heat is on (sometimes…this is Florida, after all), the presents start stacking up under the tree, and I think about how fortunate I am. Not only do I […]

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Merry Everything + A Happy Always.

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