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”Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away.” – Barbara De Angelis
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Lunenburg is a dreamy little town that ...

“We look up at the same stars and see such different things.” — A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin
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During my last trip home I found ...

During my trip through Nova Scotia, I explored a few stops along the Annapolis Valley. Weaving through the winding roads had an almost meditative effect on me. The sun peeking ...

“Love can make you immortal.” — Gayle Forman, If I Stay
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Life can be really ironic sometimes. When I first started getting serious about writing fiction professionally, I was ...

“Why do you try so hard to fit in when you are born to stand out?” — What a Girl Wants
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There’s a big part of me that wants nothing more than to be ...

“Until we have met the monsters in ourselves, we keep trying to slay them in the outer world.” — Marianne Williamson
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In the past 8 years, I’ve moved 18 ...

“Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining. ― Anne Lamott
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Hello from Peggy's Cove 🙋‍♀️ I fell in ...

“How wild it was, to let it be.” - Cheryl Strayed
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I think I feel my most free, my most fierce and most found when I’m walking down streets ...

Don’t mind me, just shopping for my dream home away from home. 🏡
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Really, though, could this house be any cuter?! My friend and I booked a night at ...

The way I see it, it’s better to feel something really intensely than to feel nothing at all.
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I cannot tell you how many times I’ve been told to ...

Halifax has me feeling all sorts of wild and free. 🌈☀️
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Some places are even prettier than the postcard, and Halifax is one of those places. I grew up ...

If you follow my Stories regularly, you might remember that I found this powerful quote in my purse (slide to the second photo). To this day, I still have no ...

“You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful.” ― Amy Bloom
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This probably isn’t the quote you’re expecting to read here on Instagram, since perfection is kind of ...

“It isn’t where you came from; it’s where you’re going that counts.” — Ella Fitzgerald
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I’ve been struggling for weeks…maybe even months to write this post and I think ...