Tag: holidays

• Love=Happily ever after…or happy for now? (Part Two)

  

  Hello all… back again with the topic of happily ever after…vs happy for now. I have studied many books on this topic. I have over-thunk it so many times… I keep coming back to the same thought. Happy for now is just not good enough. You as a reader have invested all that time and […]

  Jessica Owen

  February 15, 2022

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• Happy Valentine’s Day…readers

  

  Love each other, experience joy, be kind

  Jessica Owen

  February 14, 2022

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  #2022, #Cupid, #HappyValentinesDay, #husbands, #kids, #LoveDay, #LoveOneAnother, #pets, beauty, blessed, blessings, books, change, creative, dreamer, family, fiction, fun, goals, happy, heart, holidays, honesty, hope, humor, joy, learning, life, love, me, real, romance, stories, thankful, wife, words, writer,

• HappyNewYear!🎆🍾🎉🎊🎆

  

  #ChapterOne

  Jessica Owen

  January 1, 2022

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• 🎄Favorite Christmas movies and favorite memories…❤️

  

  Every year we watch certain movies that evoke Christmas for us. It does not feel like Christmas until we see and hear them. My favorite book of all time is “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens… it is such a beautiful story about redemption and second chances… My favorite version of this book is a […]

  Jessica Owen

  December 13, 2021

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• Hello December…how is it the last month of the year already?

  

  Geez… I cannot believe it is the end of the year already. So much has come and gone. So much to look forward too in the next year. I am so glad to have family times again. I am even hosting this Christmas… my first celebration in three years! I am beyond excited! I have […]

  Jessica Owen

  December 2, 2021

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  #Christmas, #christmaslights, #christmastree, #gathering, beauty, become, blessed, blessings, change, comfort, creative, determination, dreamer, dreams, exhausted, fall, family, fiction, fires, food, fun, goals, grateful, happy, hard work, heart, holidays, honesty, hope, humor, imagine, joy, kindness, learning, life, love, me, memory, mom, nights, notes, parenting, perseverance, real, seasons, sleep, soul, stars, story, thankful, tired, warm, wife, wine, winter, women, words, work, write, writer,, writing

• Crazy times….for Black Friday sales or something?

  

  It has never made sense to me why people trample each other for socks sales? I am all for good deals…at the expense of someone else’s life or injury…not worth. I can honestly say I haven’t been to Black Friday sales since I was a twenty something…I have since shopped on line for years. I […]

  Jessica Owen

  November 26, 2021

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• Happy Thanksgiving…be thankful for everything you have…🍁🍂🦃

  

  In a time when chaos is everywhere it is nice to know there is a national holiday that encourages you to eat, drink and spend time with family. My second favorite holiday! Last year we were unable to celebrate due to my family being inflicted with covid. They were times last year I wondered if […]

  Jessica Owen

  November 25, 2021

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• Scary fun…spooky tales from around the United States…

  Jessica Owen

  October 31, 2021

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• Happy Halloween 🎃

  Jessica Owen

  October 31, 2021

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• Sarcasm…sun…and stories!

  

  I learned early in life that I could defend myself with words. Particularly when using sarcasm. Work and home have been incredibly stressful lately. I find myself pissing people off at work everyday with vigor and enthusiasm. I probably should stop that. Laughter is the best medicine in stress filled situations at least it is […]

  Jessica Owen

  July 1, 2021

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• The writing of book three…

  

  Writing is a difficult job. Perseverance is a must. Faith the ultimate driving force. Your hope the joy your words will bring to others!

  Jessica Owen

  May 12, 2021

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• 💕Love in the little moments…and snowstorms.

  My daughter reminded me tonight of my first Valentine’s Day with her father. It was a snowstorm similar to this in 1994… I made him a mixed tape… of love songs that reminded me of him…I agonized over it. Then the phone call…praying I would say the right thing. That he would like me for […]

  Jessica Owen

  February 13, 2021

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• Happy Halloween all!

  Be safe…

  Jessica Owen

  October 31, 2020

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• Stormy fall nights…and steaming hot tea…

  

  Hot Tea, fall, and changing seasons. Just like life always moving forward…

  Jessica Owen

  October 13, 2020

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• Hello fall… how did you get here so quick?

  It’s so crazy that September is over? I feel like this year has gone by so slow and yet here we are in oct? Wow…lol the above quote cracked me up! I could not stop laughing… it is so true…I told you this was a blog including ramblings lol… Personally my favorite time of year […]

  Jessica Owen

  September 30, 2020

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