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As nervous as I was about planning a destination wedding, I was pleasantly surprised by how smoothly everything came together. Once we found a travel planner and locked in the hotel, it was as simple as sharing ideas from my Pinterest board and booking flights. That was it. No chaos. No drama. No mysterious missing […]
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The following year was pretty uneventful. Mr. Giant returned to coaching, which meant most days it was just me and the baby, minding our business while his career lived somewhere else. We stayed in touch, of course. Texts. Calls. FaceTime where the baby stared at the phone like it owed him money. By the time […]
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People are always quick to say what they’d never do…what they’d never tolerate, until life hands it to them anyway. It’s me.I’m people. Growing up, I was sure of how my life would unfold: a solid career, a loving husband, a couple of kids, a nice home, mutual respect. Abuse was never part of the […]
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By the time Mr. Giant’s basketball career began heading toward its finish line, the air around us filled with a kind of buzzing uncertainty, like a TV left on in another room. He didn’t know which version of his future to choose. One day he was sketching logos for a business he might start, the […]
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The saying goes that hindsight is 20/20, but if we’re being painfully honest, most of us can pinpoint the exact moment we felt something was off. That whisper in your spirit… that tug in your chest… that quiet knowing you bury under hope. I can admit that now.I couldn’t admit it then. So I kept […]
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The next few months seemed to blur together. One long, beautiful countdown to the day I’d finally meet my Beautiful Surprise. Every ultrasound, every flutter, every tiny hiccup made me fall deeper in love with someone I hadn’t even met yet. By then, I’d settled into my new job and slipped into this rhythm of […]
Such A Lucky Girl 