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Non-swimmer to Swimmer - Part 2
Almost anywhere you look on this blog, you can either find references to water or books. The two things I am most passionate about -...
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Apr 4, 20192 min read
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Non-swimmer to Swimmer
This afternoon I am meeting an adult - for the first time - who is a non-swimmer. According to our emails, he's not afraid of the water -...
BrandiParsons8
Apr 3, 20192 min read
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19 Connections to Gratitude for 2019
It's nearly the end of the first quarter of 2019. It's a month later than I wanted to share my gratitude for a truly fabulous start to...
BrandiParsons8
Apr 1, 201910 min read
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The Right Answer - A Book Review
Eventually I will finish my blog post and tell you all about my wonderful February. (For it being a month that I generally...
BrandiParsons8
Mar 27, 20194 min read
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Courage
Courage--it comes from the Latin word--Cor. Cor means "of the heart." Although the origin of the word is heart, over the years it has...
BrandiParsons8
Mar 18, 20191 min read
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The Friendliest Chore
There's always chores that need done. ALWAYS. One of my least favorites is grocery shopping. Add kids to grocery shopping and it makes it...
BrandiParsons8
Mar 14, 20192 min read
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30 Lessons from 30 Floats
I am one month and 25 days into my year of giving myself the gift of a year of self-love and one of the best gifts that I regularly give...
BrandiParsons8
Mar 3, 20198 min read
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Not Even Bones - A Book Review
Nita is not just any young adult. She is an unnatural, sentenced to helping her mom sell body parts on the black market. When Nita is...
BrandiParsons8
Feb 17, 20191 min read
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Bestie for Valentine's
It's February. That means that when there's a bajillion snow days, I make Valentine's with my kids. My 8 year old, second grader, like...
BrandiParsons8
Feb 13, 20192 min read
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Chameleon - A Book Review
Sometimes everything in my world aligns and I can sit down and read a book from start to finish without any interruptions. Sometimes it...
BrandiParsons8
Feb 9, 20192 min read
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Cupcakes--You Asked for It
I'm on my third glass of wine tonight. It's becoming more common for me to drink some wine this winter, after all, we had our 7th snow...
BrandiParsons8
Feb 9, 20191 min read
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Doughnuts for Dad
***This post contains affiliate links.*** During the deathly down low temperatures of the despicable winter weather, my children and I...
BrandiParsons8
Jan 30, 20192 min read
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Be Kind to the Water
Water is an amazing substance. It can be a solid, liquid, or gas, and yet its chemical properties are the same. It is always two parts...
BrandiParsons8
Jan 30, 20192 min read
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The Purple Door District by Erin Casey - Book Review
In The Purple Door District by Erin Casey, the reader is introduced to a new parahuman world. In The Purple Door District, the reader...
BrandiParsons8
Jan 26, 20191 min read
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The Sweetest Word in Any Language
Nombre. Nom. Jina. Naam. Pavadinimas. Nome. Me llamo. Je m'appelle. Niitwa. Sono chiamato. Aš vadinamas. Ik heet. It was the...
BrandiParsons8
Jan 22, 20192 min read
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Is the Water the Same?
There was an amazing attribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. last at the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Cedar Rapids. I...
BrandiParsons8
Jan 20, 20193 min read
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The Ones We Choose A Novel by Julie Clark
My utmost admiration for another "before the sun rises" author, Julie Clark, in telling the story of Paige, a single mother - by choice,...
BrandiParsons8
Jan 19, 20191 min read
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Deep Water
I've been listening to this voice. The one that says, "Live courageously. The water is sometimes raging, but live courageously anyways!"...
BrandiParsons8
Jan 16, 20193 min read
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Go Float Yourself
If there was a magical place where you could float yourself away to another dimension, would you go? I would-and I do, regularly. I...
BrandiParsons8
Jan 12, 20192 min read
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Self-love is NOT Selfish
Birthdays are a time of reflection. Birthdays are a time when we celebrate another year of wisdom, another year of growth, and another...
BrandiParsons8
Jan 12, 20193 min read
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