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Simple Conversations : Encouragement in the midst of trials with Anita ...

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Covid 19 has hit the world out of left field and knocked us off our feet. God inspired me to create a series called Simply Amazing: Simple Conversations with Amazing People. This series will help you to feel connected by hearing stories and people's life experiences that will warm your heart and keep you encouraged. In each episode, I am speaking with people I know personally who have inspired me so deeply. I hope you enjoy.

Adventures in Volunteering: Miss Amazing Part II

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Hi Guys, It would be a ridiculous understatement to say that it has been a while. I have been .... well, going through life, the hard parts of life not the bust out the Instagram this is great parts of life. So as I am picking up where I left off and finding my groove for Season 4  I am looking at the joy in these young ladies faces and thinking back to the palpable energy in the room when these ladies finally had a chance to show off their amazing talents that they had spent all year preparing. Not to be a walking cliche but as I am watching last years episodes they are literally giving me life. I hope they give you life as well!

Endgame: End of an Era

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  The most rewarding joy of my entire life has been being "Auntie Kim" These boys are the light of my life.   This is what being blessed exceedingly, abundantly, above all I could ask or Imagine looks like .      People wonder why I go so hard for Marvel movies. After 11 years of these angels & 11 yrs of movies, each movie marks a milestone for me and the boys. Watching them yell at the movie screen when they had 10 phrases to their young vocabularies, "HulkSmash!" Was certainly a common one.    As they got older the anticipation for the next movie was a shared excitement. Their little legs would swing from the theater chairs. Eyes wide as the flashing montage of the current characters would graze across the screen then our favorite word popped up surrounded by red, MARVEL. With Every Stan Lee cameo, their little beautiful eyes would shift over to me and say "There's the Guy!!"      Each movie determin...

Coronado Island , San Diego DayCation

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Welcome to my first post of the new blog. I do have a blog called " The Altruistic Odessey" for my volunteering adventures, however, this blog will focus more on LifeStyle, Travel and Inspirational Encounters. Daycation To Coronado Island , San Diego This has been the most difficult year of my life. I think I have cried more in the past 12 months than the past 3 years all together and that's actually not an exaggeration. I'm a Sagittarius, I am a natural traveler I don't feel comfortable or "In my skin" unless I am traveling every few months. I would rather travel 80% of my life and come "home" the other 20%.       However, I have learned to be in a state of gratefulness for every journey. T his year I learned the art of redefining what a journey means to me in my life. These days are not like 2016 when I went to Italy & I was booking the best of every hotel, tour,  & excursion. These days my journey needs to be under $50...