Rediscovering Hope and Love

January 26, 2012

I meet so many people through my blog and social media. Many I consider friends without ever having met them. Alycia Neighbours is one of those people. She’s someone I know it would be fun to grab a cup of coffee with and spend the morning talking. Alycia is the type of person you feel [...]

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Peering In and Down from the Top

January 25, 2012

Peering down from the top of an indoor climbing wall on Sunday, my belayer continued to repeat she was prepared for me to descend. It was good to know, but I wasn’t ready. As I clung to the top, I had a moment of contemplation. This really wasn’t the appropriate time for self-reflection, but these [...]

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How to Improve Your Relationship with Your Ex

January 23, 2012

Whenever I write about the good relationship I have with my ex, I receive praise from readers and my social media followers. People comment on my blog about their frustration of not having the same. Many ask how they can get to a good place with their ex as well. I appreciate the praise and [...]

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Naked Girl Wraps Up with a New Blogging Crush

January 22, 2012

Longtime readers know I have a blogging crush on Darren Rowse. I have written about this several times, with the first mention of my obsession interest in Darren only one month into blogging. He has tweeted twice about reading my blog, which of course were great blogging moments for me (let’s not talk about the [...]

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200 Later: Progress on the Journey

January 20, 2012

200 It’s a big number. No one lives to be 200 and many blogs never live long enough to have the 200th post published. It’s a really big number. Yesterday was my 200th post on Naked Girl in a Dress. It’s not the number that feels so significant though; it where I am compared to [...]

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Happily Embracing Imperfection and Rubber Chickens

January 19, 2012

“It’s not what I planned, but it’s perfect anyway.” This is the message that comes through clearly in Kim’s writing at Rubber Chicken Maddness. No one wants to divorce, raising two kids on their own, but it can be a wonderful life with the right attitude and a liberal sprinkling of humor. Kim is a single [...]

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