Spring is here! Bird song and daylight savings time have returned, whether we like it or not. I wanted to write a post about spring traditions that I follow, and I realized that I don't have any! There's always spring cleaning which isn't necessarily so much a tradition as a necessity. It feels good to do a…
Quarterly Update – Refulgence Q4 ‘ 22
Refulgence is an elegant word, one that I learned from Final Fantasy XIV. It means shining brightly; radiant; gleaming; a resplendent quality or state. I love the meaning. I've mentioned before that I play Final Fantasy XIV. Throughout all the Final Fantasy game series, you play a character called the Warrior of Light, the hero…
Wedding Edition ~ Dream Come True
Photo Credit to: Willow's World Photography Fairy-tale Wedding On Friday, October 28th, 2022, Eric and I were married in New Orleans, Louisiana! We did it! I'm so happy! I have dreamed about this moment since I was a little girl. It was everything I could have hoped for. I always wanted a fairy-tale wedding. I…
Why we chose Victor Hugo for our wedding reading
Picking a reading for our wedding was like searching for a needle in a haystack. There are innumerable poems, quotes, passages, and song lyrics to choose from. Eric and I are non-religious so that cut out passages from the Bible and other religious texts. We decided against song lyrics because most of them are too…
Quarterly Update – Cosmic Love Q3 ‘ 22
I'm over a week late with this post! It's been crazy since the end of September and there are so many errands to run and people to see. We're HALF A MONTH out from our wedding! I can't believe it's almost here. It's been a long year since we started planning, but now time is…
Quarterly Update – Smile Bomb Q2 ‘ 22
For the past couple weeks, I've been re-watching an old anime from the 90s, Yu Yu Hakusho. A Redditor perfectly describes, in this discussion thread, how I feel about the show and why it's such a good anime: "There's a scene at the beginning of the Chapter Black Saga, when Yusuke is first told about…
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