Tag: memoir
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Life As Rehearsal
Yesterday I found myself leaning against the kitchen sink, sipping coffee, looking around the apartment, and thinking to myself: Things will be good when… we’ve hung up all the art that’s currently wedged between my dresser and the wall. When the frames we’ve bought are actually holding that art and (more…)
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GeorgieNink.com Turns 1 Year
Next week marks the first birthday of GeorgieNink.com! I’ve been writing here almost every Sunday for a year – about my current work, my past work, my marriage, my family, my struggle with burnout, anxiety, my wedding, life overseas, life in the US (my only listicle!), traveling, and more. I (more…)
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Pause Your To Do List
My brain says to me: I still feel like you have a lot to do, though it’s a relief to have the wedding planning behind us. You and R need to do the finances. Sell or give away the jars from the wedding centerpieces. Book an Airbnb for the Mexico (more…)
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The Blinding Gift of Freedom
A spring morning in 2018 I woke up sleepy and thought I would ask my friend John if we could just do half of our usual morning running loop. (I always think, when I wake up for a run and am still 75% asleep, that I could never make it (more…)
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My Long And Short Walk To The Altar
Just before our wedding ceremony last week, there was a kerfuffle up in the bridal suite, in the loft of the barn. Aren’t kerfuffles the most fun moments of family weddings? When we have kerfuffles in my (admittedly large) family, they tend to make us laugh and not stress. My (more…)
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