mizChartreuse || redefiningSuccess

Prompt: Friendship. How has a friend changed you or your perspective on the world this year? Was this change gradual, or a sudden burst? All of my friends are such cool, unique, wonderful human beings. The two obvious ones I’m going to talk about for this entry: my A-girls, Ange and Allie (coincidence?). These girls [...]

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Prompt: Moment. Pick one moment during which you felt most alive this year. Describe it in vivid detail (texture, smells, voices, noises, colors). Nothing compares to the afterglow of a particularly great gathering, event, or show. The days following are always filled with flashback memories that make me smile and giggle out loud at our antics. [...]

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“I lean against the wind, pretend that I am weightless, and in this moment I am happy.” It was 90 degrees, sunny, and breezy last Sunday morning. I laid down in the front part of the speedboat, closed my eyes, and listened to the water rushing past me and the laughter of my friends tubing [...]

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Last night was one for the history books, and a year from now we’ll all be amazed at how far she’s come from her first live performance in fourteen years. I’m talking about my fierce friend Laura Michelle Clarke, one of the most talented singer/songwriters I’ve been blessed to have in my life. On Wednesday, [...]

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…is the Facebook de-friending. (Thanks to my friend @trecoolx for putting it so succinctly and giving me this title.) *** When my mother joined Facebook and requested my friendship, I knew nothing good would come of it. Because I’m basically a heathen, while my mother is devout. But really, those terms are so relative and [...]

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