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Georgia Girl Speaks...: Return Ministries & village friends
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Some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next." Gilda Radner. Thursday, November 27, 2014. Return Ministries and village friends. Today was a lighter yet full day spent with Return Ministries children and surrounding village kids. These kids are amazing in every way and truly exhibit such promise and leadership and care for one another. These precious kids met...
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Georgia Girl Speaks...: Always an adventure...
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Some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next." Gilda Radner. Wednesday, November 26, 2014. I've officially made it to Uganda! Planes, trains, automobiles and a day later than planned, I am happy to say that I'm here and all is well. Low and behold, the Delta flight was delayed due to a "mechanical delay" (wonderful news! And we were late arriving to D.C&#...
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Georgia Girl Speaks...: My Fathers House on Thanksgiving
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Some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next." Gilda Radner. Tuesday, December 2, 2014. My Fathers House on Thanksgiving. We were also served a traditional Ugandan lunch of matoke (cooked bananas), rice and beans. After lunch we were able to spend time in the courtyard meeting and getting to know the 380 kids. Allison, one of the girls on my team was able...
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Georgia Girl Speaks...: Sole Hope
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Some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next." Gilda Radner. Tuesday, December 2, 2014. And give them to the founder Dru, alongside one of the shoemakers who will sew the denim pieces together and attach the rubber sole, made out of tires and US Naval hovercraft bottoms ( amazing repurposing all around! I had the honor of washing little feet clean and then si...
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writing | BEKA WATTS
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Lower your expectations until further notice. December 1, 2014. That tweet is a fitting summary of the past few days. Home is the place where life happens in all of its unedited glory. Dear Victoria: An open letter to career confused creatives. September 22, 2014. Victoria and I met through the wonder that is blogging and social media. Please consider this a PSA that you should also meet Victoria through blogging and social media. Her blog, Vicstorya. Is awesome, as are her Twitter. What was your major?
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sincerely, my paper heart: February 2013
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Tuesday, February 5, 2013. 8220;But I’ll never look like those pictures of girls on the Internet. The ones that get reblogged on Tumblr and pinned on Pinterest and commented on with words like ‘Perfect.’”. You’re right, darling. You’ll never look like someone else, because you were made exquisitely to be one-of-a-kind by Perfection Himself. I want to be more human than that. I am lost in admitting the harder truths:. We’ve gone an extra step in sacrificing privacy to pedestal our own lives. Recovering pe...
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[ joy in the journey ]: 03.14
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The end and the beginning. Image via my friend trina at lalalovelythings.com. This is a bittersweet week for me. ending one thing i love to begin another. Friday will mark my final day on staff with the mocha club. As i transition to fashionABLE. To be the marketing communications director. Maybe you're thinking "wait, i thought those were the same organization.". Well, they were. Here's how we got here. In the fall of 2010, mocha club launched fashionABLE as a campaign to fund skills training for women ...
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sincerely, my paper heart: Twenty-Something? More Like Twenty-What Am I Even Doing?
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More Like Twenty-What Am I Even Doing? Wednesday, April 15, 2015. I have decided that being in your twenties is weird. Lots of big, life changing transitions are happening. Friends move, get married, have kids and it can all seem a bit overwhelming. And then you realize that, "oh yeah, I'm growing up too! Does this mean I'm supposed to start using essential oils and finally learn the names of plants? Why are they essential? I really don't understand. Do you drink them? Put them on your face? I want to in...
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