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Guirilas; love at first bite. 💙🇳🇮
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#hechoennicaragua #nicalife #travel #explore #eat #maiz #queso #nicaraguense #comerico #comelocal #eatlocal

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Thankful I am (sorta) learning to slow down. Somehow it’s not an easy lesson.
Rushing around seems like a lie consumerism is trying to sell to us; the new symbolism of status; that being busy & rushed equates to importance & value. But it doesn’t. Sitting for a few hours not doing anything but enjoying what’s right in front of you - this doesn’t make you any less important or your life any less meaningful, on the contrary maybe it makes your life even more rich; enjoying whatever it is you have in that moment.
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#lifelessons #growingpains #nicaragua #travelwithin #tranqulio #nicalife #lovelessons #tropics #oceanlife #thirdworldcountry #power #greed #busyisthenewstatussymbol #marketing #balance #breath #calmyourmind

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In honor, & love of my father! A
@livenutritionals special edition 🎄
He was obsessed with Christmas, going way over board every year. A hundred Lights on every corner of the house, lawn, ice rink, tree, office, lighting up our corner of the block. Hundreds of decorated cookies & specially thought out presents & moments together.
In memory of his drive in business. To take risks, to believe, to fail and get back up, and dare to do his own thing.
Today marks 11 years, and I will work to hold onto his loving, passionate, driven & generous legacy in life & business.
Thank you to my @livenutritionals team for supporting me in this pursuit! Without you a very special Christmas flavor wouldn’t be here. I wouldn’t be able to cry at work, and take the moments I needed to be present with grief today. I choose to lean on you all & know when to smile and take a moment of pride in what we have built together. ❤️
Graphics by the talented: @treysprinkle ❤️
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#christmascheer #inlovingmemory #passion #kombucha #business #entrepreneurship #learn #grow #christmasflavor #cinnamon#hibiscus#health #alwayslearning #dare #risk #believe

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“Love is a constant process of tuning in, connecting, missing and misreading cues, disconnecting, repairing, and finding deeper connection. It is a dance of meeting and parting and finding each other again. Minute to minute and day to day.” – Dr. Sue Johnson ...a segment from Josh as he married our dear friends.
Proud to be on this journey with you @minimalistvagabonds & see you up there holding space for so much love!. ❤️ And so treasured being a near and dear part of your lives and a pivotal step in your love story @lanoviadetola @nocalnica .
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#loveislove #lovestory #wedding #beachwedding #beachvibes #nicaragua #lovelovelove #loveday #celebratelove #lovecomesinallforms #loveisintheair #journey #masterofceremony #proudwifey

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Disconnect to reconnect.
Connecting with nature is one of the most refreshing things I can do, we were made to live outside.
We weren’t made for pavement, white washed walls and the constant light of screens all the time. Sometimes of course, the shiny lights of the city can be greatly enjoyed, definitely the food. Different settings provide different offerings, in the connection to nature is where I deeply connect to myself and I enjoy these little breaks we take. 🌴🌴🌴
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#balance #nature #connection #nicaragua #miamor #oceanlife #nicalife #liveauthentic #explorewithin #morgansrock #disconnecttoreconnect #junglelife

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Mindful listening will be my life long goal ❤️
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#listening #mindfulness #communication #growth #love #respect #honesty #wholebeing #health #mentalhealth #compassion #empathy #beherenow

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Recovery mode is quick and easy here! ☀️
🙏🙏🙏 @bonpdkrinn
#vitaminD #sunshinehappiness #greatful #liftheavyshit #trx #sandbagworkout

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Transitions are a beautiful thing. ❤️
Reflecting on the past year here; the support we gained, many lessons learned, strength built, many fun memories with many of you, & excited for our future moving forward! If you are visiting the Nicaragua coast check out this beautiful little beachfront oasis; @suyocabanaspopoyo
#suyolife #nicalife #growth
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#nicaragua#nicalife#popoyo#travelnicaragua#panamericano #wanderlust#beautifuldestinations #travel#optoutside #travelcentralamerica #liveauthentic #instatravel #centralamerica #surf#waves#beachlife#ocean#sunshine#beachtown#ocean#happiness#vitamind#fitness#mindbodysoul#perspective#thankful#strength#strongbody#youarenotincontrol

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Sometimes the best thing you can do is absolutely nothing. ❤️ ❤️
#chillout #refresh #busyisthenewstatussymbol #dontdoit #breath #love #tranquilo #nicaragua #beachlife #sandytoes

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I ❤️ this ocean man, & thankful for this life. We aren’t perfect, but we are a perfect match, and it’s possible to find a person that just propels your own growth. Even if growth has growing pains too, perfect best friends, business partners, travel partners, music partners, we hit our bumps, but I’m thankful for them because after we hit a speed bump we look back and realize how we were just needing to pay a little more attention to the road & the universe was giving us a gift of growth, and attention 💕
#foreverlove #growth

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Sooo much beauty at the white party & so loved sharing magic with so many dear friends.
@sharedrhythms ⭐️💕🎶 #feminebeauty #sharedrhythms ✨
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Girls days together in the city are sooo refreshing! Coffee shops, heels, nails, so we’re not quite country bumpkins ❤️❤️❤️
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#girlfriends #happiness #beauty #friendship #nicalife #managuanicaragua #travel #explore #nicaraguan #canadian #nicagirl #beautywithin #woman #womanwhogrow #girltime #girliethings #allthethings #connection #love #inspiration #liveauthentic #livetoinspire

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Saturday’s together are better at our favorite neighborhood office. 😍😍😍
@malibupopoyo
@sharedrhythms
@livenutritionals
#alwayscoffeetime #workdays #music #nicalife

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I never knew a love could run so deep and so true. I am so deeply thankful to have walked through this year with your love, loyalty, and dedication. It hasn’t all been rainbows and butterfly’s. It had its ups & downs, and you have truly amazed me in each and every step this year. You always reached out for me and the universe was giving me a gift each time. You have walked beside me with so much love and grace. So much patience and dedication. I am so proud of where we have come this year, all that we have done together, all that we are creating and becoming and growing into. This journey was always meant to be with you. ❤️@minimalistvagabonds
#firstweddinganniversary #love #1year 📷 ; @jeremypostal

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I’ve heard this message; “Strong women don’t get jealous!” Well fuck that. Honestly. This message has hurt me. I’m not frequently jealous, but it happens, I feel jealousy, or feel inadequate, and then this message adds on another layer of feeling weak.
imho STRONG women (& men) are HONEST about all their emotions, they look STRAIGHT into their emotions and assess how they are feeling, strong women express their emotions with LOVE. They are clear and simple about what comes up for them. Strong women don’t hide from their “hard” emotions they hold space for them.
And yea I feel beautiful, and yes I feel jealousy, yes sometimes I don’t feel good enough compared to xyz. And yes I’m going to continue to work on being honest with myself and those closest to me. Jealousy can come up and for me I want to be a strong women and allow it to, to utilize it to see beauty in another person, to tell that person how beautiful their life, body, heart may be in my eyes. I feel when I hold space for hard emotions they transform; from jealousy to admiration and encouragement. From pain to vulnerability and connection. From anger to release and passion. These hard emotions loose their tight grip —> but only when I don’t try to push them away, ignore them, and rather ground myself and hold space for them without judgement.
Then somehow when I express what I’m feeling in the most honest, VULNERABLE state I receive so much love & understanding from not only those around me but also myself.
Maybe I am wrong, maybe jealousy really is bad? What’s your thoughts? ❤️
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#lifelessons #strongwomen #beautywithin #insecurity #security #jealousy #jealous #controversy #travelwithin #blonde #emotions #emotionalprocessing #selflove #strength #woman #beautifulwomen #womanhood

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Who will win the hula hooping contest?? Hint: not those with a black eye. 🖤🎶🍾
Get ready!; @philipp_schonweitz @minimalistvagabonds @antonella_afronella
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#winnertakesall #electronicmusic #nicalife #blacktowhite #granadanicaragua #jungleparties #beachparties #technomusic #travellife #explorenicaragua #friendsthroughmusic #sharethelove #sharedrhythms #champagne #hooping #facepaintgonewrong #winnerwinnerchickendinner

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The weekly grocery run; Oh how life has the ability to change... I love this market, and all the possibilities in it and for the first time I navigated it to find all my needs without google maps 💪 #wherestraderjoes #nicalife
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#reinventyourself #change #adapt #Nicaragua #horse #horsecarriage #horsetransport #market #nicaraguan #nicaraguanmarket #freshveggies #travelmore #travelwithin #explorelife #explorenicaragua #wanderlustlife #groceryrun #tropicallife #adventures #marketadventures #mercado

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Life gives me the most beautiful angels. 💕
These woman teach me so much about happiness. They may not have everything in possessions but they give everything in heart, love & happiness. Every single day. The majority of days with big warm smiles and a few days with tears in their eyes. But every day with authenticity, gratitude, for life, family, the most basic things. I have so much to learn.
Woman all around the world have given me so much this past month. From angels at work, to long childhood friends, to strangers on the plane, to my own family, to recent friends. So many of you have given me so much love. When I question myself, I look into the hearts of the people around me and I am reassured I must be putting some good out there because of all the love you all give to me. 💕 #workdays #nicadays #angelsareallaround
@livenutritionals .
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#health #work #team #angels #womanstrength #strongwomensupporteachother
#nicaragua#popoyo#playaguasacate#travelnicaragua#travelwithacause #nicalife#managua#usa#giveback#community#charity#family#generosity#sharethewhealth#liveauthentic#lovenicaragua#tola#rivas

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This day was the culmination of a long and bumpy few months for us. The sunset the last for someone dearly loved. And it all has reminded me that looking into the darkness shows me the light, the struggles & pain remind me how deeply we all long for connection, belonging & love... in the toughest moments I am reminded how thankful I am for our closest friends who we can be vulnerable & authentic with, who have challenged us, supported us, and loved us, and to Josh, who has shown me such incredible strength and integrity, and to myself for taking it one breath at a time & leaning into the lessons of my own internal struggles. .
Life isn’t always easy, it’s not always perfect. When life feels dark, Remember; we all want the same thing, CONNECTION.
Connect to yourself. Connect to those who show you grace, love and authenticity. .
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#love #connection #grace #myforever #birthdays #challenge #nicaragua #marriage #beachlife #nicalife #liveauthentic #strength #humanconnection #travelchallenges #livingabroad #meaningfulfriendship #authenticconnections #lifelessons #honestinsta

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Some days I feel fierce, the next I feel anxious, some days I feel proud, & other days completely depressed, sometimes I feel happiness & then anger, then calm, then insecure all at once.
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I have been telling myself this story; I need to be more “stable”, that I suck because I get angry, depressed, anxious & insecure.
So I decided I needed to work on being less of these emotions I felt were negative; be “happier”, “stronger”. .
Yet what the higher power gave back to me was to teach me to honor & love ALL parts of me, to express them ALL, to allow the energy of all these things to flow through. It doesn’t have to be too complicated; it’s just energy that is craving release, so to ***ground myself***, and express what I’m feeling in that moment. .
What a shame to deny the energy within me, to reject what my soul is experiencing.
My lesson this season is to honor ALL parts of my HUMAN existence. All this energy, the anger, anxiety, depression, this makes me HUMAN after all, it makes me alive. Social media makes everyone look so happy & blissful 24/7, yet I’ll honor more then that, Ill create space for myself to become more authentic, I’ll honor the “harder” parts of my existence.
Even a flower full of beauty & life, has to wilt at times. 🌸❤️
& checkout for all my adventures wearing @brinygirls
#beauty #womanwithin .
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#nicaragua#nicalife #travelcentralamerica #centralamerica #girls#women#woman#girlswholift#fitgirl#surfergirls#authentichappiness#hormones#beauty#nature#love#beachlife#love#humility#insecurities#strength#lookwithin#beautywithin#friendship#girltime#liveauthentic

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Sometimes you just need to reach out for help. But reach out to those who are wise, strong, and have your best interest at heart. You will always walk away with more, if you allow their words to settle in. #girlfriends #beauty #therapy .
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#nicaragua#nicalife #travelcentralamerica #centralamerica #girls#women#woman#girlswholift#fitgirl#happiness#hormones#beauty#nature#love#beachlife#beauty#love#humility#insecurities#strength#lookwithin#beauty#beautywithin#friendship#granada#centralpark#granadanicaragua#girlfriendtherapy#girltime

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Magical moments are always better shared 🎶🇳🇮💙 @rajatucaundergroundfest @sharedrhythms ✨
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#musicforthesoul #freeandwild #music #musicisfreedom #musicislove #managuanicaragua #techno #housemusic #electronicmusic #nicaragua #managua #nicalife #dance #freedom #passion #connection #refresh #happiness #love #miamor

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Rest is so important yet so hard to give to yourself. And yet rest is where I heal, understand myself, my needs, my gifts, my place in this world, it’s where I let go of codependent ways of being in this world. Yet often I’ll give to everyone else before listening to my own needs, nurture my relationships before nurturing myself....until I have nothing left for myself but frustration & exhaustion. I unconsciously believe I need to do more, be more, take care of others more to be loved (the essence of codependency). It’s probably my life work to just stop and nurture myself because I am worthy. I don’t need to give until I’m empty just to convince myself I am worthy of love. I think it’s actually the work of allowing for a healthy egoistic state. When I’m exhausted from giving, doing, trying to be something more, I am not creating a space for others & myself to work on and heal themselves, I am creating codependent relationships, rather then co-committed ones. My work is to listen to my own inner voice, knowing when to just stop & be. It is then I am my best to give to this world., & I doubt I’m alone in this process. ❤️ #lovelessons .
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#nicaragua#nicalife#wanderlust#beautifuldestinations #travel #travelcentralamerica #centralamerica #girls#women#woman#girlswholift#fitgirl#happiness#oceanhair#bikinilife#bikini#beauty#nature#love#beachlife#beauty#love#humility#insecurities#strength#lookwithin#beauty#beautywithin#friendship#ego

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I’m soooo thankful for my own femininity & ALL you beautiful women that have been and continue to be in my life. The universe knows I’ve always needed so many of you women who have been loving, expressive, emotional, caring, nurturing, strong, understanding, thoughtful, & compassionate listeners. Stunningly beautiful with all our women curves on the outside but even more radiant from the heart & soul. I love the vulnerability women allow with one another. I love the strength & understanding we give one another. I love the complexity of femininity & it enriches my life each & every day. I love each and every one of you women that have been in my life, you all have enriched my life every moment within it. 💕 #womensday #feminity #loveisthebest @livenutritionals @adrianabeer @kaela.adame @kp_experience @aler129 @sammywolf50 @squishypeace @beckyjoon14 @wendyalguera @malibupopoyo @terajeanphotos @terra_dimock @gypsysolnicole @itcanbeyourlife @jenniferkforsyth .
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#nicaragua#nicalife#wanderlust#beautifuldestinations #travel #travelcentralamerica #centralamerica #girls#women#woman#girlswholift#fitgirl#happiness#ocean#coastline#hormones#beauty#nature#love#beachlife#beauty#love#humility#insecurities#strength#lookwithin#beauty#beautywithin#friendship

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Oh these nica days, they get the best & the worst of me. Living in another culture sure teaches you a thing or two, whether your ready or not. Traveling had its lessons but putting down roots in a place you don’t understand at all, that is where my heart has really expanded. My stubborn ways get tormented, my curious heart expands, my patience is tested, my understanding grows. It’s many things at once, it’s beautiful beach paradise, and long exhausting days when I question my life choices -that I can’t explain in a ig post. Im thankful to see the many faces of life in the pursuit of happiness; that there isn’t one simple narrative. 🇳🇮 #NoEntiendo #thankful #nicalife .
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#nicaragua#nicalife#travelnicaragua#panamericano #travelgirl#wanderlust#beautifuldestinations #travel#optoutside #travelcentralamerica #liveauthentic #centralamerica #happiness#beauty#love#beachlife##paradiselessons#happiness#inspire#strength#rustic#livingabroad

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Monday’s are better because of these two ❤️❤️❤️ #IsItFridayYet ✨
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#love #reality #pinchme #married #ourlovestory #bettertogether #flyfree #lovers #myforever #forever #wedding #eloped #strength #happiness #travel #wanderlust #travelcouple #saskatoon #soulmate #souls #wedding #minimalistvagabonds #laugh #dance #play #rottweiler #dog#dogsofinstagram#rottweiler #monday#fridayplease

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ALL the love makes all the troubles melt away ❤️ #lovers #loveislight .
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#nicaragua#nicalife#travelnicaragua#wanderlust#beautifuldestinations #travel #travelcentralamerica #centralamerica #girls#women#girlswholift#red#valentines#happiness#sunset#ocean#coastline#beauty#nature#love#beachlife#beauty#love#strength#friendship

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Community is everything 💕thank you @malibupopoyo for a place of community. .
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#nicaragua#nicalife#popoyo#travelnicaragua#panamericano #wanderlust#beautifuldestinations #travel#optoutside #travelcentralamerica #liveauthentic #instatravel #centralamerica #happiness#westcoast#beauty#yoga#yogi#girlswholift#coupleswhoworkout #love#calm#beachlife#community#yogaeverydamnday#namaste#light

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This place probably has everything I actually need in life. Enough to be completely happy too... if I am to let it. It depends on my perspective though, but Nicaraguans remind me every day; all these things I want, may not be worth the stress and really aren’t necessary in a hierarchy of needs to happiness. Living in a 3rd world after being created in a 1st world I continually feel that contrast & pull of two worlds... a constant check in, growth isn’t always comfortable. 💙 🇳🇮 #glamorisnteverything #lifelessons .
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#nicaragua#nicalife#travelnicaragua#panamericano #travelgirl#wanderlust#beautifuldestinations #travel#optoutside #travelcentralamerica #liveauthentic #centralamerica #happiness#beauty#love#beachlife##paradiselessons#happiness#inspire#strength#rustic#livingabroad

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PERSPECTIVE!
This last week I dropped my husband off at the airport so he could visit his nephew who’s struggling. So I’m alone, down a husband, best friend and business partner when that night our car broke (badly broke the front end), then I dropped and cracked my phone, then a few days later my computer broke & wouldn’t turn on. Which all of this makes it pretty darn hard to do business in Nica, which is already hard enough.
But instead I thought; I am HEALTHY and can just walk to work! Instead I have this awesome COMMUNITY and circle of friends that I can depend on to help me do (literally) everything. Sometimes hard situations are there to remind you of all your blessings.
I am thankful it’s just a car, a computer, a phone, a business... and I have the true riches; a true once in a life time lover and best friend in a husband, a beautiful local community & family I can count on, an amazingly strong and healthy body, and a mind that can appreciate it all! #gratitude #strength #beautysurroundsyoualways .
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#nicaragua#nicalife#popoyo#travelnicaragua#panamericano #wanderlust#beautifuldestinations #travel#optoutside #travelcentralamerica #liveauthentic #instatravel #centralamerica #surf#waves#beachlife#ocean#sunshine#beachtown#ocean#happiness#vitamind#fitness#mindbodysoul#perspective#thankful#strength#strongbody#youarenotincontrol

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Don’t get me wrong, I feel and am young...but I also really enjoy aging, the little bit that I have; in that becoming more aware of my insecurities and allowing them to come up, explore them rather then pretending they are not there... I’m not sure I really “feel MORE comfortable in my own skin” - I always kinda have, kinda have not....but as I age I do enjoy the learning process about who I am, and who I’m evolving to be and then being proud of both the beauty AND the insecurities I see in myself. After all insecurities were likely created as a survival mechanism to protect us so just simply denying them is denying your own survival mechanism and denying understanding of what is serving you and what is not. I’m ok feeling both insecure and beautiful all at once. 💕 #femenino #gemeni #loveisthebest .
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#nicaragua#nicalife#travelnicaragua#wanderlust#beautifuldestinations #travel #travelcentralamerica #centralamerica #girls#women#girlswholift#fitgirl#happiness#sunset#ocean#coastline#beauty#nature#surf#love#beachlife#beachwedding#wedding#beauty#love#humility#insecurities#strength#lookwithin

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This year I answered some questions about 2018, about what were the most impactful moments, people, & emotions in my life were. In the list of the 3 most impactful people in my life I listed you without hesitation. I didn’t think to tell you as it was a personal inventory. I am sure this is happening hundreds of times every year with others, you are positively impacting people without ever knowing it -In your subtle, quiet, wise & loving way. Not one to draw attention but always quick to give love, understanding and wisdom, more by your actions then anything.
Just yesterday with tears in my eyes I told my close friend how meaningful it was to me that you flew in the middle of the night to be in saskatoon less then 24 hours to mediate the most meaningful promises of my life, & how I never knew how meaningful it would be to me to have someone, a brother, so close to me, share in that incredibly intimate moment. Of course for every wedded couple their sharing of vows is one of the most special moments of their lives, yet for me it was extended even deeper to have my dear brother & role model creating that moment. You have been a constant man in my life, one I held as a model of what to look for in a man when I felt lost and confused. When I thought decent men may not exist, or at least not a decent partner for me, I would find some hope in how I see you as a husband to Candace & man in all of our lives. So to have this pillar of a brother who holds my 1st memories in life (thanks because that night walk at living waters I was actually scared sh*tless on your shoulders of a bear attack), to creating hope for a male partner in my life, to the one who showed up when it was extremely difficult & compressed to mediate our vows, to the thousands of moments in between that you have shown up; for laughs & deep love & compassion when it was needed.
@jeremypostal @whistler_weddingpastor

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