On The Mend
Christina’s 12 year old weekly blog
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20 Years Later
It was a cold and snowy afternoon in 2003. I can still remember my black winter boots emerging from the snow as I was putting
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Don’t Tell Them What They Want To Hear
In a society where everyone may be concealing their genuine feelings, we either romanticize others and believe the superficial nature of our interactions, or we
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Goosebumps
Sometimes, a profound sense of self-awareness offers glimpses into your destiny and the path ahead. Your intuition, your gut feeling, may hint at what the
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This is Your Play, You Get to Choose the Scenes of Your Life
I am feeling fired up. Ready to not only share the book but live it fully. In every way. With everyone. And in everything. What
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I No Longer Want to Work Hard to Be Good
Sometimes we wake up in the morning and we just want to rebel against everything we have ever been taught. Other times, we just put
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Share Yourself
The world loses part of its terror when we tell another person about the things that upset us. When we do that our world evolves.
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I’m Back
Today is my birthday and I find no better way to start off my 52nd year by writing to you. It has been so long
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Faith
It’s been a while, hasn’t it? When I stopped writing back in December I really did think it was only going to be for a
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The Unexpected Lessons of 2021
It has been a year of many surprises. Both professionally and personally. My lessons are for my own life’s journey but if they can help
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The Petalling
If I had one wish for you, it would be to grant yourself permission to live the life of your choosing. To courageously understand the
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Your Messiest Drawer
Sometimes, change comes in ways you never expected. You feel a force pushing you to do something that is confusing at first. Trust it. It
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The 500 Letters
When I was young, my parents used to call me an open book. I used to share everything that was on my mind. But for