"Style is a way to say who you are without having to speak." // Rachel Zoe Thrifting is an art form. One I have studied and practiced over and over again. I have come home satisfied but later found impulse purchases sitting untouched in the back of my closet. I have come home completely unsuccessful or off target with new shoes instead of...

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I love the holiday season. November 1st hits, and all of the stupid halloween decorations disappear magically and are replaced by the excitement and anticipation of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and the New Year.  Thanksgiving this year holds a special and unique place in my heart as this is the first time in many years that this holiday was hosted at my house. Usually, we...

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In Christian circles today, the word magazine has a bit of a negative connotation. And, rightfully so. Every time you hop in the checkout line at the grocery store, you are bombarded by horrific headlines and trashy covers. Magazines have developed into super-sexualized gossip compilations of trash.   Darling is different.  DARLING MAGAZINE'S MISSION STATEMENTArtwork by Angela Duncan: http://www.theangeladuncan.com/ While I would never...

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birthday girl is the one on the right (; Today, my best friend turned eighteen. I knew that this birthday celebration had to be over-the-top in a perfectly Alexis sort of way. When I asked her what she wanted to do, the first thing she half-jokingly said was to go skydiving. Now, I love this girl to Pluto and back, but I was...

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My life is nonstop. A friend of mine today made a comment that college life will probably be a break compared to the craziness of my schedule. I'll spare you the details, but I'd like to now declare some personal goals I have as I look at the next few weeks of beautiful, beautiful November. 1. Peace We all feel that these next...

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My morning routine is probably my favorite time of day. Maybe because it's usually the only time I get to drink coffee, but I think it's more than that. In the summer when I'm either at camp or nannying all day, I miss my morning routine. Yes, I still drink coffee - trust me I do -  but it isn't the same. I...

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"The secret of the Lord is with those who fear him." // Psalm 25.14  Tonight's sermon hit me hard. It revolved around the importance of our relationship with God. How Job, David, Daniel, and John the apostle are spoken of in the Bible as having a special relationship with God. A relationship more intimate than others around them. It was said of Job...

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A month spent at camp is a pocket in time - as if you could sew together both ends and step right over it. The world outside continues as usual. But the pocket is so deep and overflowing with people, stories, memories, emotions, and growth in character that the shock of stepping on the other side can be rattling. How can one experience...

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Between work, college applications, crazy weekends, and camp preparations, my schedule has been virtually nonstop. The adventures of this past Saturday were a breath of fresh air amidst the craziness. Looking ahead to this week, I am totally and completely overwhelmed by everything so I thought I would spend a few minutes in thanksgiving to refocus myself on how I am blessed.  1....

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I thought this morning I would share a piece of my lyric collection with you to accompany my Sunday outfit from this past weekend. Here is "A Million Memories." Walk yourself back to A million memories ago. Watch yourself live and Learn things you already know. Yes, you struggled with hard days And cried in the rain but It helped you grow. But...

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No novel inspires me more than the New York Times bestseller The Help by Kathryn Stockett. It inspires me to fight, to write, to change the world. Considering that the extreme horrors of racial segregation are behind us, a passion to fight and write for has yet to grab my attention. But something inside tells me it will one day present itself. Perhaps...

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If you happen to fall into the 115.5 million viewers of that cute little girl singing on America's Got Talent, then you watched as the cameramen focused on her sweet, darling mother with tears in her eyes as she watched her baby sing in front of some of the biggest names in the music industry. Well, the biggest name. *cough, Simon Cowell cough*...

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