Self Discovery – MamaBearings

…on shelving the elfing expectations

By: Diana Paxton November 30, 2017November 30, 2017

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And then she did the most miraculous, unexpected thing… she asked if, instead of relegating Daisy to a shelf as christmas decor, she took over and did it for me. She wanted to give back the joy of waking every morning to a new experience. A new joy. A new play on an old ploy for goodness as a guide for behavior.

…on how the old me knew me

By: Diana Paxton November 15, 2017November 15, 2019

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A couple of months ago, I was headed to Denver to participate in my third women’s empowerment conference, called Emerging Women Live, and this year I needed a photo of myself. While I had flexed my event management muscles as a part of the volunteer staff the prior two years, this year was going to…