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Taken

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This post was supposed to be all about that wedding day... the duchess and Duke of Dublin uniting their hearts in front of family and friends. But life took a different, tumbling and painful turn. The greatest joy of marrying the love of my life was followed by the greatest sorrow of losing my FIRST love of my life, my sweet baby boy Tyson, who on July 26 passed away from cancer at 11 years old. It was late in the evening when he fell asleep in my arms and the world around me fell apart, leaving behind a dark, gaping, screaming hole that burrowed itself down deep in my chest... Grief. A feeling I have never felt before but been terrified of, has taken me as its host, clinging on to my ribcage, brooding in the dark, feeding on my soul. I cant believe he is gone. Set fire to the world!!!... I want him back! Do what you want to me but please give him back!  Who am I without you?... Everything happens for a reason - Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance.  I have had to...
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Pre Wedding Extravaganza Eleganza

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What would a hen do if a hen-do do a hen? I don´t know to be honest. What would a hen do? Why are they doing anything about it? And why the heck are hens even involved at all? A HEN is a name given to the female of any species of bird, and ´bird´ is a "complimentary" word used for female humans, and the DO after the HEN is a party or other social event. So, what came first, the hen do or Eleanore Roosevelt? You are absolutely right; It was the First Lady. She was the one who used the term ´hen party´ when she threw a Christmas party and only invited her gal pals. Beloved child carries many names (Swedish saying) - Hen-do, hen party, bachelorette party, Junggesellinnenpartynnenparty (try saying the last one fast 4 times) and has been around since the mid-19th century. People during this time felt the need to start partying differently (with people, I mean men). They wanted to spend even more time with other men than they already were. The women, however, weren´t hoopla-hoo del...
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Put your best face on

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Makeup is so much fun. I absolutely love it. Being in the theatre world most of my life, I know the magic and transformation that can be created with your face as the blank canvas and you the artist. Who do you want to be today? Whomever you want, my dear. From giving my friends at school gross scars on their faces during recess as a youngster to fabulozo, over the top drag glam on stage and photoshoot artism in my business career - Makeup is a wonderland for me that never bores.  Since I have done my own makeup for almost 25 years, I am my own expert, so when I decided to hire a makeup artist for my wedding it was with a lot of after-thought. I mean, who knows my face better than myself? I fell for the norm of having someone else doing my makeup and came to deeply regret that choice.  Finding a makeup artist is easy, finding a good one... well, I trusted the reviews, the persons' education and highlights from their career. But when I was done and all dolled up, I looked like ...
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A Piece of Paper with an Abstract Noun

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 I am of course talking about the wedding invitations.  Invented by the rich in collaboration with calligraphy savvy monks in the 1600s, this way of communicating the day of all days is still going strong and speaking for myself, there is something special about sending a personal, physical letter. Now, society's rich and the men of God were not first with inventing the actual invite... that started a little earlier... about 200 years earlier and evolved from there. 1400s - the town crier announced the marriage. Most people could not read or write during this time, so you paid a vocally strong person to get out in the town and yell to people that you are getting married, and anyone who heard this was welcome to come.  In today´s society, this is inconvenient because: A - The person is screaming (a lot of things can be going on there) B - Anyone can come... Do we really want that? C - Who will hear him through the songs in peoples heads? 1600s  - Newspaper announcemen...
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It is all Queen Victoria's fault

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 So, I am blaming a royal for doing something. What did she do? What was that something that was her fault, that shook the continental plates all over the globe?... I will tell you now. In 1840,  Queen Victoria chose to break fashion law, to not wear the traditional coronation robes when she married her cousin, Prince Albert... Instead, she chose (listen to this). she chose to wear a white dress. It was all over the newspapers around the world, a sensation. She was the top celebrity at the time and women just had to have her look and has been copied ever since. The colour white ha d upon this point represented virginity and purity but after the queens' coup, white now came to symbolize  wealth and status, and who does not want to look like a million bucks on their wedding day? I absolutely do! So, today it arrived... ordered online and it is absolutely stunning... Too bad you cannot see it just yet.  I took a big risk ordering a tailormade, fit for a queen, dress on...
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What did the flower say to the other flower?

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We all know that flora can speak, and if you did not know this - now you know!  Even one of my all-time favourite scary movie-makers M Night Shyamalamahaan has shown this in The Happening (love, love, love). Their language is far too complex for us Homo Sapiens to understand, but that has not stopped us from creating a language for them but for us to use ourselves. This is called  Floriography -  the art of communicating through different types of flowers. Giving flowers to someone on different occasions most of us has done at some point in our lives. To celebrate, to apologize... to say goodbye... But I had never thought about Floriography when I have purchased or picked my bouquets... I had only gone by their looks. What if the flowers I have given away has communicated something other than what I had in mind? Maybe I have been rude without knowing it, or declared an emotion I definitely did not mean to convey? There are flowers out there that suit certain situations o...
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BREAKING NEWS

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BREAKING NEWS The Duchess of Dublin is marrying her Prince Charming!                                           "I am beyond happy" It was just now that the couple announced their engagement on social media. The wedding, that is to be held summer of next year is believed to be ONE of many other weddings in 2022. A close source to the couple says it is going to be enchanted and over the top. "No expenses spared for these 2 lovey, dovey hummingbirds." The Duchess and Prince Charming are living together with their dog Tyson Featherbottom III in central Dublin and have been going steady for several years now. Preparations are underway in full 1920´s swing and will have the under- middle and overtones of le Classique elegance that will tempt the senses. The planning is way on the way for their over-the-top jamboree and the couple are very excited for a great year to co...
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