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Meet Cleo. ❤️🐶 #newfurbaby #newpuppy #puppylove #newhome #sleepypuppy

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*drumroll* And the tree is decorated!!!!!!!! After bringing it home in the trunk of my little car where it totally didn't fit and was hanging out the entire time, to an epic fail at putting it in the stand and waking up thinking the Grinch stole our Christmas, to finally having a decorated (and straight and stable) Christmas tree!!!! #RuthJohnsonChristmas #douglasfir #christmastree #silverandgold #thestartho #iloveourtree

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Nothing really beats that feeling you get after you finish a powerful book...especially one that might just make you "lean in" a little more. #inspirational #LeanIn #womeninbusiness #womenempowerment #change #lead

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And successful relationships cut the bull shit. :)

Pro tips here

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YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES. The emotions any survivor of a horrible relationship will recognize. No one knows how hard it is to truly let go and break free of the chains of that past until they've done it themselves. And to recognize that it was never your own fault and that s/he was the danger...it's hard to admit but also such a release when you do.

Valentine

You know there is nothing left to this story,

that I snapped its neck like the spine of a book.

There are so many people who walk back into burning houses

long after the firefighters have shut the hoses off

and you were one of them. You wanted me to stand

against the window

as the entire foundation collapsed into ashes

but instead I broke through it

with the remains of the bedframe.

That is what everyone else neglects to mention.

That I pulled myself out of this hole you put me in

even after the moon had swallowed enough beer to put itself

to sleep. That the rescue was all me,

and the danger, all you.

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x

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Absolutely the truth

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finding my way around

I think I'm finally finding my way around The curled twisted upside down path in my head, The path I've been trying to redefine for so long. I think I finally know what I want What makes me happy What I need to feel secure What dreams I have for myself. Yes, I know that these all could change tomorrow But at least each day I feel secure in 'today' Not waiting on yesterday Or grieving tomorrow. Because I've finally found my way around And I'm finally truly happy.

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Missing the nights where he takes my hand in his without a word and holds it tight throughout the night..

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Something he would do.

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Goals. Lol

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Uhhhhhhm yes.

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A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. - Walter Winchell

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