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A Season of Thankfulness
Do you ever have those moments where a memory catches you off guard? This week I experienced one such moment that swept me off my feet...
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Christmas in the Smokies
Welcome back to my Newlyweds Travel series! If you saw my first travel post you'll know that Pigeon Forge, TN stole our hearts on our...
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The First Thanksgiving
You may remember the story you were taught as a small child where "Pilgrims" and "Indians" alike gathered around large wooden tables in...
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Day of the Dead
What is the day of the dead? Is it an origin for Halloween? Should we celebrate it? These are just a few of the questions that are...
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Let's Talk About Cultural Appropriation
You may remember the outrage of the Maui costume last Halloween. The internet voices were so loud that Disney decided to pull the costume...
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Is Halloween Evil?
I grew up in the 90's and my parents allowed us to participate in Halloween but the rule was we could not dress up as anything "scary" or...
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Why do we carve pumpkins?
As you may have gathered from my last post about fall, it's a season that I love. One of my favorite fall traditions is carving pumpkins...
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Farm to City
I didn't intentionally choose living in the city over living on a farm. I suppose the first step was choosing to go to college. Not just...
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Me Too.
I can't remember the first time I was aware of the set of rules that govern a woman's life. I don't remember explicitly being taught...
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Newlyweds Travel to Pigeon Forge, TN
We took a week long honeymoon in Pigeon Forge, TN that was planned by my husband. When we got engaged we made a deal, I would plan the...
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