Healthy Living How To

Vanessa Rae Romero

New Bike

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I am pretty sure my mom was about my age when she decided she was going to take up bike riding. She went and got herself a nice 3-speed bike and then shortly thereafter my dad got one and they would go bike riding on the Gateway Trail. Today, I officially became my mother. Although… [Continue Reading]

Pout Pout Fish

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Listen, we all have pout pout fish in our life. They bring us down every time they swim around. I’m here to tell you, boundaries are a must with this type of fish. It’s not your job to change them or cheer them up. Join the Conversation Join the conversation over on Facebook.

How To Have a Good Day

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Over the weekend Tom and I stopped at the bookstore to peruse books (one of our favorite things), drink coffee (another of our favorite things), and do a little work (yep, we like to do that too)!!! Anyways, this is the book that Tom got. Fitting for him, wouldn’t you say?!?! This morning I picked it up…to… [Continue Reading]

Gotta Have Faith

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Truth. I’ve been on day fifteen of my #100daystobrave since last Friday. I didn’t want to post…just to post. I needed to ponder. So, day fifteen is about being BRAVE and not being afraid to ask God the things you really want to know. I couldn’t think of a single question. Not on day fifteen,… [Continue Reading]

Keep a Firm Grip

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I know at least one of my friends needs to hear this today!!! I hope this verse blesses you as it blessed me last week when I was sick in bed. It won’t last forever. Join the Conversation Join the conversation on Facebook.

Cinco De Mayo & My Mom

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Today has me thinking about my mom. I don’t know anyone who wished they were Mexican more than her. She married a Mexican, had four Mexican children, loved Mexico and everything about its culture — the people, especially the people, the food, the history. For their 25th wedding anniversary in 1994, my parents took their… [Continue Reading]

Sunsets & Superpowers

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I put myself to bed tonight around 7:30 pm. With it being my first day back in the land of the living, I found myself pretty pooped. We live in a high rise apartment on the 26th floor with a partially obstructed view of the skyline. Which means I gotta get out of bed to… [Continue Reading]

I Like Big Butts

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A few weeks back, shortly after picking up our grandson, he burst out into song in the car. “I LIKE big butts and I cannot lie…” He sang it with confidence, over and over and over. At three, he has no idea what he’s singing, only that he LIKES to sing 8 words from the… [Continue Reading]

Do More

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I’ve been pretty much laid up in bed since Saturday with an upper respiratory virus. Believe you me, this is NOT how I wanted to close out my April. At first, it made me quite mad actually. Mad, because I have a few projects that I am working on that need me to be at… [Continue Reading]

Free Advice

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Friend, stop saying mean things about yourself to yourself. Seriously, stop it. If we are going to do BRAVE things together and encourage each other with our uplifting words, we can’t be hating on ourselves. Mmmkay?!?! Yes, I know, it’s easier said than done, but guess what, you can do hard things. You are BRAVE…. [Continue Reading]