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Glad you're here! 💜 From Evolution to Survival: navigating the beauty and challenges of midlife all while fighting glioblastoma terminal brain cancer with grace and dignity.

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Dealing with Hard People, Growing In Grace

In Stories & Reflections  •  by Amanda Herring, Writer, August 7, 2024  •   Leave a Comment
Some people are hard. You know how you know? When you’re around them, you have some kind of physical reaction – an uneasy tummy, your heart rate goes up, you feel yourself having to take a deep breath, your eyes squint. Hard people stir your...
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Things I Learned Today / 6/19/24

In Things I Learned Today  •  by Amanda Herring, Writer, June 19, 2024  •   Leave a Comment
Today I learned how to make bananas foster, as promised. We had it with vanilla bean ice cream. It was divine! I learned today that my blog’s website needed work. I still think it needs work (as in, programming, SEO, plug-ins, and such-type work), but...
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Make the Decision. Evolve.

In Stories & Reflections  •  by Amanda Herring, Writer, June 17, 2024  •   Leave a Comment
I came up with a list of what I wanted out of “retirement” from dance studio ownership, and here I am doing things on my list:  leisurely drinking coffee and reading about wine at 11:00 am on a Monday. Yes. Among other things, leisurely drinking...
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Slow Down Vibes

In Stories & Reflections  •  by Amanda Herring, Writer, June 16, 2024  •   Leave a Comment
I can slow down. I can actually enjoy the process involved in completing a task at hand. What does that even mean? Let me tell you how much I have had to think on that one and get it straight in my head. It’s not...
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Create Souvenirs

In Inspiring & Encouraging  •  by Amanda Herring, Writer, June 12, 2024  •   Leave a Comment
We leave things behind. We leave something where ever we go. We leave a little part of ourselves with every person with which we interact. Like souvenirs. That little thing – the smile, the encouraging word, the compliment, the observation, the point, the snarky comment,...
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The (Not Always) Strong? I got over it.

In Stories & Reflections  •  by Amanda Herring, Writer, February 10, 2024  •   Leave a Comment
Are you one of “the strong ones” who’s got it all together? Are you the one who helps, who has answers, who offers the shoulder other people can feel free to cry on? Are you the handler of things, the planner of activities, the thrower...
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Curious vs. Interested

In Stories & Reflections  •  by Amanda Herring, Writer, July 5, 2023  •   Leave a Comment
There’s a difference between curious and interested. I heard that this morning, and it made an impression. Think about it. Curiosity, I understand, comes from the head. Interest comes from the heart. The Curious ask to get information. Maybe they want to learn something. Maybe...
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