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“The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn and feel and change and grow and love and live.” Leo F. Buscaglia

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#nofilter

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Innocence. #wonderful #themonster #adventuresofnanantillie

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Not something you see everyday. Thank goodness!!

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A little winter elf fell asleep...

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Dear friends and fellow Americans,

I have been having a hard day today. Not sure why. Probably some personal problem I don't even realize exists; like hormones or something. But some things that have been on my mind seem fitting for today's theme: Veteran's. I keep feeling lonely. As some of you know, I have a new love in my life. He doesn't feel new but in the grand scheme of things, he's new. His name is Hunter and he is a firefighter. He goes to work for 48 hours at a time and he is home for 72 hours at a time (most of the time). He's also an Air Force reservist. I haven't had to endure any deployments with him yet, but it's definitely something I ponder and can't imagine. Today, he is at work...but he'll be home in the morning. I really don't have to go long without him but some days it feels like he has been gone forever and that he won't come back for even longer. In my logical mind, I laugh at myself but it really does feel so gross sometimes. I have come to discover that even mundane daily tasks such as eating have become boring, taxing and undesirable. I feel like I 'do everything by myself'. And then I remind myself that I did everything 'by myself' for 28 years before I met him. Yet, somehow, that doesn't make me feel better. I still feel all icky. Why? I'm assuming it's because I've met my match and I absolutely love to be in his presence and have him in mine. I always thought I would be an awesome military wife because I am independent and I always have something going on. But since I've become part of Hunter's life there have been plenty of times I have imagined being a military spouse/partner and how extremely difficult it must be and feel almost all the time. It is becoming more and more apparent to me each and every day how tough, brave, sacrificing and loving one must be to endure having one of their most precious creatures so far away for so long and in, what could be, a very dangerous situation. I have many friends who are military spouses/partners and I truly didn't give much thought to what I assumed was an easy life for them (they get to live in cool places, have tax free shopping, healthcare, discounts, etc). We give a lot of credit to our Veterans and active military members but what about their support systems? Their support systems include but are not limited to: their own friends and the friends of their spouses/partners. Their parents. Their in-laws. Their kids. Their mentors. In honor of all of the amazing men and women who have served this wonderful country, I would love to thank their equally amazing families and spouses/partners (and in many cases, their friends) for keeping their home lives as normal as possible while they are serving and helping in the success of our soldiers. We owe any and every person with any military ties a big round of applause today and every day. And thank you, Hunter, for the opportunity to open my eyes and appreciate a whole world I didn't know existed. (I could have just gone on and on in this little blog post. Everything in this post is nothing but my own ideas, assumptions and confessions, don't point fingers.) All my love and admiration, Anna

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Sydney with my babe!

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Kangaroo!!!! #healesville

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Packing for Australia. #itssoclose #omg #preweddingjitters

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This guy....such a sweet pea! Im so lucky! 🍀💜

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There's something resembling snow on pikes peak!!!!

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2nd bday with Hunny!!

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Happy breakfast for my happy squeeze!

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Selfie with the grizzly. Or grizzly photobomb...you decide. #cmz #staycation

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😍😍😍

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Apparently it's a liquid breakfast kind of day!! Fresh grapefruit juice, coffee with almond/coconut blend, blueberry, cherry, strawberry, h2O smoothie. Yum.

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Apparently it's a liquid breakfast kind of day!! Fresh grapefruit juice, coffee with almond/coconut blend, blueberry, cherry, strawberry, h2O smoothie. Yum.

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IBTC plus @buggzero. We're missing @bghunterp 😿