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"I'll be your lighthouse, you'll be one for me" - @johnnyswim
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The road ahead- I can habitually claim it hidden due to darkness closing in, even in times when my path is visibly shielded by Light. Enemy or guardian? Accuser or protector? What will I choose to see? . . . #myawefulllife #amwriting #parenting #adventu
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If only life was all puppies and pumpkins. 😬 There are a lot of hard, ugly in-betweens to our days not pictured here, and yet moments such as this are just as real as any of the others. These young warriors have some tough battles being waged
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I've heard it said the thing a writer absolutely does not want to write about, is the very topic on which they need to write....I hate that. Because it's true and it requires deep of me; it pushes all the panic buttons. I My writing is 90% listening... Li
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Well, I heard you could make God laugh By telling him the plans you have And now I know that to be true, Cause I could never dream up you... - @sean_mcconnell #beautifulrose #summersoundtrack #myawefulllife #adventuresonodyssey
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Filling my cup full of popsicle and mermaid days #summer #myawefulllife #adventuresonodyssey
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In the non-stop, palm-to-the-face character training of these three, I easily lose sight of all the roots of compassion, integrity and joy already cultivated under the surface of their personalities. Their patience with me, flexibility in shifting situati
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Thank you, America. ❤️💙 #whyknox #thecove #getoutsidetn #community #freedom
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Sweet Hurley, pup of the people, loved his first visit to #marketsquare and the #msfmknox today. #hurleythedood #whyknox @marketsquarefarmersmarket
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Happy place #littleriver #riverjohns #getoutsidetn #instagramtennessee #myawefulllife #adventuresonodyssey
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"I just know that no one gets to mug for the camera with a flash of pearly whites and their newly adopted family without stepping into a story of trauma. The only way a family is made through adoption — is for someone to lose a family first. The only way
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Take me home country roads...or I-75 South. 😬#eitherway #getmetomyman #puremichigan #tennesseegirl
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The house wasn't perfectly clean, the dog not bathed; No meals were prepped in the freezer- heck I think there was barely any milk left in the fridge; no braids in little girl's hair or stacks of summer crafts awaiting...and yet, this past week he graciou
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They have handled this move like champs- better than I give them credit for. And still, the vacancy of friendships, mentors and all around community left behind takes its toll. I hadn't fully realized just how much until seeing these two goofs caked in mu
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Just stoppit. #cutestever #canteven #doodhurley #goldendoodlesofinstagram
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💁👩🐶👧👋
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10 weeks old today, and already a rockstar with this sitting business. #doitallforthetreats #doodhurley #goldendoodlesofinstagram
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It has been a Mother's Day packed full with life- so much so I never did grab a photo until now. Knowing in a very real way how life just keeps on moving and changing, I don't want to let any of these moments pass without honor: the hand-picked cards and
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Golden hour 🐶☀️ #doodhurley #goldendoodlesofinstagram
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Happy Hurley Homecoming Day!
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Him: "I'm like the Mine-o-saur, you are MY friend, Mine, mine all mine!" 💙 #boymom #mayneedtoreadthatbookagain #missingthepoint 📷: @revolvingmind
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We fought the traffic and won. @greatsmokynps #grottofalls #whyknox
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The river, she is rising
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She put herself back to bed immediately upon returning home from church. EVERYONE is happier now. 😉
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One final Friday night lights @ #Wondergrove #myawefulllife #iwillnottakethesethingsforgranted
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It's about time for my annual "winter blerrrg....let's go back to the beach" post. #latergram
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There have been more and more difficult conversations recently with this warrior princess. Her questions about skin tone, her comments about what and who she wishes she looked like...they are showing up inside every day moments such as this one from yeste
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The Southern Lights #Wondergrove #instagramtennessee #collegegrovetn
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I remember painfully well being her age- the emotional tsunami, the awkward limbs far more mature than the frame holding them, never really getting through a day without some social catastrophe. Being on this side of it all- the watching, guiding, picking
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"Meet me at the river fashion us a raft and oar we're going on an expedition... and it might take days and days and it might be extravagantly wasteful We'll be gone as long as it takes Looking for lost time" - sara groves
