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Everything you’re about to read is based on my own experience. It may be a personal take on something, a way to cope, or a helpful anecdote. Read on and let me know if there’s anything you’d like me to write about.

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Nov 8, 2023

A lot can change in a year…

Nov 8, 2023

Nov 1, 2020

Into the unknown...

Nov 1, 2020

Dec 10, 2019

Who lives, who dies, who tells your story

Dec 10, 2019

Danielle 10/8/21 Danielle 10/8/21

Like coming home…

There are times in our lives when things come along that fundamentally change us. If they change us for the better, then we’re constantly reaching for that feeling over and over again. We get a natural high from the feeling of it and just want to live in it for as long as we can. For me… I got to relive that feeling last night.

Danielle 10/6/21 Danielle 10/6/21

Once upon a time…

Recently I posed a question on ye olde bird app and asked what people would like to see more of on this blog. As is usual when I utilize the poll feature, I didn’t get many responses, but it seems like people want to hear more stories and adventures. Well, tuck in kiddos, it’s story time…

Danielle 10/4/21 Danielle 10/4/21

2 years of writing and sharing has led to this…

October is upon us. The time of year when the air gets crisp, the leaves change, and everything just seems nicer. For most people, October means Halloween. Having never really been a big Halloween person, October tends to lean in a different direction for me. As I watch the leaves change, I get very reflective. I think about how life has changed and how each year something new is happening in my life (good and bad).

Danielle 9/20/21 Danielle 9/20/21

A Mighty Return

I had won a ticket to see Frozen on Broadway, an epic continuation of the winning streak I’d been on. I’d never seen Frozen before and was super excited to see the story translated on stage. I got swept up in the Disney spectacle of it all and left the theatre feeling happy. I greeted the actors at the stage door but was starting to notice a shift. The security was extra ramped up even just from a couple weeks earlier when I’d won the Book of Mormon lottery. “Please put your Playbills out to be signed and do not touch the actors. Please do not ask them to stop for pictures.”

Danielle 9/2/21 Danielle 9/2/21

Never let good be good enough

This was a catchphrase on a training video for a job I had many moons ago. A coworker and I had a running joke about it for a while because we both thought it was completely ridiculous, but in a weird way it’s kind of stuck with me. Could it be my perfectionist side coming out? Yes, of course. I always have this need to be “perfect” and make people proud, though often it feels as though nothing I do will ever be “good enough” so… is it true that I can never let good be good enough?

Danielle 8/24/21 Danielle 8/24/21

Another year gone

I wasn’t sure what I was going to write this year. Even now, as I sit down at the keyboard, I’m still not sure. The last 3 years I’ve been so emotional leading up to this week that I could barely think straight. This year, though, I’ve had other things to occupy my mind so it kind of crept up on me… which is both good and bad.