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Monday Musings: Review of 2024 Word of the Year
My word for 2024 was BOLD . I wanted to move outside of my comfort zone and achieve personal and professional growth. Â I've accomplished...
Samantha
Jan 201 min read
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Monday Musings: 24 for 2024 Recap
Every year, we share a progress update and final evaluation of the year's goals. I frame my annual resolutions based on Gretchen Rubin's...
Fay
Jan 132 min read
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Monday Musings: 2025 Word for the Year
Happy New Year! I've begun 2025 with a more peaceful mindset. This year will introduce changes for our family that promise both...
Samantha
Jan 62 min read
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Monday Musings: Promising Myself
With Thanksgiving falling later on the calendar, it’s been three weeks of intense holiday rush, more than usual. To combat this, I’ve...
Samantha
Dec 23, 20241 min read
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Monday Musings: Sources of Positivity
We all know that this is an incredibly difficult time. It's an election year, wars are raging, and natural disasters have caused...
Fay
Oct 7, 20241 min read
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Monday Musings: Five Senses of Fall
Fall is beautiful. It always reminds me of college (which I shared in a post, Monday Musings: The Magic of Fall ) in the most sentimental...
Fay
Sep 23, 20241 min read
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Remembering 9/11/
Tomorrow will commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a day that remains unforgettable for many of us. The images...
Samantha
Sep 10, 20241 min read
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Monday Musings: My Child's Last Lap
I'm in my new era: mom to a high school senior. It's strange to even type those words as I truly feel like I just sent her off to...
Samantha
Aug 19, 20242 min read
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Monday Musings: The Benefits of Long Weekends
As I write this, I'm preparing for a long weekend away with friends. I'm taking a few hours off from work to hop an early flight to where...
Fay
Aug 12, 20241 min read
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Monday Musings: When Life Feels Heavy
Spending a weekend with loved ones, celebrating American life, serves as a valuable reminder of what is important. These moments are...
Samantha
Jul 8, 20242 min read
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Monday Musings: Second Half
Today marks the second half of the year.
Fay
Jul 1, 20241 min read
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Monday Musings: Word of the Year Progress
Earlier this year, I shared that my word for 2024 is BOLD. As I promised, I want to move outside of my comfort zone and achieve personal...
Samantha
Jun 3, 20241 min read
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Monday Musings: 24 for 2024 Update
mid-year update on goal setting
Fay
May 20, 20242 min read
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Monday Musings: Aging is a Gift
I'll be the first to admit that getting older is hard. For women, our bodies change (again!) and our outward youthfulness begins to...
Samantha
Apr 29, 20242 min read
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Tuesday Morning Tidy: No Spend Month
I wanted to share my reasons and experience with undertaking my "no spend" month.
Fay
Apr 23, 20242 min read
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Monday Musings: Spring has Sprung!
We spent the past weekend outdoors enjoying baseball, barbeque and cleanup of the yard. We also experienced every temperature...
Fay
Apr 8, 20241 min read
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And She Writes' 600th Post!
You read that right — we've posted 600 times! Fay and I launched And She Writes in June 2020 in the middle of the pandemic. Since then,...
Samantha
Mar 29, 20241 min read
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Monday Musings: Beach Thoughts
It's Spring Break season, and many of us are headed to or thinking about ocean waves and salty air. "Sunsets are proof that no matter...
Fay
Mar 11, 20241 min read
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Tuesday Morning Tidy: 24 for 24
If you've been reading this blog for a while, you may know that I follow a lot of author Gretchen Rubin's happiness habits. One of my...
Fay
Jan 30, 20241 min read
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Monday Musings: 2023 Review - Word of the Year
With 2023 behind us, I'm reflecting and evaluating how I did with achieving my goal for the year — to be more connected. Overall, I am...
Samantha
Jan 22, 20241 min read
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