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When Tragedy Strikes – Dealing with a Mother’s Guilt

Last Friday I had planned to post my Friday Favorites with this outfit, but after waking up and finding out another school shooting happened not even 15 miles from where I live, I became an emotional wreck. All the fears, anxiety, and guilt as a mom overwhelmed me. All I could think about was the  mothers who lost their children that day, who would never be able to see their children graduate, and all I could think was this the future for my child. So many questions, scenarios came up in my head, and for a time I just felt helpless, guilty, unworthy as a mom to protect my own child.  It’s hard as a mom these days to watch the news, to hear all the tragedies with school shootings, senseless shootings, lives of innocent children lost, and not have immense guilt and feeling of not doing enough in a time of tragedy. There’s so much we need to do, so much we need to change, and yet it can be so overwhelming knowing we cannot do it all. Today I’m sharing how I’ve been dealing with the anxiety and the guilt as a mom, and what has helped me cope during these hard times.

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Fashion

How to Wear a Tweed Blazer for Spring + BIG Spring Sale

Happy Wednesday everyone! How’s your week been going so far? I recently just started training for my half marathon the week in addition to working out at the gym four days a week and it is kicking my butt. Today I am sharing one of my favorite looks Spring and how you can take your tweed blazer from business professional to business casual. Plus there is a huge spring sale on some of my favorite Spring items including my favorite Rebecca Minkoff mules at Shopbop! Check out my outfit plus this amazing Spring SALE below!

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