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Redefining Happiness (When Your World Has Been Turned On Its Axis) The weather was beautiful, but the waves were coming in hard. I was somewhat hesitant to go in the water, assuming I’d get tossed around and end up with sand rash or cuts from seashell clusters. My…

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Easing Into Disability Pride and leaning into Body Neutrality

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Thirty-Three 2024 was one of the toughest years that I’ve had in recent memory. I coined the term “brain-tired,” in which I don’t exactly want to sleep, but I can’t think with a clear head either. I was mentall…

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#mondaymotivation #staykind

His Facebook posts, and now his newsletters, have been incredibly comforting. I would also recommend reading “What Unites Us.”💟

Let yourself feel the feelings. Let them not consume you, but let them propel you into action. #mondaymotivation

Yesterday was A LOT, and we are only how many days in?! #federalfundingfreeze

Amen to that!

Maybe this is overly simplistic, but couldn’t he have just left the country? Or were we headed for this all along?

Final thought for the evening, and something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately: Everything that has happened, and been happening since 2015, seems to be because a billionaire wanted to avoid jail (or at least some form of accountability).

very easy and engaging novel. I’m fascinated by stories about gangsters and the mafia, and this female-centered one was no exception! #booksky #iamreading

Standing in solidarity with all who are marching.✊🏻

Free speech should not coincide with hate speech. And a freedom is only a freedom until it is abused.

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🍑 rants are usually a distraction/deflection of what’s really going on. Use your energy to contact your reps abt the atrocious legislation that relate to P2025, and already trying to be pushed through.

It could be one person, or it could be a dozen. But it truly is the people in your life that remind you of who you are and what you can do to make a difference.
#quotes #mondaymotivaton

One of the most profound books on grief and loss that I’ve ever read.
#Blueskybooks #iamreading #griefsupport

US public schools banned over 10K books during 2023-2024 academic year, report says The preliminary data was released at the start of Banned Books Week, an annual campaign by the ALA that raises awareness about censorship.

With few high profile exceptions book bans don’t benefit authors at all. They put pressure on librarians or booksellers not to shelve certain kinds of stories which becomes pressure on publishers not to buy them, and ultimately authors not to write them. The end result is readers unable to read them

Incredibly eye-opening. #bookworm #blueskybooks

I need a wall sign for this!

Happy New Year!

Hot chocolate cookies got a little molten over here…still trying to figure out what went wrong.🤔

In Loving Memory Of Grandma My Grandmother, Judy, was a force of nature. One of a kind. She was ever-present, from the time that I was a teeny one-pound infant in the NICU and throughout various chapters of my life. My very f…

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