Tumbling Through Life

Richmond, Virginia

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Reblog this if your blog is a safe haven for ALL non-white, disabled, trans, queer, and/or women, and your ask box is open to anyone who needs it tonight, or anytime, for the next few years.

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How social media creates angry, poorly informed partisans

Liberals and conservatives increasingly live in different versions of reality.

Please reblog...everyone needs to read this.

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Just because someone used to be an important part of your life doesn’t mean you have to continue to cling to the friendship when it begins to die. Your relationship was once something beautiful and fulfilling, and that’s a wonderful thing. But at a certain point, no amount of watering and nurturing will bring it back to full bloom. The fact that its deteriorated doesn’t mean you’re incapable of sustaining meaningful friendships. It doesn’t mean you’re not worth the time and effort it takes to maintain a connection. And it isn’t any sort of evidence that you’re a burden or a bad friend. It just means that the relationship has run its course. It means that you’ve evolved into different people or moved apart or just lost each other in the clutter and preoccupation of life’s everyday demands. But it isn’t a reflection on your value as a person and friend. It’s okay to mourn the loss of a relationship that used to have a special place in your heart. But if keeping yourself tethered to this person is causing more damage than healthy detachment and ongoing growth, it’s also okay to stop watering the friendship and let it die out. You don’t have to sacrifice your wellbeing for the sake of maintaining a relationship that doesn’t serve you anymore. You’re allowed to be picky when it comes to the people you let into your mental and physical space. You’re allowed to conserve your time and energy only for people who reciprocate. Because you deserve to feel seen and heard and cared for. You deserve relationships that make you feel fulfilled and connected. And no matter how long of a history you have with a person, you deserve to let go of any friendship that hurts you and forces you to prove your worth.

Daniell Koepke

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Things I Find Awkward

When people talk to me about their marital problems, specifically about issues I cannot relate to in any way whatsoever....[insert wide-eyed, blushing face emoji].

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Britney Spears Carpool Karaoke

James and Britney Spears carpool through Los Angeles, singing her biggest hits and chatting about her life. "Subscribe To ""The Late Late Show"" Channel HERE...

Not gonna lie, I’m underwhelmed by Britney. 

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Giving up alcohol opened my eyes to the infuriating truth about why women drink

We can’t afford to live lives we have to fool ourselves into tolerating.

I saw my sister had “liked” this article on Facebook so naturally I read it. My sister and I both agreed there are lots of things in this article we don’t agree with but a few things we definitely think are true. Stumbling upon this article has happened at an interesting time - lately, I’ve not enjoyed drinking as much as I once had and yet I often feel I’m expected to drink in pretty much any social situation. The minute someone sees me without a drink in my hand there always seems to be a comment about it - on you’re not drinking, oh why aren’t you drinking, oh are you pregnant? No, I don’t want to right now, that’s rude to ask. Or, if I’m in route to a social situation with friends and I don’t want to drink, I feel the need to preface our time with, “I’m not pregnant but I’m not drinking...” as if being pregnant is the only acceptable reason not to drink. So as of now, I’ve decided to commit to only having one drink in a social situation and not let myself feel guilty or embarrassed if I choose to have none at all. I’ll keep you posted.

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When Kristin Armstrong pedaled across the Olympic finish line to win a cycling gold in Rio de Janeiro, her nose was bleeding and her 5-year-old son was waiting for her.

The 42-year-old told reporters that people constantly ask why she keeps competing despite her age and multiple hip surgeries.

Her response? “Because I can.”

“I think that for so long, we’ve been told that we should be finished at a certain age, and I think that there’s a lot of athletes out there that are actually showing that that’s not true,” said Armstrong, who turned 43 the next day.

Olympic Athletes Prove That Older Doesn’t Have To Mean Slower

Photo: Tim de Waele/Corbis via Getty Images Caption: Kristin Armstrong won Olympic gold in the cycling time trial the day before she turned 43.

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Kick ass Kappa sisters always get reblogged.

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Must see places in Dublin, Ireland

And go! PS - Going in September!

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DNC staffers get engaged during surprise proposal on convention stage

Liz Hart had no idea what to expect when she got on stage at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. Her boyfriend Andrew Binns was waiting, with a video that asked: 'Will you marry me?'

Love is love is love is love and is awesome when it’s someone you went to college with and was a “big sister” to in a student/alumni organization. Congratulations Liz!! <3

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Stella & Dot’s gorgeous fall collection launches today! Even better? Host a trunk show now through August 31 and get an extra $50 in hostess rewards! Did I mention you can host a virtual trunk show - you can sit around in PJs drinking wine while I live stream from my home office showing you all the pretty things in my collection and how to wear them. Message me if you’re interested!

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Scenes from a weekend in NJ. Wish I could have stayed longer.

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I'm just gonna say it.

Pokemon Go is stupid. That is all.

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My mom taught me to love everyone. I wish everyone’s mom taught them the same.

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Sometimes

Being a nice person is inconvenient, annoying, and frustrating, particularly when you’re not sure the sentiment will be returned.

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Our Etsy pillows have arrived and I am pleased! Coffee and end tables arrive Friday and then we just need to put our gallery wall behind the couch together and our family room will be complete!

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Scenes from Sunday's July 4 celebration. Thanks Pinterest for the food display ideas.