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ContactGina Marie2014-12-30T18:31:57-08:00

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In an effort to get in more fiber I’ve just made In an effort to get in more fiber I’ve just made this smoothie with a banana INCLUDING the peel. This was under medical advisement from my fairly kooky, but intelligent MD. I’m sacrificing myself to this experiment so you don’t have to. YOU’RE WELCOME. 😂💁🏻‍♀️ If you don’t hear from me in 24 hours, know that we had a good run and it was death by banana peel. Feel free to use banana puns in my obituary. “An apPEELing investigation shows that this death was absolutely bananas”. I request a Viking funeral, and that someone deletes my browsing history. I love you all. Wish me luck. 👋🏽🍌 #bananapeelsmoothie #fiber #bananas #thisshitisbananas #soletshangout #smoothie #fiberfueled #holisticnutritionist #iammyownguineapig #itsbeenreal
Things don’t always go as planned. Maybe you b Things don’t always go as planned. Maybe you buy a Richard Simmons Chia Pet for your husband as a fun little Christmas gift, and now you live with THIS on your counter. 💁🏻‍♀️ Maybe you are full of grief and anger and sadness at the state of the world. This pandemic. The insurrection. Domestic terrorism and racism. The lethargy from the relentless feeling of Groundhog Day. Loss in all forms. The collective heartbeat of the world all trying to navigate its way through something catastrophic and unprecedented.💔 Maybe you are like me, and thought life would look much different than it does now. That a path to health and parenthood and business would be more linear. 📈 But, that’s the thing, nothing is linear. We can’t always plan everything, to my anxiety’s chagrin. But, we can continue to grow, even if it feels like we’re growing against all odds. Like a flower breaking free in the cracks of the pavement.🌻 Or, like the beautiful sprout that just happens to be coming out of Richard Simmons’ eyeball. 👀 There’s growth in the unexpected, even if the journey feels ugly. Growth doesn’t always look and feel comfortable or instagram-ably picturesque. It is often unimaginably painful and complicated. So, keep going. Be gentle with yourself. You are breathing today, and if that’s the only thing you do, that’s enough. That’s what I’m doing today. Breathing. Seeking gratitude in each conscious breath even if I feel heavy. We need to nourish ourselves if we want change. This is heavy stuff. However, if you have a chia sprout literally growing from your eyeball, please seek medical attention. It’s above my pay grade and I can’t help you. Even if it is technically nutrient dense. 🌱🥴♥️ #grief #2020 #insurrection #impeachment #allthefeels #pandemic #growth #youarevalid #chiapet #change #2021 #honestinsta #iloveyou #thislivesinmykitchen #justbreathe #mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters #mentalhealthishealth #anxietywarriors #soletshangout
To my dear sweet Kimo, I’ve tried to write this To my dear sweet Kimo, I’ve tried to write this at least five times but couldn’t. It won’t do you justice, but I’ll try. On December 30th Dad called me choking on tears because we found out you had cancer. I knew you were getting older and had slowed down, but your personality was always so zen I just figured you were going to be taking a few more years to bask in your retirement. Golden years for a golden boy—spent in the sun, spoiled with treats and most of all pets and scratches. I think I didn’t want to see you as aging because the possibly of losing you was not an option. You were the best of us, my boy. A once in a lifetime soul. A solid, joyful, big beating heart with big paws to match. Gosh I loved to hold them. Feeling their weight and heft gently placed in my own hands. You were and are what unconditional love looks like. In a normal year my ass would have been in a car faster than you could have begged for a biscuit. But, this wasn’t a normal year. Covid raved and ravaged the state and with the information I was given I wasn’t sure I’d even make it there in time if I hurried. I longed to hug you. To hear you snore. To hold those paws. To feel you push your head into my body because you just wanted to be close. I wanted you to feel that I loved you. That I will always love you. On the 31st our brother FaceTimed me from our parents living room. You seemed ok. Tired, but certainly not near death. I watched as Mike’s hands did what I couldn’t. Ran through your fur, scratched behind your ears and we all watched as your tongue fell gently out of your mouth and you made chirping and growling dream noises. We all talked about you. You ate salmon and hot dogs that day. Mom and Dad were going to take it a day at a time. What seemed like a dreaded FaceTime goodbye felt more promising. Maybe you did have more time. Maybe time for one last perfect day? Anything you would have asked for was yours. You were so loved. After about an hour we said goodbye. I was convinced I’d see you again. On the first of the year Dad called. My heart sunk as I grabbed the phone. I dreaded you had taken a turn but it was worse. You were gone. (Cont. in comments)
This is how it’s going. I realize I haven’t This is how it’s going. I realize I haven’t come on here and made a “comeback” or waxed poetically about where I’ve been, what I’ve done these last few years and what the actual forking shirtballs THIS year has been. I haven’t done any of that yet. I will. We will get to know each other again. We will talk about serious things, the absurdity of life, mental health, and of course, food and nutrition. I will show up more in your feed. I’ll feed you with words and food and humor— we can bond over all of it. But, for right now. This. This is how it’s going. Anyone else?
When you order a PAPAYA from instacart and this ab When you order a PAPAYA from instacart and this absolute unit of a big boi shows up. I’m not mad. I’m kinda confused. I might love him. In Facebook speak...it’s complicated. 🤷🏻‍♀️
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