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She's a dreamer, a doer, a thinker. She see possibility everywhere. 💋 You are so brave and I am so proud of how far you've come! Go & Carpe the Hell Out of Diem you beautiful souls. #awidowandhershoes #carpediem #bebrave #resilience

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Do This TODAY: "FAITH is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase." ~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Sometimes when you hit a wall after a tragic moment in your life you're not sure if you are ready to start living again. Today, take that first step out into the sunshine and breathe. Knowing you took the first step back into reality means you haven't given up <3 ... You don't have to know the whole path or really the next couple of hours... just take each moment as it comes and be proud of the fact you didn't give up, you chose to live. Go & Carpe The Hell Out Diem You Beautiful Souls... what are you waiting for? The world is ready to see you soar. #AWidowAndHerShoes #DailyInspiration #Breathe #TODAY

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People who love you always try their hardest to help you because they want to fix you or just make you happy, especially when you are going through something hard. But, it's not up to them when you're ready to take those steps forward and grab life by the balls. You have to take time and do you and make what you want out of life. It is your life and you decide how you want to live it <3 ... I am so proud of where you are right now! Go & Carpe The Hell Out of Diem You Beautiful Souls! #AwidowAndHerShoes #DailyInspiration #CarpeDiem

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You don't always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe. Trust. Let go. and see what happens  This is something I have to remind myself... especially after losing Joshua.... I feel like I always have to have a plan. I tend to panic some when things don't go my way... Perfect reminder that you CAN'T plan every minute of your life... sometimes you just need to breathe and let it be. Go and Carpe The Hell Out of Diem You Beautiful Sous.   #AWidowAndHerShoes #DailyInspiration #Breathe#LetItBe

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When everything seems to be going against you, Remember that an airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. You are beyond brave and remember you got this. Sometimes you have to remind yourself it is not a bad life, just a bad moment in time and sometimes while you're fighting against the wind to get to your destination... sometimes it's ok to just breathe. Go and Carpe The Hell Out of Diem You Beautiful Souls <3. #AWidowAndHerShoes #DailyInspiration #Breathe #Youarebrave

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Most people are searching for happiness outside of themselves. That's fundamental mistake. Happiness is something you are, and it comes from the way you think. Happiness is an inside job <3 ... something that was hard for me was to stop making everyone else happy so that I could focus on me. It is ok to be a little selfish and do you! and when you do you... make sure it makes you HAPPY. Go & Carpe The Hell Out of Diem You Beautiful Souls. #Awidowandhershoes #DailyInspiration #BeYou #Happiness

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Good morning & Happy Sunday ... A little brunch humor going into a new week 💋🇺🇸😂 #awidowandhershoes #dailyinspiration #laughtercureseverything

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So excited and honored to see Joshua's stone that Judy Norman Lawrence & I bought to be placed at the National Infantry Museum. He lays there with so many other amazing heroes! #fallenbutneverforgotten #NIM #honor #AmericanPride

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Good morning and #HappyNewYearsEve 💋 be on the look out for more bling entries and #DailyInspirations from yours truly 💖 ... Please share my page and everyone be safe tonight and Carpe The Hell Out of Diem you beautiful souls! Goodbye 2014 and heeellllloooo 2015 💙🍷🍷🍻🎉🎉🎊 #awidowandhershoes #dailyinspirations --------------------------------------- <3 The year is yours. What will you do with it? <3 Don't let what you have been through in life dull your sparkle. You have too much to offer life and your guardian angel in the heavens above does not want to see you NOT sparkle. Carpe The Hell Out of Diem You Beautiful Souls. #NewYearsEve #AWidowAndHerShoes #EmbraceLife

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"You gain strength, courage & confidence by every experience in which you stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt Believe in everything and anything you do. Go & Carpe The Hell Out of Diem You Beautiful Souls <3 #Awidowandhershoes #Sparkle #BeBrave #DailyInspiration

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~ When you chose JOY you feel GOOD & when you feel good, YOU do good & when YOU do good it REMINDS others of what JOY feels like & it just <3 might inspire them to do the same. ~ I hope you all have an amazing and blessed Christmas! Cheers to an amazing life and new chapters to be made. So blessed to have you here. Carpe The Hell Out of Diem You Beautiful Souls. #MerryChristmas #AwidowAndHerShoes #ShareTheJoy

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Here is a little Sunday wisdom & humor before going into a new week! 💙 Go and Carpe the Hell Out of Diem you beautiful souls 💋 #awidowandhershoes #dailyinspiration

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When I was a kid  I wanted to be older … This shit is not what I expected. Can that quote be any truer? When we were younger, how many times did we sit and say, “I can not wait to grow up” or “I wa...

"That’s where I am at right now. I am sitting here in an apartment thinking, “Life really kicked my ass.” I was having a really hard time turning the big 3-0. I had plans, I had so, so, so many plans and dreams that I wanted to fulfill and life as we know it, happened. My 20’s handed me a whole lot of “this shit is not what I expected!” It was full of happy moments, memories & achievements and then at the age of 26 I became every woman’s nightmare… a widow. In the midst of becoming a brand new Army Wife and feeling like nothing could ever stop me. My whole world came to an end." #AWidowAndHerShoes #DirtyThirty #WarriorSpirit

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"Don't let your struggle become your identity."  So true. We have all faced so many trying times in our lives (we all have our own story of grief, loss, just life). Know how brave you are and how proud I am of you for being here at this moment.  You are braver and stronger than you realize! Go & Carpe the Hell Out of Diem You Beautiful Souls.   #Awidowandhershoes #DailyInspiration #WarriorSprit

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That moment when you realize your whole world has crumbled around you and you feel like you can’t...

Working on my new blog entry for turning the Dirty Thirty and where my life has taken me to this point. I am pretty excited to see how it turns out!! 

I started A Widow & Her Shoes to help me cope through my darkest moments ... kind of like a "online journal" ~ Well life began to happen and I found my way out of the dark and started writing about my life as it is now and how I never gave up on hope. I have had some messages sent to me over the past couple of months that completely overwhelmed my heart  ... I am trying hard to write more and hope it continues to help people where needed or in some cases (like the entry I am writing now) -- can provide a little humor. 

I now have 203 likes on my page and over 6,000 views on my blog! I don't even know where to begin to say thank you   ... be on the look out for the new and improved Dirty Thirty A Widow and Her Shoes!!! I am already liking how this year is coming to an end and can't wait to see what 2015 brings!!! 

~ Carpe The Hell Out of Diem You Beautiful Souls ~  ‪#‎Awidowandhershoes‬

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You have to do what is right for yourself. Nobody else is walking in your shoes... so be courageous and make those first few steps FORWARD, appreciate yourself and honor your soul.

You are a warrior. Go and Carpe the Hell Out of Diem You Beautiful Souls <3. 

#Awidowandhershoes #WarriorSpirit #DailyInspiration #BeBrave

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"Maybe you have to let go of who you were ... to become who you will be." ~ Carrie Bradshaw 

Moving forward from anything you have been dealt in life (especially grief) changes you ... because you are going through something does not have to define who you are... something I had to learn. Yes, I am a widow, but that does not define who I am in life... I am so much more than that, I have so much to offer... I am stronger. 

So are you. Go and Carpe the Hell Out of Diem You Beautiful Souls <3. 

#awidowandhershoes #DailyInspiration #WarriorSpirit