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Beautiful Bouquets Of Flowers With Quotes To Inspire You

January 4, 2023January 5, 2023 The Wild Gems2 Comments

Sometimes we just need a little encouragement and inspiration, and flowers are full of both.

*Flowers Need Time To Bloom. So Do You.* – unknown

*You’ll grow beautifully in your own way.* – unknown

*May flowers remind us why the rain was so necessary.* – Xan Oku

*She may lose a few petals, but it doesn’t make her any less of a flower.* – Alicia N Green

*Deep in your wounds are seeds, waiting to grow beautiful flowers.* – Niti Mejethia

*A flower blossoms for its own joy.* – Oscar Wilde

*Happiness is to hold flowers in both hands.* – A Japanese Proverb

*When a flower doesn’t bloom you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.* – Alexander Den Heijer

*Your mind is a garden. Your thoughts are the seeds. You can grow the flowers or you can grow the weeds. –* unknown

*Where flowers bloom, so does hope.* – Lady Bird Johnson

*The Flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all.* – Walt Disney

*A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms.* – unknown

*May the petals teach me the art of letting go*. – Xan Oku

Have a wonderful day, and buy yourself some flowers.

Xo m.g.

Dear Readers: I Cut My Hair And I Love It

December 11, 2022December 20, 2022 The Wild Gems2 Comments

First of all my hair was pretty long before I made the chop. Long to where I could be braless and you wouldn’t see anything. Hair goals.

I was so eager to cut my hair though, and for awhile! However I made the commitment to myself to wait till after my friends wedding. I wanted a pretty hairstyle because you know, it was a wedding.

One of my friends actually became concerned that I wanted to cut my hair when I voiced it on Instagram. She sent me a message asking if I was okay. And then we talked on the phone while she continuously wanted to make sure I was fine.

Because you know, when most people chop off their hair it’s because they may be going through something. Like a divorce. That’s what my hair stylist said anyway.

But listen, I really just wanted to cut my hair. I wanted a change and I felt like cutting my hair would kind of be like shedding one’s shin. Making room for growth. You know?

My hair had a beautiful hoorah before I cut these beautiful locks I should say. Check it out!

It’s called a bubble braid in case you were wondering.

The Wedding happen and 2 days layer, I mean later, (that truly was a typo) my hair was chopped! Amazing how it took me so long to grow my hair that long and took an instant to just snip time away.

What do you think?

I am loving it!

This is after. Right to my shoulders/collarbone. A blunt type cut.

3 Reasons Why You’ll Loving Having Short Hair if you’ve been thinking about cutting yours too

1. Showers are soooooo nice

Washing long hair can be a pain in the butt! And you don’t even really realize how much of a pain it is until you have short hair! The shampoo just lathers so beautifully, and you only need just a little bit of conditioner. Compared to using a handful of it.

It just feels so good, I promise!

2. Much Easier To Style

You are going to save so much time my friend. Your hair dries so fast when it’s short and whether you are straightening or curling your hair it’s less tedious overall.

And if you don’t feel like styling your hair, well good news is that short ponytails are super cute!

3. It’s Liberating

You will feel like a new person. Looking at myself with long hair now, in retrospect I feel different. Obviously it’s me but theres a level of confidence that comes with chopping your hair off.