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addiction, death, expectations, faith, home, life, motivation, self-care

Needed

July 20, 2018July 20, 2018by ashleyfenker1 Comment on Needed
Needed

Somewhere deep down, we all want to feel needed here, beyond Can you count these paper clips? Way beyond Turn in your time sheets. So far beyond Pay your doctors’ bill or It’s time for your colonoscopy. Today, I’m mostly wondering why we pick some people as distinguished visitors, and others as just the regular [...]

beauty, home, life, motivation, self-care, writing

The End of a Winter Journal

May 4, 2018May 4, 2018by ashleyfenkerLeave a Comment on The End of a Winter Journal
The End of a Winter Journal

I wonder if it’s worth counting how many mornings over the last four months I scribbled about watching the pink sunrise while listening to the coffee drip from the kitchen just behind me. Each time, I wrote it as if it was a new thought, a new sight, a new sound. And yet, there’s nothing [...]

addiction, beauty, life, self-care

How to cancel your pity party

April 3, 2018by ashleyfenker5 Comments on How to cancel your pity party
How to cancel your pity party

I used to babysit a little boy who would say (on repeat during his Cars movie obsession), “Oh no! Tow Mater’s stuck in the mud! Stuck in the mud! Stuck in the mud!” And it reminds me of the emails I receive from readers all over the world. I’m stuck in the mud… I’m stuck in the [...]


 

Hi! I’m Ashley. I take my coffee black and my sprinkles rainbow. I love creativity, messy stories, and falling in love with ordinary moments of life. Born to be a storyteller.
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