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  • Love Where You’ve Been with a State Necklace

    Love Where You’ve Been with a State Necklace

    I received the State Necklace in exchange for this post. All thoughts are my honest opinions.

    Change is hard. You can love adventure but still fear change. Learning to love where we have come from, can help us embrace change and love where we are headed. 

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    Have you ever been asked the question “Where are you from?” Surely we’ve all heard this at one point or another. I’ve heard it quite frequently in my life, and for the longest time, I didn’t know how to answer. Where was I from?

    I was born in Utah, raised in New Hampshire, and moved back to Utah for High School. We then spent a year in North Dakota and have now been in Indiana for a full year. Am I a Utahn because that is where I was born and have spent the majority of my 30 years? Or am I from New Hampshire because that is where my core memories were made as a child. Do people want to know where I was from most recently, in which case I tell them North Dakota, or do they want to know where I am currently from – Indiana.  

    This year has been one of self-love for myself. Learning that who I am is OK. I don’t need to be what anyone else wants. I don’t even need to be what I think I should be. I just need to be me. Who I am is Adelina. A traveler of states.  

    So when people ask me where I’m from these days, and they have time to listen, I tell them “a little bit of everywhere.” I’ll still pick a state or 2 if they’re not truly interested. Those who want to know me, though, will listen as I tell them of my travels. The 50 acres of woodland I grew up on, and the man I met while attending Snow College in Ephraim, UT are all a part of my story.

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    I’m not a big jewelry wearer, but there are a few key pieces I adore. A pearl necklace for nice outings and my state necklaces from Cents of Style. They have a simple chain containing a bar with the state name and longitude/latitude.  The State Necklace speaks to who I am at my core. It’s not just the places that have shaped who I am, but the people and memories contained within those states. My flower garden in Utah, and my childhood BFF in New Hampshire. 

    I no longer wonder who I am. I know because of where I’ve been.

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    If you love these necklaces as much as I do, you can purchase them from Cents of Style.

  • Secrests Revealed: Modest Dresses for Little Girls

    Secrests Revealed: Modest Dresses for Little Girls

    I’m often asked where we buy modest dresses for our girls. With so many short short clothes, and dresses that are more like a shirt, it can be hard! We have a little secret, though, and I’m going to share it with you!
     

    I’ve mentioned before how hard it is to find decent, modest, age appropriate clothing for little girls.  So many trends tend to be making everything as short as possible and showing as much skin as possible.  Although I don’t care for that trend on anyone, I especially have issues with it for small children.

    Last spring Mark took Princess R out for a little special time. They came home excited to show me the new dress they bought her. I pulled it out of the bag and fell in love with the design pattern. Where did you find this gem, I wanted to know!

    Then the confession.

    It was actually a shirt. Size 6 to be precise. From the young girls section. Princess R at the time was only 2 years old. Now I really was impressed. I would never have thought to purchase a shirt many sizes too large, and use it as a dress. She’s almost 4 (now almost 6!) and it still fits beautifully! 

    The fit was perfect. It has never looked like a shirt when she wears it. I could hand it to the older girls and see what it looks like as a shirt, but I would rather continue seeing it as a dress. I guess when she gets older it will eventually become a shirt, but for now, it’s the cutest dress she owns.

    Out of all our girls dresses, this one gets by far the most compliments and questions on where we found it.

    So….Now You Know!

    Where do you find modest dresses for little girls?