Try Not to Freak Out. Just Read the Finds. ||4.19.15

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 || 2.5 Weeks to Go ... I'm sorry, WHAT?! ||

The weather is warming, the rain falling from the sky beckoning May flowers, and the time is short until I'll be packing my room and heading back to Wilmington for the next four months. Amazing how quickly time passes when you're growing older. Please slow down but speed up to the parts where I'm not quite so stressed, please. Is stress a state of mind? That's a thought for another week, but a thought I have often -- almost enough to cause more stress. Lawwwdddd. Let me go bury myself back under the covers while I figure out how to take back my life.

Coming up this week is a continuation of the Embrace Yourself Series. I'll be bringing up thoughts on being dependent, independent, and understanding what you want from someone in your relationship (whether it's within your family, in regards to being sexually intimate (gasp, I'm going there), or being romantically involved). Did you catch last weeks Spring Produce video? Also, catch the Embrace Yourself Series Pt. I and Pt. II. Xx.

What are you up to this weekend? Are you watching hockey? Who's your team?

LINKS & FINDS ||

I'm going to start doing this Plank Challenge on Monday ;). 

This warm salad looks yummy.

Vintage Wedding Photos that make me so excited to have my own (in ten years).

LOL. Yes. They woke up like this.

In a Madrid gallery, blind visitors can touch the artwork. Beautiful.

Buy experiences, not things.

Cheers to Bloody Mary's!

My summer hairstyle?

My future toilet paper roll holders just got a thousand times better.

How great is your eyesight? Yes this two minute video is worth it.

Explore, love, hope, and be yourself. Always.

xx

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V I D E O || A Seasonal Produce Guide: Spring 2015 Edition

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|| A Spring Produce Guide ||

find out what's in season and the hows and whys behind buying seasonally and locally

|| April & Spring Produce Guide ||

Vegetables

+ artichokes + mushrooms + beans + spring onions + arugula + new potatoes + sweet potatoes + zucchini + kale + spinach

Fruits

+ strawberries + raspberries + citrus + apricots + avocados

|| Additional Resources ||

+ Find the local foods in your state by particular month and time of the month. Woohoo!

+ Below is a guide made by The Bountiful Year about all seasonal produce and we'll talk about them all as the seasons come and go. Enjoy! --

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guide

+ How will you incorporate seasonal produce into your current meal planning? Tell me on Facebook, Instagram, or in the Comments below!

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More || Embrace Yourself Series Pt. II

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This is part of the Embrace Yourself Series. It's all about leaving the notion of fitting into boxes behind and instead, finding the space within to respect and value who we are in this very moment. See the first post and first steps from last week here.

Sometimes, life wants you to be an image. But life is messy and glorious and anything but a picture perfect snapshot. How are you more?

I am more than my belly. I am more than the thoughts of others in regards to the female ideal. I am more than the ideal pick-up, the catcalls, or the careless compliments that verge on inappropriate. I am more than advertisements telling me I must lose more weight or grow more inches or eat this something or other. I am more than blue eyes and blonde hair. I am more than the clothes I do or do not wear. I am more than the size of my chest, the stretch of my jeans, more than the way I fill out my sweaters, more than the height of my heels or the tightness of my pants. Without a doubt, I am more than what is seen.

I am thoughts that take flight into action. I am a sweet dessert filled with the most wholesome and glorious ingredients. I am bare feet sinking into the sand with the waves crashing down. I am heart shaped confetti falling from a midnight sky. Giggles that turn into kisses and smiles that turn into the longest hugs, I am love incarnate. I am not defined by my size, by the thoughts of others, or by the events that happen in the past. I am even more than these little thoughts, but sometimes more can be too much and acknowledgement is just enough.

+ tell me, how are you more? Let me know on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or in the Comments Below

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