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Sorry, I’ve been in a funk…

Sorry, I’ve been in a funk… Ugh, the dreaded “funk”. I feel like I’ve been saying this to everyone...

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Crayons. For your face. Crayola Beauty

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The lipstick you HAVE to try!

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I take babysitting duties very seriously. Breakfas

I take babysitting duties very seriously.
Breakfast, fresh baked “pop tarts” and smoothies.
Next, the park to wear them out.

No ones hurt or dead yet! 🙌🏽

#babysit #babysitting #breakfast @caffe.connection

Papi. Pops. Papa. Old man. While I have a lot of

Papi. Pops. Papa. Old man.

While I have a lot of names for you, I only have one of YOU.

Thanks. For all of it.
The bad days. The good days. The fights. The hugs. Road trips. Boat trips. Phone calls. Always messing up my birthday. But never forgetting I was born. For loving me. Supporting me (in life, and often financially when I was on my own). Thank you for the “I’m in the area, wanna take a drive with me?” And being silent the whole trip. I needed those days more than I knew I did.

Thank you. For all of it.

Happy Fathers Day. Te quiero mucho 😘😘

The first time I met this woman, she was a strange

The first time I met this woman, she was a stranger. Well, she was in my vip group for my baby boutique and dropping awesome fabric picks for my Tula exclusive… but a stranger.

It was at a big product release, that I hosted at another friends baby store. We were slammed. I was hot. My child was crabby and babywearing wasn’t cutting it.

Then this woman just takes my child and says “I got him.”

Doesn’t even ask. Just takes him. I froze for like a solid 5 seconds. My friend (the stores owner) knew her and just shrugs and said “he’s fine.” Not that I was questioning it. I actually totally 100% felt entirely ok with it. Strange right?

For the next hour or so I just knew my little nugget was safe.

And that was the start of our no apologies, no filter, no nonsense friendship.

4 ish years later. I still feel incredibly lucky to have this selfless, caring and best hug giving human in my life.
She probably gives much more in our friendship, but you better believe she calls me for anything I will drop all I got like hot flaming potato.

Thank you, Katie, for being YOU. And every single one of your hugs. I cherish them all ❤️

“Why do you read so much?” Well, for one, I r

“Why do you read so much?”

Well, for one, I rarely watch tv.

In the books I read (or listen to!), it’s a fantasy world. There is a character description or world building. But I can take it further in my mind or elaborate more or less if need be.
Characters have all sorts of trials. Family, friends, lovers, enemies, disease, famine, or just your basic war filled with hate and jealousy. Like our real world, but with a little fantasy thrown in.

But unlike the real world, my books? Yeah, they usually end in a happily ever after. Family feuds resolved. Friends forgiven for wrongs. Lovers United. Enemies coming together for a common cause. Diseases cured. Famine erased. Hate and jealousy become love, understanding and bonding.

I know it’s not real world. And no, I don’t live in a fantasy. But just for that little bit, I like to pretend the world outside of my home has that HEA to.
For that little bit I enjoy laughing at a characters silliness.
I enjoy watching two characters fall in love in a world where their love is a miracle.
I enjoy reading about hope and selflessness. Love and forgiveness.
I cry with my characters. I laugh with them. I rage when they rage. And I pump my fist in the air when all the wrongs have been righted.

Inside of me is so much passion. Endless Love. Strength that still surprises me. A fierce responsibility to do for others. Compassion. And so much more. I don’t have room for hate. And I don’t let hate into my little bubble.

So... books. Books I escape to. Just a little bit every day. To remind me that someone else thinks of these things too. If not, they wouldn’t have written about it.

#books #bookstagram #fantasy #why #read #reading #love #compassion #trials #escape #readersofinstagram #booklover #loveroflove #hea #author #oneday #readmorebooks

She says we need our own tv show. I say that would

She says we need our own tv show.
I say that would require way too much editing. And whatever money we’d make we’d be require to pay legal fees 🤣

20 years of knowing you has been crazy stupid fun.

Fingers crossed we make it through the next 20 without incident 🤞🏽

#bff #bestfriends #weold #highschool #weirdo #normal #ish #trouble

Dearest friends, I have a confession. You know th

Dearest friends,

I have a confession. You know those times you call to chat and say “what are you up to?” And I respond “just reading.”?
Well, just because you called, doesn’t mean I stop.
I love you. You’re important to me. But so is my brain exercise. I can multitask.
Kinda.

Please forgive me.
Xoxo, Cindy

Ps. If I know you are in the middle of a book I will hang up on you and tell you to go read. Right @littlemully ? Stop scrolling IG and finish the damn book woman!!!!

#bookstagram #book #booksarelife #ilovereading #research #author #eventually #brainexercise #readmorebooks
📸: @littlemully 🙌🏽
📍: @wallcrawl

Sooooo basically she ate dinner at the dining tabl

Sooooo basically she ate dinner at the dining table.

And didn’t make a mess.

Honestly, I see nothing wrong with that.
(After the shock wore off, my thoughts on a certain scene when I first read this book)

@therealsjmaas #acosf #nesta #cassian #nessian #acourtofsilverflames #didntseethatcoming #ha
@wallcrawl

This should be my permanent thought bubble. Every

This should be my permanent thought bubble.

Every person I see, I see pretty.

Pretty awesome. Pretty weird. Pretty cool. Pretty face. Pretty heart. Pretty kind. Pretty selfless. Maybe sometimes pretty rude, but beggars can’t be choosers 🤷🏽‍♀️

#yourelikereallypretty #wallcrawl #beauty #faces #hearts #iseeyou #thinkpretty #becomepretty #beautyisintheeyeofthebeholder #prettybadass

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