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While waiting for our 2nd order of Empanada Mama,

While waiting for our 2nd order of Empanada Mama, I saw that there was a ticket in the wiper of the car parked directly in front of the order window.

I asked @vikaa_2992 , "If I Venmo you $20, would you give me $20 cash?"

She knew it was to leave $20 with the $20 ticket left on this car's window & she asked, "Are you being serious?"

@ukrainianyonce said, "Yes she is. This is what she does." 😝

Vika gave me $20 and I placed it behind the ticket.

This is usually where "Random Acts of Kindness" end, but the women who owned the car walked up 3 minutes later, picked up the ticket, and made a face like "Why is this so heavy?"

I was watching her out of the side of my eye as she flipped the ticket over because I never get to actually witness this part of the random act.

She then looked up from her hand in disbelief and asked us "Do you know who did this?"

I sheepishly raised my hand 🙋‍♀️

She didn't know what to say so she asked if she could hug me and then she said how sweet that was.

It was such a lovely moment ❤️

Also, someone stopped me while jay walking in Doylestown & talking way too loud to tell me, "I love you voice" so it was an all around great day to be alive.

Oh, and ice cream. I ate ice cream 🍦
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"Women in STEM..." OR women who feared there was a

"Women in STEM..." OR women who feared there was a hidden camera in the ladies bathroom so I figured out how to open it only to find out it was a room spray box ♨️
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#FlashbackFriday // How we experience this Earth o

#FlashbackFriday // How we experience this Earth on an individual level effects this world as a whole 🌿

Be gentle with yourself, but challenge your beliefs 💥

Don't take on negative energy, but don't turn a blind eye to injustice 🙏

Start seeing the bigger picture in your small decisions, Mother Earth will thank you 🌍

Future you will thank you ❤️

There were 2 paintings of cattle dogs in the room

There were 2 paintings of cattle dogs in the room we were seated, so they picked well for birthday brunch 🥺

@ukrainianyonce & @vikaa_2992 took me to the @whitedoghaverford (how fitting) for my 27th birthday this year 🐶

I striked up a conversation with two men seated beside us (they also happened to both be Picses') & after they left, they came back in & told us they were from the band "Live at the Fillmore" & gave us free tickets to their concert at the Sellersville theater in July ✨️

It was a great day w/ amazing food, beautiful babes, & blue dogs 💙
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How cool is it to get to support someone through m

How cool is it to get to support someone through multiple passion projects ✨️

Since I've known Liam he's always been drawn to the arts. The visuals. The sounds. The ellicted feelings.

I've read many of his short stories over the years & offered feedback (when asked) over drinks.

And then... I got to go to the @countytheater in Doylestown to watch a @seencarlisi short film he was a part of creating 🎥

All I'm saying is support your friends // Intimate debut showings to rad films make life that much cooler.

Thanks for being the cool friend 😎
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I think it took me listening to the "Encanto" soun

I think it took me listening to the "Encanto" soundtrack 5 times through before the entire thing didn't make me bawl in between training lessons (& even still it trips me up sometimes) 😭

It is definitley the most revolutionary Disney movie yet.

In every Disney movie, if there was something "missing" in a main character, they "found" it by the end 👀

Missing a beautiful gown to catch the eye of the prince? Your fairy God mother will bibitty bobitty bestow you one 👗

Missing a prince? He'll come to you 🤴

I remember watching this movie the first time through & thinking "When is Maribel going to get her gift & what will it be?" 💭

A physical gift never presented & (no surprise) that made me BAWL.

"You are more than just your gifts"

😭 You are more than what you are amazing at
😭 You are more than what you get paid for
😭 You are more than what you have in your savings
😭 You are more than what others see on the surface
😭 You are more than what other people get from you

You are amazing & a blessing simply for being who you are ❤

Today, say affirmation, "I am more than just my gifts"

I see it, your dog sees it, your closest friend sees it, & I just want you to see it too 🌱
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Sharpie marker finger families? 👌 Armpit straw

Sharpie marker finger families? 👌 Armpit straw fart EDM?🥤Adventures of Rusty & Steve (the recent jail birds)? 🐦🐦

Yeah, sounds like a pretty usual surprise party w/ my fav peeps 🙈

Happy birthday, Tony! Love you man 💙
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I don't know how I found the song "Satisfied" off

I don't know how I found the song "Satisfied" off of the Hamilton soundtrack, but 3 years ago around my sister's wedding I did.

It is a song where a sister / maid of honor proclaims (in her mind) she loves her sister's husband (Alexander Hamiliton).

Maybe wrong timing, but I sang this song ALL THE TIME while preparing my sister's wedding as her maid of honor (to both her & my brother in law) 🤣

Only people who knew my personality would know I wasn't a threat to their marriage & it was just a song that REALLY got me jazzed 💥

It was the only song I knew off the soundtrack!

Fast forward 2 years, mid-pandemic, Disney+ puts the Hamilton play on their platform.

I watched it with goosebumps & fist pumps the entire time (I think I watch it 3 times that first week).

Now I probably know every single word to 75% of the soundtrack within a year's time.

I listened to it so much so, my mom decided bringing me to see Hamilton at the Kimmel Center in Philly would be a perfect Christmas present... and it was.

I cried 3 times (one of those times being after the first song ended, the other when all the amazing actors took a bow).

It was magical ✨
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Pops is looking down smiling at his great granddau

Pops is looking down smiling at his great granddaughter on the ol' Oliver, I'm sure of it 🚜
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And know that it is true. Maybe not by everyone.

And know that it is true.

Maybe not by everyone.

Some will want collateral as a trade for their love.

Remember, those aren't your people.

You are enough, just as you are right now, and YOU ARE loved by all the RIGHT people ❤
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Things That Make Uncle Jasper & Phoebe best friend

Things That Make Uncle Jasper & Phoebe best friends; they both love:

😴 Sleeping
🍕 Pizza
✌ Aunt Hippie

I think that last one is what I love most about their shared interests 😉

These two have my heart & they know it ❤
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This little girl is going to take over the world o

This little girl is going to take over the world one day... because she has already taken over mine 🍂
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You don't need all the (right) answers; failing is

You don't need all the (right) answers; failing is just as kin to success as success itself.

Knowing what doesn't work (by trying it out) brings you one step closer to what does.

I want your resume to look a little choppy.

I want your friends to think "She's trying something else? She really needs to just follow one path already!" (Because it will help weed out who you don't need "in your corner" anymore 😉)

I want you to do what you got to do to make YOU happy (& throw in some good books while you're at it) 📚

Don't look back on your 20s & think "I played it safe," look back & think "look how much growing I did because I wasn't afraid to keep going in a direction I wasn't sure about but felt right" 🌱
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Had I let the "fear of change" paralyze me, I woul

Had I let the "fear of change" paralyze me, I wouldn't have...

... Finish the sentence!

The captains to text posts (like the one above) often ask you to look at your current life & pick apart all the stagnant, uninspiring facets of your every day life in an effort to inspire you to want to make a change 🍂

Although I find this beneficial, I like to focus on what has gone right through working through fear and try to draw in more experiences like it 🧱

So let me ask again,

Had I let the "fear of change" paralyze me, I wouldn't have... (Fill in something you have done that has made all the difference in bettering your everyday life).

The goal is to build up confidence in what you have already done so you can build off of that momentum to do more 💥

You wouldn't have:

🌿 Started going to the gym & feeling that serotonin-inducing confidence after each workout (no matter what your body looks like)
🌿 Quit your job after finding a position that pays better w/ better hours, even though it's more of a challenge
🌿 Made a large financial investment that helped you change your mindset, hobbies to a side hustle, etc.
🌿 Trained your dog to walk with a loose leash by your side so you could enjoy more sunset walks (even though you had to try a new tool / way of training)
🌿 Left a relationship that you were staying in out of obligation, fear, or trauma bonding
🌿 Re-did you room to make it more conducive to a perfect balance of productivity & comfort (I just did this!)

Let's live less scared of change & more scared of staying the same!

You are just beginning, whether you're 25, 48, 65, or 98 👁👅👁

No time to give up on future you now!
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Have you ever FINISHED a game of jumbo Jenga befor

Have you ever FINISHED a game of jumbo Jenga before?

Me neither... until this night.

With every block we pulled, 2-3 more people would congregate around us until it was the last piece.

At this point, all in attendance to the Alzeimer's Awareness event were surrounding us.

It may have taken me 2 minutes & a lot of wiggly tower anxiety, but I did it.

Sorry for postponing the raffle basket drawing, Carolyn, but I had to give the people what they wanted 🙈
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Build-A-Bear? More like Build-A-Biter 😁 It's o

Build-A-Bear? More like Build-A-Biter 😁

It's official; she is definitley my Goddaughter ❤

Why you ask? Well:

1️⃣ She picked a dog Build-A-Bear 2️⃣ She's a biter
3️⃣ Dancing brings her joy

All of which are things I do too. Loving her more & more every day (as long as the bites could be directed at someone else) 😉
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What Makes Me Happy ⬇️ ☺ Cleaning / organiz

What Makes Me Happy ⬇️

☺ Cleaning / organizing my space
☺ Reading personal development / mindset books
☺ Haunted hayrides & cornwalk season @wbf1805
☺ Running my business @handfulofleashes
☺ Watching Eagles games
☺ Writing to-do lists & checking things off
☺ Sitting on the top step of my porch looking at the front corn field
☺ Dancing in the mirror, kitchen, or car
☺ Quadding / hiking
☺ Watching "New Girl" or "The Office" while bundled up in bed
☺ Putting together cute outfits to go out to dinner in
☺ Suduko puzzles
☺ Walks w/ my dog @stitch_thebluefox

I know what makes me happy 🌻

I do those things.

I include people who I can dream with, laugh with, cry with, & grow with.

I want you to have that same luxury. Here's how:

1️⃣ Write a list of your favorite things to do
2️⃣ Then, write a list of everyone in your family / friend group / life / circle.
3️⃣ If any of the people who are in that list of people wouldn't be a fun addition to anything on your list of things that make you happy, why are you so worried about how they see you?

Spend your time doing what you love & you will attract the people who are right for YOU ❤

Worrying about how people see you (especially those not on your "happy things to do with these people" list) is taking away from headspace you could be saving for curating your dream life & attracting the best people to be apart of it 🌿
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Yet another BFF has entered my life! We were pati

Yet another BFF has entered my life!

We were patiently awaiting your arrival & then, all at once, you were here: a safe, happy, beautiful baby girl!

💕 Carlin Marie Sturges 💕⁣
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𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: Friday, September 3rd, 2021
𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: 3:15 AM
𝗪𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁: 5 pounds 15 ounces⁣
𝗟𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵: 18 inches

It's been approximately 19 days since she entered the chat, 17 days since I met her in person, & 14 days since I've held her for the first time. This is what I've learned of this tiny, miracle baby I that time:

1️⃣ She is much more "Garges" than Phoebe is - what with the full head of hair right off the hop (just like Aunt Hippie)
2️⃣ She has Brianna's "turtle lip" as I like to call it 🐢
3️⃣ She is the queen of kicking off socks (mostly because her pre-me body doesn't know how to keep them on)
4️⃣ I think she may have EVEN LONGER toes & fingers than her big sister, so she may be just as much (if not more of a water baby 🐠)
5️⃣ The size of her diapers make me squeal
6️⃣ Her middle name was made "Marie" after her Aunt Hippie (fight me, @lysannegarges @ginabarrett004 @daniellefalcone94 )
7️⃣ I survived Hurricane Ida so I could love you unconditionally forever & ever

P.S. Swipe all the way to the end to see my god daughter promoted to big sister 💕
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If you aren't a part of a duo where one is abnoxio

If you aren't a part of a duo where one is abnoxiously tall while the other is teeny & short, you're missing out 🤪

Mostly because you get a lot of attention when you go out... or maybe we're just hot 🥳🔥

I don't know 🤷‍♀️ // Either way, you're getting hotter with age!!

Happy birthday, Maddie! Love & miss you 🖤

Is it just me or has this been one of the most try

Is it just me or has this been one of the most trying months of this year?

This month has been hard on me in sneaky ways.

Scary things have happened in my family. But everything turned out fine in the end.

Some of my friends are going through the ringer with back-to-back life-changing scenarios, but they have persisted.

I am feeling very lonely & yet, here I stand.

Life goes through seasons the same way that the Earth does 🌎

When it feels heavy (even if you can't directly pin point where or why), practice grace towards yourself.

You can cry. You can sleep. You can procrastinate.

Sometimes you need to rest in order to recharge in order to face today's / tomorrow's / this months difficulties with perspective.

Good, bad, or difficult: how is your September going so far? 🍂
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