Forever Beloved

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the day is FINALLY here

we are leaving for our vaca…
can.not.WAIT. to get outta here for a week…
i have big plans of laying on the beach daily…
doing my morning devotions while sitting by the ocean watching the sun rise…
and walking this boardwalk every evening…
i’m not taking my laptop along, so no pics this year until we get back…
i made the executive decision that this is a fam vacation to spend time together, technology free…

out for now
~kisses

ps…what i won’t be doing this vaca is riding those willy nilly bikes on the boardwalk in the early morning.
they are super sketchy.
and i had a bad experience with those when i was little.
i may or may not have knocked down a little chinese man.
and peddled away quickly while he yelled at me in a different language.
no desire to go through that again.
nope.  none.
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most embarassing moment {aka…you’ll laugh hard}

it’s the day before vaca.  i’ve spent my entire day packing, laundry, cleaning, packing, running to the bank, last minute items at the store and cleaning with a little bit of trying to get littles to help sprinkled in there. getting ready for vacation stresses me out ya’all.  i hate coming home to a dirty house, so i always stress myself out cleaning like a freak before we leave.   if there is one thing i could use right now, it’s a good laugh. so, let me take ya’all back a few years…
my grandma was a patient in the hospital and i was staying overnight with her. she had a nice little sweet-as-pie roommate who we will call “edna”.  edna was 91 years old and she was so sweet and soft-spoken.  on this evening edna started getting a “new” IV antibiotic which made her start acting a little wonky.  i should have thought something was up when edna asked me if the yellow things on the floor were off the trees but…I let it go.  {mistake #1}  i mean, if your 91 and you want to say a few CRAZY things I think you are entitled to. 
so grandma fell asleep around 10 and i was sitting in the chair by the bed reading a magazine.  edna woke up and started crying so i scurried over to help her.  she didn’t know where she was or why she was there, which broke my  heart.  she was so super scared and asked for a drink of water.  i walked around the bottom of the bed and poured her some water.  {mistake #2}  when I went to hand it to her she screamed “get out of my house” and punched me in the face.  seriously, is this even real life?
she chased me while yelling for the police, saying i was stealing her jewelry and money.  some where along the way she picked up her bed pan and hit me in the head with it.  repeatedly.  
now during the day edna couldn’t hardly walk and used a walker.  she didn’t need her walker then, geesh, she chased me like she was a 20 year old spring chicken.  
the nurses came and got Edna, she kept telling them about the woman in her house stealing her jewelry and money.  and i stood in the hall and cried my eyes out.  i’m sure the nurses laughed like crazy about that one.  eye roll.  me, not so much of laughing.  
and yes, sadly, that was the night a 91 year old woman kicked my butt.
out for now
~kisses
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GUEST Q + A {ABOUT BOYS}

i am so so so super stoked to have Livy here today from Crown of Beauty Magazine!!  she has some super exciting news to share with ya’all.

“They threw sticks at us, called us names, and stole our hats at recess. We declared war against the male species and safely assumed they carried a contaminating disease called Cooties. As we chanted, “Girls go to college to get more knowledge, boys go to Jupiter to get more stupider!” all our fairytale dreams lay dormant inside us. Resting in a peaceful slumber, our dreams were unawakened until that magical day in middle school when we met a blonde-haired hunk who looked just like Prince Charming.”  –When Life Feels Like a Taylor Swift Song: A Girl’s Guide to Boys 


Girls, let’s be honest. Navigating life through this boy crazy word can be crazy. Whether we’re singing, “We are never, ever, ever, getting back together!” or, “It’s a love story, baby just say yes!” life can often feel much like a Taylor Swift song.


What’s a girl to do? 


We all have those hard, unanswerable questions about the male species. We want to get great boy advice, but many teen magazine articles leave us feeling disappointed. 


What if you had a chance to ask REAL questions about what REAL, Godly relationships are supposed to look like? Now you do! Girl, it’s your time to start asking! 


It doesn’t matter how silly or serious your question may be. The soundtrack in your life might be playing songs about crushes, breakups, or friendship fights. How do you know whether you should sing along with the relationship, or turn off the record and walk away?  


I, Livy, author of When Life Feels Like a Taylor Swift Song, am ready to answer your questions. I can’t promise that I have all the answers…but like any good big sister would, I promise to do my best to offer Godly advice and encouragement. I invite you and all your friends to take advantage of this Boy Problem Q&A Spree, and ask whatever you like! 🙂

You can submit your question by either commenting on this post, email Livy at crownofbeautymagazine@yahoo.com or email Amy at gypsytree@windstream.net

Deadline: Sunday, August 11 at midnight.


-Livy 

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