My little box of chocolates

Twenty twenty hit the salon industry hard.  I think I can speak for most of us when I say: we are tired. We are tired of Covid, we are tired of the masks, we are tired of politics, and tired of ...

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I found this little gem today while getting ready to start a post.... I would say much of this applied to 2021 as well... a year later, I chose to leave it as it is, without a single edit.... ...

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My dear, sweet Ashlynne,  Eighteen.  Legally an adult.  Always my baby. Bear with me as I navigate this land of trying to figure out how to be a parent to an adult child.  I don't know h...

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Healing is messy. But healing is so beautiful.  I think I am finally finding the person I was meant to be.  I have a lot of people to thank for that, but honestly, I owe the biggest thanks t...

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These shirts are ordered, and will hopefully be here by our reopen day, set for Monday, May 4! I laugh at the t-shirts, and memes I have seen created since the "social distancing" has become...

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First of all, let me say thank you.  Why thank you?  Because obviously you are special enough that I am willing to let you in... willing to take the risk of being hurt again.  That must mean t...

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This is going to get raw.  Proceed with caution. We have now reached the ugly part of the divorce.  Anyone who has gone through this knows what I'm talking about.  You know the part, where t...

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I am getting divorced.  There, I said it. This journey has been an incredibly painful one.  Painful knowing my marriage is dissolving right before my eyes, painful self reflecting, painful kn...

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To the parents with a child with special needs, I want you to know.  It's ok.  If you don't feel like you can be the face of your child's disease, or if you do feel you can, it's ok.  Either...

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I spent most of this week mad.  Like, really pissed off if I'm being honest.  I went from crying, to fuming mad, to tossing and turning and losing sleep.  Now, I'm on the empowered step that m...

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Grief-  noun- deep sorrow, especially that caused by someone's death. But that doesn't begin to cover it.  I have witnessed enough grief in the past twelve months to last a lifetime.  Februa...

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I love and adore my kids.  I love and adore my friends' kids.  But I can totally cop to my weak points, and patience isn't one of my strong virtues.  At most events that are swarming with ki...

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Every two years, F.I.R.S.T. holds a national family conference for families affected by Ichthyosis.  This year, we got to take on Nashville, TN. We drove the whole way, which was quite the cr...

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What's not to celebrate about this beautiful human being? May is Ichthyosis Awareness Month, so let's celebrate!!! "Celebrating" wouldn't have been a word I would have used to describe Ichth...

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Dear D and K, Congratulations.  I mean this from the bottom of my heart.  I could not be more happy for the two of you.  You two have just started the journey of your lives together, and I w...

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Today was one of those mom days no one warns you about.  To be quite honest, it sucked.  It was one of those days where you want to run away, and not look back.  After you leave a list of w...

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As May rolls around each year I question what I can do different this year from last to raise awareness about Icthyosis, the genetic skin disease my daughter was born with.  It has, over the ...

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I just realized that other than announcing that I was buying The Hair Emporium, I haven't updated on how everything is going!  So here it is:  The past week has been one of the most exhausti...

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"If your dreams don't scare you, they aren't big enough."  This is a quote I have sworn by since the first time I heard it a few years ago.  And I finally took the leap to stop letting fear ...

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I'm the king of the castle Here is an update from Johnny himself (if he had opposable thumbs and could type, or talk): I've been at my new home in Kansas for almost two months now.  It on...

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We are a very busy family, and it seems we are always adding things to our plate.  I'm always all for the kids trying new activities, as exhausting as it may be.  For some time now, my son has ...

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I belong to several Ichthyosis support type groups on Facebook.  So sometimes, I scroll past some of the random posts that pop up from them.  But one day I could help but take a pause over one...

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To my sweet, sweet baby as you get ready to start kindergarten, Breckyn's pre-school graduation It can't be time.  How can this be possible.  You are the baby.  Time wasn't supposed to g...

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I realize I am SUPER late on posting more updates about the FIRST Conference in San Diego last week, but any spare moment I have had had this week has been dedicated to trying to catch up on sle...

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And we're off!! Well, last night my mom, the kids, and I started out for our third trip to the FIRST Family Conference. The bi-annual conference takes turns where it is hosted, this year bei...

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