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Love! Cheers to choosing presence over your anticipated writing goals (aka I’m telling myself that at the moment too).

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*raises my homemade oat milk latte* Cheers, friend!!

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Ah the lie that living gets in the way of writing about living—a struggle for many (cough…myself as well) 😘 Thank you for sharing the gift of your humor and joy when you time allows for it! It is such a struggle to find a perfect balance when the scale is always recalculating but I love hearing others admit to readjustments in the culture of consistency being king ❤️

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Lolololololol. Oh the eternal struggle for *~BaLaNcE~*.

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You make me laugh, which is one of the highest compliments I can give someone. I’m looking forward to your oldies but goodies. See you on the other side of summer! ❤️

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That truly feels like one of the highest compliments!

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To being present!

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*raises mocktail glass*

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Sending hugs! I know alllll these feelings intimately.

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Thank you friend!

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“But who needs a regulated nervous system or a sense of connection when you can have a false sense of control, amiright?”

Thank you for calling me out here! 😅

Your wisdom in self reflection and commitment to remaining present in the moment - even the stressful moment (month, season) is inspiring.

If day-long adventures are up your alley with the kids this July, I’m happy to brainstorm how we can fill a day with kid play, too much watermelon, and lots of vitamin D.

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You are speaking most of my love languages. Let’s do it.

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Krista, you are not alone and you pulled these feelings from my own heart. My husband will be gone four months- July 24 to November 24 for work training on the completely opposite coast. The dates have changed and the emotions have been a rollercoaster. Right now Ive gone from trying to plan it out to just praying I focus on this next hour.

He is struggling too. My husband is extremely supportive when it comes to doing more during my pain flare ups. He’s carrying the weight of providing for us while I’m carrying the weight of anxiety and control.

Thank you for sharing your story and please do what is needed. I don’t want to say “we don’t care” but rather we care enough to gladly see you writing as little or as much as is needed. I pray you take time to enjoy popsicles and soak your feet in water alongside your kids.

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Oh friend, that is a long time to be solo parenting AND planning and seeing through a whole dang conference, too. Wowza. Raising my mocktail in Solidarity!

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