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AND THEN EVERYTHING CHANGED

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I always thought serious car accidents would sound like what you hear in the movies- screeching, crashing, big, awful. Loud. But then it wasn’t. It was what can only be described as absence; like all the sound in the world had been sucked into a vacuum except for one big crack; a collective blast of metal, airbags, and shattering bones. And then? Blackness. It feels completely obvious and unnecessary to revisit what an “unprecedented year” 2020 was for all of us. COVID-19. Racial inequity. Social injustice. A struggling economy. Hungry families. Political upheaval. A toilet paper shortage (that…

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Fashion, Lifestyle

HINDSIGHT IN 2020

Hello, old friends. It’s a new year; it’s a new decade; and there’s oh so much I want to tell you. I kicked off 2019 declaring my word of the year- a word to use as a guiding factor in my personal growth, my daily life, and the decisions I would make in the months ahead. A word that would help mold my mindset and make my goals reachable. And that word was balance. Did I achieve it? Perhaps a little. Did I do it well? Perhaps not. 2019 was a year of transition. Not necessarily in…

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Fashion, Lifestyle

WHAT’S THE WORD?

Going out on a bit of a limb here to admit I hold an unpopular opinion. Brace yourself, because here it comes. New Year’s Resolutions are bull sh*t. (Pausing here to let that sink in.) I’m 100% team self-improvement and self-reflection, but waiting for a new year to identify something we want to be doing better? Nope. Feeling like a failure if you don’t achieve your goal after a few months? Nope. You can read a bit more about my feelings on the topic here. According to an article I recently read in The…

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Fashion, Lifestyle

MY GROWN UP CHRISTMAS LIST

If you’re like me, being three days out from Christmas puts you somewhere in the middle of a not even close to finished to-do list, a pile of incomplete wrapping, and a half-filled strewn about suitcase set aside for a trip home. ‘Tis the season, right?While the holidays account for some of the happiest, magical times of the year, they can also account for some of the hardest and most stressful, too. And if you do find yourself suffering from Christmas overload, odds are you’re not alone. Feeling down, exhausted and overwhelmed is a pretty…

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Lifestyle

A CONVERSATION WITH YOUR CHILDHOOD SELF

The holidays are an incredibly special time for a multitude of reasons; one of which is serving as a catalyst for self-reflection. Chalk it up to family togetherness, the spirit of giving, or even Christmas magic; but something about this season makes you stop and think.For me, Thanksgiving and Christmas go hand-in-hand with nights spent curled up in my childhood bedroom, surrounded by my most special treasures from my youth. And naturally, that leads me to think quite a lot about where I started vs. the woman I’ve become today.I can openly admit that…

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THINK PINK

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, making it pretty dang hard not to think pink right now. According to The National Breast Cancer Foundation, one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer within their lifetime. One in eight. I’d like to venture a guess that you know more than eight women. That makes this a pretty scary statistic. What’s more- every 13 minutes, a woman will die of breast cancer. Think about it; that’s probably the amount of time it took you to get your coffee at Starbucks this morning. I know I can’t…

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SPOTLIGHT ON: THE DAISIE FOUNDATION

On April 28th, I had the extreme pleasure of attending the Daisie Foundation’s Leading Ladies Luncheon. Held at the W Chicago City Center with a Kentucky Derby theme, I grabbed my Mom and my best fascinator for an afternoon luncheon, panel discussion and fashion show recognizing and honoring women who are making a positive impact throughout Chicago in business, education, community outreach and more.The Daisie Foundation, founded by Daisie Robinson, strives to help women become their most confident and successful selves and encourages children to relish in the magic of childhood so that they might dream bigger and…