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It Is About The Journey
So this evening, I was catching up with an old friend and we were talking about life….when he said, “life is a journey and if I had fun along the way, then that is cool.” I couldn’t entirely disagree with him. I mean, I am a big proponent of living life with the journey in mind and not simply the destination. After all, we have been taught that it is the journey that is most important but in our western culture we also get very caught up in the destination. I personally am a journey type of gal, but of course the destination or as I prefer to think…
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What Is In A Name?
“There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.” – Bernard Williams Hello gorgeous soul! This particular blog is a bit near and dear to my heart, as it is about a name…and not just any name – but my name. HOPE. When I was a young girl, I was frustrated with my name Hope because I couldn’t ever find it pre-printed on any little bicycle name plates, key chains or other such novelty items. It was an uncommon name through the 70’s and 80’s and I routinely found myself having to politely repeat, “yes, my name is Hope…yes, like the word hope…yes, H.O.P.E.” I knew…
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Two Months and Counting
So I am a data driven girl, after-all I am an educator and as I am coming to the end of my second month having started Hopeservations.com, it was important to me to see if I have been on the right track and share what our blog has achieved thus far…so here goes! After 15 posts we have… • 637 subscribers • 52 comments (all positive so far – bonus!) • 2646 views, averaging about 50 a day • Utilizing all major social media’s, FB, Pinterest, Insta, Twitter and LinkedIn • 422 likes and shares on FB • 151 Shares and Pins on Pinterest • 73 clicks to link and…
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Courtesy Never Goes Out Of Style
I find inspiration in all things big & small! Anyone who knows me, knows one of my guilty pleasures is take-out Chinese (ugh…it is true)! Which means those fortune cookies and little words of wisdom. Now it just so happens that in this day and age, general courtesy’s can hit a low, especially amongst women! Sometimes they have a way of being snarky, even when seemingly not, that has always perplexed me because we are on the same team of life. I have no doubt that from time to time, I have fallen short of the mark myself but generally, I am typically baffled by it. These types of behaviors…
