Living is a whole new adventure when you suddenly find yourself alone, widowed and the mother of four young boys a lot like their Dad.

Cold Plunge Anyone?!
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Cold Plunge Anyone?!

I noticed that there aren’t as many people doing cold plunges on social media. Is that because they don’t work or that they just aren’t trendy anymore?

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The Last Cup
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The Last Cup

We have a daily routine.  I’ve maintained it for years.  We drink a glass of celery juice to start the day, most mornings anyway.  I’m not perfect ok?  Then we have smoothies.   I put them in glass jars because I like the way they taste in glass.  It’s fresher and feels more authentic to the flavor of what’s in there.  Glass also seems to preserve the juice longer. 

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Grant’s Grapefruit
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Grant’s Grapefruit

Two full months after Grant died, I finally threw away his grapefruit. I knew myself better than to throw it away in the kitchen. I tossed it in the big trash can outside, the one that goes out on the street tonight… I’d already been holding onto it for 2 months. A grapefruit!

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