tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31753258792405624302024-02-07T06:36:47.442+02:00AwokeFollow me as I follow ChristCindy Saulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11963663315595302406noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3175325879240562430.post-40740877052652668682017-06-07T20:02:00.001+02:002017-06-07T20:02:46.823+02:00Trust<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Be a woman other women can trust.</span></span></span><br />
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Cindy Saulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11963663315595302406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3175325879240562430.post-64386282795630719112017-01-14T17:47:00.000+02:002018-02-19T21:01:28.002+02:00L O V E.<div style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
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<span class="text" style="background-color: white;"><b><sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">4 </span></sup></b></span><span class="text" style="background-color: white;"><s><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Love</span></s></span><span class="text" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="text"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "segoe script" , sans-serif; font-size: 36pt;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Cindy</span></span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">is patient,</span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="text" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">love is
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<span class="text" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">boast, it is not proud.</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><span id="en-NIV-28671" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="text"><b><sup style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">5 </span></sup></b></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It does not dishonor
others. </span></span></span><span id="en-NIV-28671" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="text"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="text" style="background-color: white;"><s><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Love</span></s></span><span class="text" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="text"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "segoe script" , sans-serif; font-size: 36pt;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Cindy</span></span></span>is </span></span></span><br />
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never fails. But where there are prophecies,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">they will cease; where there </span></span></span><br />
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I love birthdays, mine and of those people I like or love. I look at mine as a big reminder to say 'Heck yeah! I was born on this day! There is no one like me' and when it comes to celebrating other's birthdays I think of it as 'I'm so glad you were born, I'm so glad you are in my life!' type of thing. I don't expect others to love their birthdays like I love mine, but I also think it's weird when people don't like their birthdays.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Birthdays are great- everyone tells you that 'it's your day', people calls you, friends post a million messages on your timeline and tell you how great you are and people give you presents, present you with good food and all that good stuff and you believe the hype. You expect everyone should be</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;"> nice to you and celebrate 'your day' with you, right ? </span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;">You </span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">expect friends to make a big fuss over your birthday and then you are let down when it doesn’t happen. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">I'll be honest, I'm so over this approach to my birthday and have been for a years now. I don't want what people do for me to be directly linked to how I enjoy my birthday. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 21px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I think there should be a fine balance. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">I've gotten to the point where I know that wanting my birthday to be a special day is really my thing and no one else's. So if I want it to be a special day, I'm the one responsible for that energy, and what others do is their participation and nothing else.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><br />
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Stop ruining your birthdays. Stop getting worked up because someone didn't call you. Stop getting worked up you bought someone a present and they didn't get you anything. Stop expecting friends and family to make a big deal out of your birthday. If you love your birthday and want to celebrate, great, but don't guilt people into celebrating with you. Stop setting yourself up for disappointment Stop dropping birthday-wishlist hints and don't expect them to be as jazzed up about your day as you are. On the flip side, if you hate your birthday, don't constantly bitch and moan about it. Birthdays mean different things to people. People's lives are complex and you just can't expect everyone to turn up.<br />
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I'm not saying every person should sort themselves out, I love gifting people, especially people that least expect it. I hate it when people ask 'What are you going to buy me for my birthday?' because I always feel guilt-tripped into buying presents when it should just be organic. You want people to buy you stuff and make you feel special? Great, but when last did you go out of your way to make someone's special? I approach my birthday each year with the lowest of expectations, without preparation, and I am always pleasantly surprised by the thoughtfulness of a few people here and there. As others have said, nurture a handful of friendships, and moderate your expectations. </div>
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Event: CRC's Women's Conference, #SHE.<br />
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<br />Cindy Saulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11963663315595302406noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3175325879240562430.post-20685884591813910832016-04-24T07:01:00.000+02:002016-04-26T09:49:50.378+02:00Twenty Five Bookish Facts About Me.<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<b>One</b>: Before I buy a book, I check out its rating on Goodreads first. If a book has a score over 4.0 I will probably buy it.<br />
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<b>Two</b>: I want to start a Book club or join one but I don’t like the pressure of having to read specifically something.</div>
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<b>Three:</b> I prefer paperbacks over hardbacks. Hardbacks look nicer on the bookshelf but paperbacks are easier to carry around and are more comfortable to read.</div>
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<b>Four:</b> I have never listened to an audio book.</div>
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<b>Five:</b> Believe it or not, I don't have a favorite genre. I like Contemporary Romance, Politics, Biographies, African fiction. I cannot decide which one.</div>
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<b>Six:</b> Talking about books on Twitter or basically any other social site is easy. But real life book talk? My brain turns to mush.</div>
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<b>Seven:</b> I read the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy three times. Christian Grey, hello?</div>
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<b>Eight</b>: I never snack or drink while reading a book. Keeping my books in good condition is important to me. Which brings me to my next point.</div>
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<b>Nine</b>: I won't lend my books to just anyone. Not if I can help it.<br />
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<b>Ten:</b> I don't go to the library. I should support my local library and my bank balance would thank me immensely, but I’m not big fan of borrowing books for some reason.<br />
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<b>Eleven:</b> I am obsessed with Book photography, I find it therapeutic to just look at pictures of bookshelves and books.<br />
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<b>Twelve:</b> I am morning reader. The silence, hello? I am usually awake by 5am reading a book. <br />
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<b>Thirteen</b>: I take book recommendations seriously. If you recommend a book to me, I will definitely check it out.<br />
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<b>Fourteen:</b> I prefer original book covers. I will never buy a book with a movie cover.<br />
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<b>Fifteen:</b> We all read for different reasons - reading for me is all about gaining perspective. I love to be taken away by books and encounter people and places I perhaps otherwise wouldn't in my day to day life<br />
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<b>Sixteen:</b> Book snobs are a pet peeve of mine..<br />
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<b>Seventeen:</b> Animal Farm, Lord of the Flies and Othello are the three books that have influenced the way I see people.<br />
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<b>Eighteen:</b>The more I love a book, the harder is it for me to watch the movie adaptation.<br />
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<b>Nineteen: </b>Too much description is a turn off for me. Maybe that's why I don't read Science Fiction</div>
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<b>Twenty:</b> I would prefer it if people don't lend me their books. I am a mood-reader, I read what I want, when I want to. I would hate to keep someone's book for a year. So please, I know you love your book and you think everyone should read it but please don't lend it to me.<br />
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<b>Twenty one:</b> I cannot remember the last time I didn't have anything to read.</div>
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<b>Twenty two: </b>I didn't cry when I read the Fault in Our Stars but I sobbed uncontrollably after I read Me Before You.</div>
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<b>Twenty three: </b> I will never read Mills and Moons or any of those cheap, tacky Romance Books. </div>
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<b>Twenty four:</b> I get the worst book hangovers. That feeling of sadness after you finish reading a book and leave a world that you were completely consumed by.<br />
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<b>Twenty five:</b> Lastly, I am guilty of judging books by their covers.<br />
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Do you have any interesting Bookish Facts about yourself? Please share them in the comment section. I like stuff like that. </div>
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Cindy Saulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11963663315595302406noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3175325879240562430.post-8226326215668064072016-03-04T19:40:00.000+02:002017-06-07T18:57:46.628+02:00The Only One: What You Noitce When You Are The Only Black Person In The Work Place.<span style="line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.6px;">I know we don’t experience things the same way so this may or may not resonate with you. We’re individuals in the end. This is not a criticism or an opinion piece, it is simply an observation. I don’t hate white people – although I recently I got so furious that I very nearly did, but that’s another story altogether. So white people, I don’t hate you. Here we go!</span></span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>1. The amount of time you say 'I don't know'</b>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23px;">No, I don't know this person. No I don't know that person. No I don't know that </span></span><span style="line-height: 23px;">musician</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23px;">. No I don't know that song. No I know that movie. No I don't know. No I don't know. No I don't know. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23px;"><br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>2. You are the only one who knows anything about the majority of uniquely SA culture.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I find it so bizarre that any South African can have no knowledge of Bonang Matheba, Our Perfect Wedding, black languages, terms like 'yellowbone' or 'Ben 10' and the growing power of socio-political SA twitter. It's <span style="font-family: inherit;">a bit weird</span> to know that before I even dare to talk about the AKA-Cassper saga, I first have to explain who Cassper and AKA are.</span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>3. Your hair becomes a frequent topic of discussion</b>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23px;">I don't mind people touching my hair but for the love of God, ask. I understand the curiosity with texture but no one should be touching anyone. Whether it's </span></span><span style="line-height: 23px;">their</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23px;"> hair or pregnant belly.</span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>4. You can’t get over how insular their world is.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 23px;">Every morning black person in the country wake up to work in fancy white-occupied suburbs or learning institutions and get intro</span><span style="line-height: 23px;">duced to two sides of the country. </span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 23px;"> Most white people in the country don’t experience the country the same way and this comes out whenever they speak about social-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 23px;">issues in the country. I’ve heard some teeth grinding, naive and downright ignorant , painful comments and even harsh trivialization of certain matters like the significance student protests. You realize how unaware are they of the lives of ordinary South Africans. You realize how much of their own world they digest because they only know their own languages and know their own heritage. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 23px;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>5. The unseemingly insensitive comments.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23px;">'You are not so black'. </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23px;">Yes, I am black. I am just not the </span></span><span style="line-height: 23px;">stereotype</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23px;"> floating in your head. Black people come from different backgrounds as do white people. Within the </span></span><span style="line-height: 23px;">community of black people there are differences</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23px;"> but </span></span><span style="line-height: 23px;">white</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23px;"> people have a tendency to see black and make general assumptions.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23px;"><br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>6. White people love dogs.</b> </span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 23px;">Black people treat dogs like pets. White people treat dogs like human beings. Every single day I am subjected to conversations about dogs as if we are talking about a child. I hope your life never depends on a white person choosing between you and a dog cause you'll be dead. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23px;"><b><br /></b></span></span><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23px;">7. You are constantly </span></span><span style="line-height: 23px;">surprised</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23px;"> by how little they understand about </span></span><span style="line-height: 23px;">their</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23px;"> </span></span><span style="line-height: 23px;">privilege</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23px;"><b> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23px;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.9px;">Whites have the privilege to ignore issues that haunt and hurt black people, iss</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23px;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.9px;">ues which black people cannot ignore. Yet because the privileged don’t have to think about these issues, many of them don’t—and working with whites who are blinded to their privilege is discouraging. White people view Slavery and Apartheid as 'something bad' that happened and something that black people need to get over. </span></span></span></span><span style="line-height: 23px;">When you work with white people you move between two worlds and you notice just how much racism has been institutionalized that most white people think it’s normal and thus okay.</span><br />
<span style="line-height: 23px;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>8. You constantly resist the overwhelming urge to explain.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23px;">I often wonder if I should give my colleagues some perspective on the impact of Apartheid and Slavery but I always choose not to because it has always been more important for me to listen to them. Apart from that, </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23px;">I don't want to play teacher to anyone that is not open to gaining some perspective. You cannot explain anything to someone that is in a defensive mode. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 23px;"><b>9. You constantly have to fight to renew your mind</b></span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 23px;">This is probably the hardest part of working with white people. Every single day I came across condescending white people with a superiority complex from hell and everyday I have to remind myself that not every white person is a jackass that needs to move to Australia. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">I analyse and intellectualize what I do not understand.<br style="line-height: 24px;" /><span style="line-height: 24px;">He says, </span><span style="line-height: 24px;"><b>I will give you peace beyond understanding.</b></span><br style="line-height: 24px;" /><span style="line-height: 24px;">I become angry and hard.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I created this blog so that it could also be an outlet for </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">creativity</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> I want to work on becoming more tech and graphic savvy myself. Currently I only use Picmonkey, but I would like to to throw myself into PhotoShop and InDesign. This will take long but I am committed to learning a new design skill every month. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">I also want most of the pictures that are on this blog to be pictures that were taken by me, this should be fun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I finally like how my blog looks so the design isn't a problem, however, things aren’t as consistent as they could be. Firstly, I need to get a domain name. Secondly, I want to get all my social media pages matching and come up with more consistent images and graphics for my blog.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I want to work with other bloggers but I've decided that I'm going to be more selective with what I take on from now on. Collaborations should be right for me and my blog otherwise it's going to be a no from me. When I do a collaboration it must be something that I believe I won't be doing anything I don't believe in wholeheartedly for numbers. From here on it's quality over quantity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Sometimes reading other people's goals can be a mirror, it's an opportunity to see what you need to work on, with that said, four other bloggers joined me in setting blog goals for 2016. Check out what these ladies had to say, you might just spot something that you need to work on.</span><br />
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Cindy Saulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11963663315595302406noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3175325879240562430.post-66110937290597672322016-01-09T19:26:00.000+02:002016-01-09T20:47:42.798+02:002016 reading list.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>A book that has been said is a tear-jerker</b></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;"><b>: </b>Me Before You by Jojo Moyes</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>A book about African-American history:</b> The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>A <span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">book that was originally written in a different language</span></b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;"><b>:</b> The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by S. Larsson.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="line-height: 24px;">A book by a popular author: </b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;">Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>A book by a favorite author</b></span><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;">: </b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;">Ask For It by Sylvia Day.</span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 34px;">Are you a reader ? What do you enjoy reading? </span></div>
Cindy Saulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11963663315595302406noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3175325879240562430.post-52166092023574363322016-01-03T18:28:00.000+02:002018-11-10T22:39:17.226+02:00Life goals.<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #e06666;">Travel the world.</span></b> Travel some more. Read books. Lots of books. Fall in love. Stay in love. Marry my best friend. Travel with him. Write a book. Never publish the book. Sing. Dance to no music. Learn a new language. Gain weight from eating through Europe. Attend Lagos Fashion Week. Have a baby. Have another baby. Have another baby. Maybe just three. Travel with my babies. Read bed-time stories to my babies. </span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b>Steal kisses from my husband</b></span>. Open a business. Write another book. Never publish the book. Visit art galleries with my love. Travel across Africa. Be honest. Make pancakes on Saturdays. Sit in coffee shops all day for the sake of people watching. Buy a house by the water. Open up our home. Grow a garden. Travel. Attend a </span>Hillsong<span style="font-family: inherit;"> conference in </span>Australia<span style="font-family: inherit;">. Go wedding dress shopping with my daughters. Go to little league games. Live out of my gut. Sleep under the stars. Get good at </span>pilates<span style="font-family: inherit;">. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b>Move to another city</b></span>. Start over. Stay. Meet the girls my sons love. Photograph what I see. Win a photo contest. Watch my husband become a grandfather. Spend my anniversary in London. Sell my business for profit. Invest in a start-up. Drink good red wine or bad red wine with people I love. Be more decisive. Take family adventures that may just be a walk to the park. Explore. Live with less. Swim with dolphins. Make lots of bread. Stop being afraid. Wear dresses more. Start a </span>travelling<span style="font-family: inherit;"> library. Ditch the TV. Kiss a lot. Start traditions. Keep traditions. Make cinnamon rolls for Christmas brunch. Say I'm sorry, I love you, I need you, I like you, I miss you. Cause sometimes they all mean the same thing.</span></div>
Cindy Saulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11963663315595302406noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3175325879240562430.post-91773657711502470872016-01-01T19:53:00.001+02:002016-01-01T19:53:20.696+02:00Happy New Year //Get back into blogging.<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 40px;">I’ve been telling myself that I wanted to start writing again, but I guess that it's really easy to not do something that you say you want to do. I would tell you the reason why I stopped blogging but I don't even remember why. What I know is that I've missed this space. There’s something about taking pictures and writing that I find incredibly relaxing and satisfying and that is pretty much why I am back. </span></span><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 40px;">I missed the routine, creative outlet and inspiration that blogging brings to my life. </span><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 40px;">For a split second I thought of creating a new blog all together because I left this space for so long but I that didn't feel right because this space still feels like home. With that sentiment in mind, I’m so excited to have this as my little place on the internet, I can’t wait to share with you what I'm learning and unlearning. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 40px;">xo Cindy.</span></span>Cindy Saulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11963663315595302406noreply@blogger.com16