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What I Can’t Let Go Of:
Am I the only one?
The only one who gets giddy over numbers, patterns, and little hidden symmetries?
As we pulled into the driveway for a lake girls getaway — I paused.
10301
Do you see it?
It’s a palindrome!
It reads the same forwards and backwards, left to right and right to left.
A numerical mirror. A pattern that loops back to itself.
Like a word doing cartwheels.
And it struck me — what a perfect symbol for this weekend.
Friendships spanning five decades.
We’ve walked through joys, heartbreaks, raising families, building careers, shifting dreams.
Sometimes we’ve come at things from opposite sides — different opinions, different paths —
yet we always meet back in the middle.
Rooted in shared values, buoyed by laughter, strengthened by listening and learning from each other.
Isn’t that the beauty of a palindrome?
No matter which direction you travel, you find common ground.
It’s a reminder — in friendship, in community, even in our country — that there’s power in pausing to see from another’s angle, in choosing connection over division.
This weekend, under the number 10301, we’re celebrating that symmetry.
Here’s to the beauty of palindromes — and the even greater beauty of friendships that always bring us back to one another.
May we all look for the symmetry, the common ground, and the joy of meeting in the middle.
On the Blog This Week
Thrift Flip: Adorable Toddler Stool
You won’t believe how this $5 garage sale find turned into the sweetest 1st birthday gift for our grand baby!
And very easy too!
Great Shares From My Girls!
Cutest Set!
One of my girls showed up this weekend with this outfit — so easy, so polished and the fabric is super, super comfy!
And available in a multitude of colors.
Love the sleeveless set, and there is a short sleeve set (that Kathy bought in red — perfect for watch parties!) and the long sleeve version has full-length pants.
I am enjoying a weekend celebrating decades of friendship, all the memories, talking through current struggles, laughing at stories ad stumbles and laying out plans for future shenanigans.
I hope you’re enjoying your weekend, perhaps filled with friendship and laughter as well. Thanks for hanging out with me a bit,
