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Most delicious thrown together pasta yet!! :) (Taken with instagram)

It’s that time of year! New TOMS for the summer! :) (Taken with instagram)

Sitting in the shade of a weeping willow! :) (Taken with instagram)

Love visiting Bon Boniere once a year for coffee and cookies :) (Taken with instagram)

Dear Sweet Soul, We are all hopelessly flawed. We are all perfect luminous beings inside vulnerable hearts and bodies. We are doing our best, sometimes fumbling through near dark trying to make our way. This applies to you too. It’s ok to love yourself anyways. Love the brilliant light of your heart. Love the dark places. Love what’s cracked and parched. What’s bruised and still bleeding. Take this magnificent whole and be as kind and as gentle with it as you are the sweet souls around you. Take off your armor. Put down your fists. This is not a war. With grace and humility willingly receive all the love, happiness, kindness, connection, money, travel, opportunity, privilege, praise, and acceptance that this sweet life bestows upon you. Use these incredible gifts to help others.

Keep growing. Keep learning. Keep opening your heart wider. Be sweet. Work hard. But in this moment please remember: You are good. You are enough.

So hot in my classroom all the time :) (Taken with instagram)

This happened this past weekend! I completed my first Marathon! Now this is not just my first marathon … but it is the only time I have ever run a race. It feels pretty good to be a marathon runner!

Back to school time! Starting my masters :) (Taken with instagram)

simplepleasure:

In honor of the Brooke’s Nooks grand reveal, I’ve decided to do a week of giveaways!!!

Day Four: a $15 gift card to STARBUCKS!!!

my love for coffee (& Starbucks, in particular) knows no bounds.

when i was in Nebraska for undergrad, 

the closest Starbucks was in the next town over… i faithfully made the trek.

when i was in Kansas for graduate school,

the Starbucks in Aggieville became my second home & those baristas became my people.

i can remember the first time i walked into a Bucky’s & ordered a “medium non-fat vanilla latte,”

oh, the days of “simple” ordering.

now, my everyday vernacular includes words like grande, skinny, two pumps, light foam, extra whip, &/or extra hot.

i have dedicated past posts to my experiences at Starbucks

i have written an ode about my adoration for their atmosphere,

& i have finally admitted my addiction to those delightful Christmas cups.

for my mad appreciation for caffeine-infused beverages 

& for my desire to feed your own seven-word drink addictions,

i present to you, 

another gift card giveaway to one of my favorite establishments, Starbucks.

How to Enter:  (you only need to enter once!)

  • Tweet about it: use the Hashtag #BrookesNooksDay4 -Please spread the giveaway love with all of your followers!
  • Re-blog this post
  • Comment via the Disqus platform
  • ***please note: one entry (tweet, reblog, comment) per person. You have until Midnight on Friday (May 11th) to enter. Winner will be chosen at random. Winner will be announced Saturday (May 12th).Good Luck!!!

Reading at Starbucks in the morning is one of my simple pleasures. :)

Really like my bracelet stacks this week! Makes me look forward to summer! :) (Taken with instagram)

Newest bracelet added yesterday. Love handmade things! :) (Taken with instagram)

Someone likes the sunshine! (Taken with instagram)

The best part of being an Aunt! (Taken with instagram)

Charlie on Easter Morning! (Taken with instagram)

I get to see this little boy this weekend to celebrate his birthday! (Taken with instagram)