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Today marks 23,741 days on this earth for me…
That’s a lot of days…
A lot of life experiences…
Lots of first…
New life…
Happy times…
Sad times…
Death…
It’s 65 trips around the sun
And I look forward to seeing what’s left to experience out there…
We all have ups and downs but it’s what we do with those downs to them them around that molds us to who we are or can become and we are never too old to flip the script.
So I’m gonna wear my crown and celebrate!
From September 16, 1995 to September 16, 2025 there are 10,958 days…
we made it to
10,527 days
I would not trade one single day
hour
minute
second
love is fluid as is grief
love will flow through the cracks of your heart that grief left in it’s wake
our love
this love
will live on
in the clouds
and
stars
and in my heart
rr
I typically write a review for a whole series but this one is too good to wait.
This three part series starts off with Savage – I read Savage right before receiving the ARC for Fang and I’ve posted a review on Amazon, Goodreads, and Bookbub…but I’ll also post it here…
Time apart didn’t change how they felt about each other…it was always love. Childhood friends…he leaves town and joins the military…she tries to move on but that fiancée dies in an accident and she settles in to life alone till he comes back to town.
Drama✔️
Angst ✔️
Stalker✔️
Smexy🔥🔥🔥
HEA❤️❤️
and now on to Fang…(fanning face)
She didn’t want to end up like her mother, so while she might dance at a strip club she had her set of rules, no extras, no lap dances, nothing except the dancing and that was only until she was out of school. He didn’t want to run the newly acquired strip club but he was loyal to the club so he stepped up. When she came in to interview for a dancing position and made her list of demands…he was hooked.
These two “danced” around each other until he stake his claim and she staked hers.
Drama✔️
Trauma ✔️
Mean Girls✔️
Friends to Family❤️
Smexy🔥🔥🔥
HEA❤️❤️❤️
Can’t wait for the third book in the series to come out but until then I’ll just need to find out what the dynamic duo of Cala Riley have written…well…written that I’ve not read…
My mother, aka Miss Iris, aka mama, aka grandma, aka Aunt Iris…turned 90 on the 14th of August so what’s a good daughter to do??? I threw her a birthday party…with friends and family and so much fun!
Karen and her sister Sara did a great job of setting up the VFW…along with the help from my sisters from another mother, Colleen and Karen…
We had pulled pork bbq, chicken and the fixings from Smithfield BBQ…if you are in the Havelock NC area and need a quick and easy catering job check out the Smithfield in Newport…so easy to work with.
My cousin, Robin, aka mothers FAVORITE, shared this video that is sums up the fun…
And here are a few of my favorite pictures from the day…
A great lesson to take away from this gather….
laugh
smile
seize the day
enjoy the little things
Natasha Madison one of my favorite authors just wrapped up her Dream Series and she saved the best for last.
Forgotten Dreams
He couldn’t have fallen faster or harder if someone had hit him with a 2×4. She was focused, she wanted to get her house done and uncover a secret…she did not expect to fall for the guy doing the reno.
Drama✔️
Angst✔️
He falls first❤️
He is more romantic❤️❤️
She is a little snarky😉
Smexy🔥🔥
HEA❤️❤️❤️
Make sure and read the bonus to catch up on the rest of the series couples and to get another surprise.
I recommend this series because it’s a little bit of small town romance with some smexy times and Natasha always throws in a little bit of drama and angst in her books and this series checks off all the boxes.
Happy Reading
Today… 7/12/2025
12
365
8760
Those numbers separately don’t really mean anything…but 12 months, 365 days, 8760 hours…
that’s how long it’s been since I’ve heard his voice
got one last kiss
one last hug
the goodbye was one sided because he was gone
the tears still flow…some with memories of the 29 years we had together…some with the memories we’ll never make…
but…
those memories can help, and hopefully mend the shattered heart…
but they are also full of…
LOVE
So this week I’ll give myself a little grace and let the tears flow…
and
I’ll also raise a glass to him…
and toast…
To the person that held my heart…
He left it better by being here.
This planet…
this place…
this life…
my heart…
rr
Crazy Love is book 5 in The Single Dad Playbook Series…every book I’ve said the same thing…each MMC is my favorite but I really mean it this time…
Penn…aaawww…pretty sure he is the one guy in the group that fell the hardest when it came to Addy.
This Book Contains…
Drama✔️
Angst✔️
Tears✔️
Flamingos🦩
Love at first kiss💋
Smexy Time🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Family Time❤️❤️
HEA❤️❤️❤️❤️
And kitties🐈🐈⬛🐈🐈⬛🐈
You can get the e-book through Amazon for your kindle or if you need a trophy for your bookshelf pop over to Willow Aster’s website and grab a paperback. While you are over at Willow’s website check out all of her other offerings.
Happy Reading
Are you a lover of books? of reading? Well have I got ya covered. I’m diving into my inner bookworm…or…out loud in the open bookworm.
: a lover of books especially for qualities of format
also: a book collector
So…I guess 👆me…
I do have a few books … I even have a little trophy shelf started
and yes…before you ask…my trophy books all have special painted edges and no the spines have not been broken…and NO…no pages will be folded to to mark my place.
So….if you want to follow my book reading adventure you can scan the QR code and it will take you to a new IG page. You can also follow here on the blog…but I can’t guarantee you’ll see all of my book weirdness here but I’ll try and post in both places.
Oh…and in case you’ve seen me dropping hints…I am writing and hopefully will one day have a book for y’all to enjoy!
So until then…
laters
KA
Another first…
A plane ride…
Solo…
No hand to hold…
I miss holding his hand…
rr
Today…
April 1st we would have celebrated Andrew’s 60th birthday.
While his body is no longer with us…I decided to celebrate him…
his soul
his spirit
his love
With a sprinkle of ashes, transported in one of his favorite shot glasses, in to the Potomac River at Colonial Beach…
We talked
Well I talked…he listened
Through tears I told him that he was being celebrated today
Text from family
Text from friends
and then I toasted him…
As you settle down today…lift a glass…it doesn’t matter what’s in it…but lift the glass and toast…
My husband
my friend
a brother
uncle
friend
To memories we hold close in our hearts
his spirit will always be with us
rr
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