Balancing Life's Lemons

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APR 2019

What brings me joy?

Posted by Nicci | General, Health, Home & Hearth

While working on an Instagram post in mid-April, I realized that I don’t simply talk about what brings me joy. This picture brings me joy.

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APR 2019

How do you keep a girl as a friend from childhood to adulthood?

Posted by Nicci | General, Health, Home & Hearth

In a dream, one of my godsons was asking how do you keep a girl as a friend from childhood through to adulthood and this was my reply…

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APR 2019
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What will you do with your Easter eggs?

Posted by Nicci | Arts - N - Crafts, General, Health, Home & Hearth

Last week on Facebook and Instagram I asked what everyone was planning on doing with their eggs after the weekend. So what did you do with your hard boiled eggs?

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APR 2019

When all you have ever wanted is someone else’s joke

Posted by Nicci | General, Health, Home & Hearth

What happens when all you have ever wanted in life turns out to be someone else’s joke?

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MAR 2019
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Moving Forward with a New Normal

Posted by Nicci | General, Health, Home & Hearth, Uncategorized

Everyone suffers from trauma and loss at some point in their life. Here is a little more insight into some of my recent struggles.

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JAN 2019

Gracefully Cracked

Posted by Nicci | General, Health, Home & Hearth

While holding my fifteen year old cat last week, realized that I am closer to the end of his life than to the beginning. That thought hurt in ways I can’t describe but I also feel loved and blessed, a bit gracefully cracked.

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DEC 2018

A reflection on traditions and what they mean to me

Posted by Nicci | General, Health, Home & Hearth

As I am wrapping up my reflection of 2018, and hoping for something a bit lighter and brighter in 2019, I want to remember a few things about traditions.

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AUG 2017

Thoughts Placed in the Hands of our Creator

Posted by Nicci | Health, Home & Hearth

The world is filled with stories we can’t quite deal with emotionally and physically (time or space). Not being able to have an immediate say or impact (to help or make change) can leave one feeling quite overwhelmed. At those times I feel like I need to say a prayer or two and place the […]

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AUG 2017

The drop of another shoe: Anxiety and the wait of bad things to come

Posted by Nicci | Health, Home & Hearth

Growing up I am sure I asked my mom about the origins of the phrases she used most often. Somewhere along the way of growing older I have filed that information away like old clothes I am not quite ready to part with. As a side affect of that filing, I tend to misuse a […]

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AUG 2017

Morning salutations and words of encouragement

Posted by Nicci | Health, Home & Hearth

Greetings and salutations! In our house we are trying to start the year off positively on many levels including morning salutations, words of encouragement and an agreed upon drop-off mantra. For our family, the start of waking up right is figuring out a good evening routine. Since the boys spend their weeks divided between two […]