Personalized Valentine’s
UPDATE: {boo} Shame on me for not reading the fine print for myself. The deal is no longer a $25 credit off a $30 order. I spoke with a rep over there and apparently people were abusing the offer so they pushed up the minimum order amount to $50. It is actually still a good ...
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iPhoneography {Love}
Are you doing your Gift of an Ordinary Day or a DevelopAndInspire.com project on an iPhone? If you’re looking for someone to wow you check out Shannon from blu bambu. Her composition and use of apps has made her everyday moments magical. She writes, “I home school our three and strive everyday to encourage the ...
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Time After Time
I saw my baby’s face on Christmas Day. I haven’t seen it in six years. You see, my baby turned seven in December. I may not have recognized her, but I have this photo (right) burned in my mind: Don’t shoot just rainbows, sunshine, and lollipops if you are participating in Project 366 or any ...
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Life Passes in an Instagram
“The best camera is the one you have with you,” over the course of our friendship, I cannot tell you how many times Tiffany Dahle has said this to me. In fact, when I think the quote, it is her voice inside my head. When she suggested I do an iPhone version of Project 366 ...
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Side Effects May Include…
“Every morning, when we wake up, we have twenty-four brand-new hours to live. What a precious gift! We have the capacity to live in a way that these twenty-four hours will bring peace, joy, and happiness to ourselves and others. Peace is present right here and now, in ourselves and in everything we do and ...
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The Gift of an Ordinary Day
“I know I can’t make time slow down, can’t hold our life as it is in a freeze frame or slow my children’s inexorable journeys into adulthood and lives of their own. But I can celebrate those journeys by bearing witness to them, by paying attention, and, perhaps most of all, by carrying on with ...
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Strike a Match
My boss called and quietly said, “Zina, we need to talk.” My heart sank, the room seemed a bit blurry, and I slowly rocked back and forth through our conversation. Last year, I was forced to file for unemployment when my hours were drastically cut to a minimal state. Do you ever find yourself rattled ...
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