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DenaSeptember 22, 2010

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Welcome to Live, Love, Simple. This is our little corner of the world. We are so grateful to have you here. We are a blended family of 8! This is our story of family life, faith + grace, heart-centered living, suburban homesteading, and all of the magic + madness that happens in between. Thanks for stopping by.

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Hey friends! It’s been awhile since I’ve posted to my feed. Life has been… intense. I think I’ve cried more in the last 2 months than I did in the previous 2 years. 🥹

I’ve had a few “straw that broke the camel’s back” type of moments lately. My husband’s health hasn’t improved at all, which is to be expected. End stage renal failure is terminal & progressive. He is still on a waiting list for a transplant which we are hopeful about, but this waiting part is hard. And that hardness comes on the back of a season that is already rife with challenge.

But… I started a new part-time job recently, waitressing for the first time in my life. It has been such a wild learning experience, in many ways. I’ll be working on Thanksgiving & I won’t be with my family, so I decided to surprise them with an early turkey dinner on Sunday evening. It was really lovely. I even lit my special tapered candles and took the fancy gravy boat out of the cupboard. It was so cozy & beautiful. We all went around the table and shared what we are thankful for.

It filled my heart so much. I couldn’t ask for more. This season, these years, haven’t been easy. But there is beauty and magic and so-much-love here, too. It is up to me alone what I call my life, and I’ve called it gratitude & grace for a long time now, and that’s not going to change. 🧡🦃🙏🏻✨ #motherhoodrising #empathsunite #thanksgivingtablescape

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If you’ve been following my stories then you already know that it’s been a wild ride lately. (I mean it’s me we’re talking about, so life is always a wild ride. 🫣 But it’s been extra-extra lately.)

So much happened within the last 2 months that I couldn’t begin to explain, but I’ve been in the midst of making several major life decisions. And after weeks of being thrashed about, today, out for a walk, beneath the warmest November sunshine—I finally landed in a soft place. My heart & mind, which have been racing wildly for so long, went quiet. I was filled with a deep, peaceful knowing. I know where I must go next. I know what I must do. 👁

Gosh, I want to write paragraphs here and chapters and a novel. I have so much to share. But, there is still time. Right now what I want to tell you is this: 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕟 𝕚𝕟. Wherever you find yourself right now, lean all the way into it. Stop struggling and just move into perfect, peaceful acceptance. You are exactly where you are supposed to be. ✨

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