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Love is the mouth that pours out, "Mom? I care about you... I care about you more than you know." #lovenotes #beautifulthings #loveis #family #rememberthatface #peterpan (at CorePower Yoga)

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Love is a bestie who sends new boots... new boots with a pointy toe... just in case there's a little somethin'-somethin' that needs kickin'. #lovenotes #beautifulthings #loveis #friendship #forkicks #kickintailntakinnames

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Love is a thumbs up. I've been studying for an exam. Haven't done that since licensure and Comps! That old familiar feeling of being a student under evaluation has been too present. And I'm rusty! On a walk, thinking about the implications of not passing my exam, I came across this guy. Took it as a thumbs up. Inspired, I ended up taking my test late this afternoon. "Congratulations! You have received a score of 75% or better." BOOM! 👍😎💪💣 #lovenotes #beautifulthings #loveis #thumbsup #

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Love is an old letter. On August 4, 1991, a young girl who loved to sing pulled out her personalized floral stationary (a favorite!) and penned a letter to her choir teacher. Two and a half decades later, that letter resurfaced. It was amusing to read about my busy summer (swim practice and soccer camp - how demanding!). It was bittersweet to revisit my sentiments about what those choir classes meant for me. I chuckled at the part where I left my contact information so she could write or call (I'm sure Mrs. Summers did too, when she read this letter in '91). And I had a sigh that I have always been somewhat dramatic and wildly sentimental (after all, my closing salutation was, "Remember"). How amazing is it? The uncomplicated and earnest adoration of a young girl for the woman who taught her to love to sing managed to have a place... long after the halls of Powell had been outgrown. Dang! Talk about giving voice, Mrs. Summers! Thank you for honoring the beat of my heart. You sowed into me a love for music that never left, so part of that rhythm will always be yours. ❤🎶🎼

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Love is O2. Found this lady waiting for me next to the garage door this morning. Seeing her prompted the draw of a full, deep breath. And I needed that "little extra oomph" to take on today's dragons. Thank you for showing up for me! #lovenotes #beautifulthings #loveis #ladybugs

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Love is a "say so." Lo and I are chatting by phone. I'm lounging on my patio while I wonder aloud. "Yes," she says. "You already know that's true." To which I reply (with a noncommittal), "Maybe..." Then (gasp!), "Lo, a bird just dropped in while we were talking!!!" "Oh, nice!" she laughs. "You won't listen to me when I tell you, but now there's a bird and you'll believe it!" #lovenotes #beautifulthings #loveis #friends #woowoo #toldya #hummingbirds

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Love is light. I so enjoyed our night by the lake, being friends together under strands of colored lights! Happy birthday, Steph! 💝🌺🎂🎉🎁

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Love is something new. For the first time, this afternoon I saw my feathered friend draw from the agastache in my garden instead of from the feeder. She flitted from bud to bud, and as I chased her with my camera lens, I was so pleased that she'd found another place to draw from. It dawned on me that in this Attraversiamo year, I'm hoping for the same for myself... #lovenotes #beautifulthings #loveis #hummingbirds #agastache

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Love is a nod to adventure. "I think you're amazing," she said. My heart swelled at such high praise from one of the Greats. Tia is an adventurer/explorer if ever there was one! And then, a crack up at the line that followed: "I think you're amazing... (but not in a creepy way)." #lovenotes #beautifulthings #loveis #adventure

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Love is 🎶lyrics🎶, tucked into the ❤ for another day. I haven't been able to stop thinking about it this experience, bookended by her lash-laden eyes fluttering open on screen ("Hello...") and the best confetti release ev-ahhhhh! 🎹🎙🎻 #lovenotes #beautifulthings #loveis #adele2016tour #adele #confetti #hello

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Love is a girl in a sparkly dress, singing her heart out. Thank you for an AMAZING show, Adele! 👏💖🎤🎹🎶🎻 #lovenotes #beautifulthings #loveis #adele2016tour #adele

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Love is a feathered friend, dropping in to cheer me up at just the right time! #lovenotes #beautifulthings #loveis #hummingbirds

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Love is a gift from everywhere. At least, that's part of what she said when she gave it to me. "For you," as she gently dropped an ivory colored cloth bag with a drawstring into my palm. And then she told me tales of connections and "happenstance" and the most perfect kind of divine serendipity. "So, when I saw it, I knew it was for you. And with everything that happened, it's not just from me... it's from everywhere!" #lovenotes #beautifulthings #loveis #everywhere #mala #yoga #yogajournal #friendship

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Love is the first lady of the season. 🐞 Took her long enough to get here! It's nearly July! #lovenotes #beautifulthings #beautifulthings #ladybugs

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Love is a summer walk with family to Sweet Cow. Nevermind the bead of sweat running down your back - there's a cure for that. It's called ice cream! #lovenotes #beautifulthings #loveis #sweetcow #summernights

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Love is: "Reunited, and it feels so good!" #lovenotes #beautifulthings #loveis #acura

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Love is a bunch of wildflowers. "I brought you a present!" she sang. And for the first time in my life, I was a little bit the maid Marianne from "Sense and Sensibility." (put on your best British accent) "How beautiful! These are not from the hot house!" "Ah! I see mine is not the first offering, nor the most elegant... I'm afraid I obtained these from an obliging field!" "But I have always preferred wildflowers." (Yes. That's from memory. Don't even get me started! Let me just say - it's an all-time favorite. It ends well. Even for Elinor Dashwood! 💘) #lovenotes #beautifulthings #loveis #wildflowers #senseandsensibility #ladydashwood