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Find The Beauty Within

August 30, 2019 No Comments

Coco Chanel knew a thing or two about beauty. During her life, she designed some of the most beautiful clothing. One thing I really love about Coco Chanel is her wonderful words of wisdom, such as this gem below. It’s difficult to find the beauty within when you’re scrolling through Instagram and seeing one beautiful person after another wearing fancy clothes, their makeup is practically perfect, their hair falls in just the right tousled wave pattern. But not everything is as it seems on the gram. I’ve heard people say that IG features people’s highlight reel of their lives. I […]

All Things Entertainment

Just Put on Your Red Shoes and Dance the Blues

January 12, 2017 No Comments

If there were ever one famous rocker from my childhood whose music drew me in like a moth to a flame, it was David Bowie. He made me want to put on my red shoes {even though I didn’t have any red shoes} and “dance the blues.” A year ago yesterday, this iconic singer, songwriter, and actor passed away. It was a shock to millions of people, myself included, but his music will live on in the hearts of all of us. “Let’s Dance” and “Little China Girl” were so memorable for me. His androgynous look, his unique voice, his […]

Musings and Ramblings

Sunday Inspiration: Lose Yourself to Find Yourself

April 17, 2016 No Comments

Sometimes you have to lose yourself in order to find yourself. I was asked to come to the rescue of my oldest niece on Friday when she was involved in a single-car wreck on her way home from college for the weekend. On our way to meet her mother, we started talking about how she’s doing in college and what’s been going on in her life lately. She said that she changed her major (Forensic Anthropology to English, like me), pulled a muscle in her abdomen, and now, wrecked her car (her only mode of transportation to and from college). […]

All Things Healthy, Musings and Ramblings, Uncategorized

How to Live a Simpler Life

January 29, 2016 No Comments

As I look around my house, I realize I’ve got a lot of “stuff” and that this “stuff”, if I let it, could get out of hand and begin to look like a cluttered mess. Photo Source: Creating This Life via Pinterest Like the quote above, I realize that I need to be the Miranda Priestly (from The Devil Wears Prada) of my home and question everything that I want to bring into it. I want to live a simple life, but there is just so much stuff out there that I want. Last year, I wrote a blog post […]

Musings and Ramblings, Sunday Inspiration

Sunday Inspiration: Open Your Eyes to Today

January 17, 2016 No Comments

Sometimes we get so caught up in what happened in the past, or we get carried away with plans for the future, that we often forget about the present. Photo Source: Zoella.tumblr.com via Pinterest Don’t get me wrong… I believe that it’s okay to reminisce about the past or to be excited about the future. For instance, I can wax nostalgic about going to the Tennessee Valley Fair last fall and the great time I had with my friends Katy and Tresa. I could dwell in the “coulda, shoulda, woulda” moments (shoulda done a semester studying abroad, coulda stayed at the […]