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In my part of the world, this week started off gray and rainy. For many people I know, it also started off sad. A girl I went to high school with died in a car crash over the weekend. While Lauren and I weren't what you'd call "friends", we did work together once upon a time and she was my oldest brother's friend. I remember her as someone who was always smiling. She was 27 years old. Her death is a poignant reminder that life can be cut short at any moment for anyone. To all those who are grieving and mourning the loss of Lauren, I hope today's post helps motivate you to make it through this week.

Focus on what's important. Remember the good times. Learn from the negatives. Never give up.

Rest in Peace, Lauren.
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This is something I have to remind myself of occasionally. A couple weeks ago, I had a particularly bad day at work. It actually reached the point that I threw a pair of head phones. That was a first for me, and something I'm determined to not let happen again. That's the best part about the news business, though - no mater how bad of a day it is, once the show is over, it's over. Every new day is just that - new. Plus, I have a guaranteed good ending to every day in the form of a beautiful little girl.

Happy Monday! I hope you find the good in every day this week!
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These are definitely words to live by. Happy Monday! Hope everyone has a good week!
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Alexis turned 5 months old on Monday. So I figured I should probably share some of the photos from her 3-month session before she grows/changes too much. She's a little different every day - whether it's that's she's a little bigger, learned a new sound, or started doing a new "trick". We're doing a year-long photo session for her first year. At the end of the year, we'll have photos for 3, 6, 9 and 12 months; and we're lucky in that each session will correlate with a holiday -Independence Day, Halloween, Christmas/New Year's and Easter. For our first session, we didn't do anything themed really. But we have a tiara that we'll be using each session to show how much she's grown. Here are some of my favorite 3-month photos:









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Hopefully not many of you are having to work on this holiday for laborers. However, as we all know in this business, news doesn't take a holiday (unless you're lucky at Christmas) so I know a lot of you need some motivation to get through this day.

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A journalist.
A mother.
A wife.
A friend.
A sister.
A daughter.
A granddaughter.
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