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That time I nearly died

Why 2015 Sucked and has still been the best year of my life

25th November 2015 By Jonelle 30 Comments

Why 2015 sucked and has still been the best year of my life | Tyranny of Pink

The year, started off quite nicely. Nothing fancy, just a little celebration in our home. A good way to bring in the new year. Half way through the year however, my grandfather became ill and discovered that he had already-too-advanced-to-bother-with-treatment-cancer. We basically waited for the next couple of months for the inevitable. He deteriorated very…

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Filed Under: Being Mom, Being You, Blog, Death & Grief, That time I nearly died Tagged With: be grateful, be unapologetically you, believe in yourself, choosing me, coping with grief, find your passion, following your dreams, life choices, life purpose, near death experience

All the things I think of now

23rd November 2015 By Jonelle 1 Comment

If I had died that day instead. Oh what a life I would have missed. | Tyranny of Pink

I think about my husband coming home, to an empty house, to an empty bed. I think about my bedside table, filled with junk, that I’ve been meaning for a while to sort through. I think about the bathroom cabinet with all my products, hardly used. I think about my closet, filled with appropriate clothes…

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Filed Under: That time I nearly died Tagged With: acceptance, believe in yourself, coping with grief, life choices, life purpose

The look was there, in his eyes, for only a fleeting second…

18th November 2015 By Jonelle 9 Comments

The look was there, in his eyes, for only a fleeting second… | Tyranny of Pink

A little while ago, a broken and damaged woman, newly a mother, newly without an appendix lay in a hospital bed in a tiny part of town. The news – we’re going to go back in. “In where?” you might ask, into the cavity of my body. The one they just took my son out…

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Filed Under: That time I nearly died Tagged With: acceptance, be grateful, believe in yourself, colostomy, gratitude, he saved me, near death experience, stoma, surgery, thankful, That time I nearly died but didn't

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Learning to back myself. Allow myself to be more. Learning to back myself. 
Allow myself to be more. 
More out there. 
More out of my comfort zone. 
More authentic. 
More me. 

This coat is fucking fabulous. 
I was terrified to buy it... it's too much. Over the top. Not me. 

Well. This is me. 
This is my coat. 

Guess it's me now. 

#embraceyourself #authenticself #beyourself #backyourself #zarastyle #leopardprint #zara
It was a cold November day and she had dressed her It was a cold November day and she had dressed herself up in layers of cardigans and covered the whole lot with her old tweed coat, the one she might have used for feeding the chickens in.

#barbarapym #janeandprudence #qotd #quotesaboutchickens #chooks #chooksofinstagram #aliceandclementine #chickens #backyardchooks #backyardchickens
The perfect Sunday. All day on the couch. Prosec The perfect Sunday. 
All day on the couch. 
Prosecco. 
Burgers. 

Dreading Monday.
I need a holiday.... 

#summerday #wellingtonnz #prosecco #oceanview
And in the naked light, I saw Ten thousand people, And in the naked light, I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence

#hellodarknessmyoldfriend #soundofsilence #disturbed #home #redandgreen #homestyling #sanseveria
Date night. Date night.
Bit my pretty red heart in two. I was ten when th Bit my pretty red heart in two.

I was ten when they buried you.   

At twenty I tried to die

And get back, back, back to you.

I thought even the bones would do.

#sylviaplath #darkpoetry #poems
It's the kind of tired that sleep can't fix. #bat It's the kind of tired that sleep can't fix. 
#bathtime #metime #whiskygram
Tiny house living. When your kitchen counter doubl Tiny house living. When your kitchen counter doubles as your office space. 

#wfh #wfhlife #workfromhome #homestyling #tinyspaces #smallhouse

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