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I recently came across this company called Artifact Uprising from different bloggers that used them for their photo book services.  I signed up for their mailing list because I wanted to try using them the next time I made a photobook.  Then, recently, I got one of their promotional emails that really inspired me.  There has never been a promotional email that has impressed me as much as this one did with their lovely and timely prose.  I thought I'd share what they wrote as it's fitting for those that are into setting resolutions around this time of year.  Just their branding is inspirational too - to me, it means you're elevating a piece of meaningful history.  Here's their email (with my commentary in parens): In Reflection... May quiet contentment find you.  In all you have evolved in and in all you cannot change.  For we know the gratitude for the past grants us permission to look ahead.  (Whoa - quiet contentment, um, yes...and appreciating the past in order t

You would think that being pregnant again would be just like getting on a bike again.  It should be relatively the same experience, right?  Nope.  I don't know if it's because I was 3 years older, pregnant with the opposite sex, or what, but my second pregnancy was much suckier. 1. Right off the bat, I finally got to experience "morning sickness" this time around.  It wasn't extreme, but it was not enjoyable.  Even with my mild case of it, I can now understand how having it can give you a sense of despair and loneliness.  Not to be overly dramatic, but food is such a social activity that brings happiness and people together.  Without it, a lot of happiness was sucked out of my life. 2. I also didn't wear the same maternity clothes as last time.  There were three dresses that I wore in my last pregnancy that I wore on repeat, but even though I was experiencing the same seasons in this pregnancy, I just wanted to wear different clothes.  Perhaps it's als