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May 2Liked by Karen Esbenshade

Great reflection, Karen. I, too, have splashes of taupe in my home.😊

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Taupe is such an easy color to work with. Shopping the accessories with the accent colors will be fun! It’s always nice to hear from you. Thank you!

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May 1Liked by Karen Esbenshade

Oh, this is such a beautiful piece. Your waterfront home sounds magical. ✨Through your words I can feel and recall the seasons of change in my life….they felt so messy as I moved through them…but so much beauty was found on the other side… Thank you for sharing your journey with so much authenticity and vulnerability. 🫶💖😘

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It is definitely through the messiness in life that we appreciate the true beauty. I am looking forward to following your journey of motherhood🥰

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May 2·edited May 2Liked by Karen Esbenshade

So true! Happy and honored to be on this journey with you! 💖

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My daughter lives in Florida!

I love how you tie these both together. I did the same when I joined Substack and now I need to clean house a bit and get back to the reason I joined which was to spread my message not feed my ego with comments and followers, obsessing about the subscriber numbers.

I too have a kitchen remodelling in June 😬. I’m looking forward to the finished project but definitely not the process 😫

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Wow your daughters in Florida, small world. I will PM to ask her whereabouts and what she is up to!

We will see how my remodel ties into my writing. I am having fun weaving the stories together so that's a plus. Hopefully it will garner some interest. As far as our egos, let's try to ignore them. There is definitely no way to get our message seen unless we get obnoxious, which I am a more reserved personality. So there in lies my problem!

Just follow along on my remodel and you can learn from my mistakes!

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Hi Karen! I also live in Florida--in Venice, on the southwest coast. Where are you building your beautiful home?

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I am familiar with Venice Beach. I love the gulf coast communities. We are central Florida but the remodel is in Maryland (on the Delaware line).

Looking forward to getting to know you through your writing!

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