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Living A Passionate Life
I found myself thinking a lot today about how to live a passionate life. Not just how to nurture our passions but how to live a life with passion. A life that is loud and vibrant. One that is filled with our dreams. How to take the ordinary life we’ve been given and make it extraordinary.…
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A Wahine Wednesday Christmas Morning
Christmas fell on a Wednesday this year. Luckily none of us have little ones at home that require waking up at 6am to start the Christmas festivities. In fact, my teenagers requested not being woken up until 10. That is why I can even be sitting at this computer. I am not sure if this…
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Three Surf Wahines on Wednesday 41
Here are the three wahines that paddled out for this 41st Wahine Wednesday. The sky was breath taking today as it has been the past few days. The soft pink and blue that cast a gentle light on the faces in the line up. The still air that held the glass on the waves in…
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More Than A Surfer
When Tiare and I started Wahine Wednesdays all those months ago, coming up with a name was challenging. We originally called it 52 Wednesdays because this was our goal. To surf every Wednesday for a year…52 Wednesdays. But when looking to start the blog, 52 Wednesdays was taken. We tossed many ideas back and forth…
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A Thankful Wahine
Today was one of those days where gratitude washes over me. The impending holiday where the sole purpose is to pause and give thanks tends to do that to people. Well I am thankful. Thankful for a life with incredible blessings. Not that it is perfect by any stretch. My life is pretty simple.…
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What A Stingray Had To Remind Me
Today is Wahine Wednesday. The 35th Wednesday on our road to 52. And, ya know, sometimes things just don’t go as planned. On the way to my plan of surfing this 35th Wednesday, I was stung by a stingray. An occupational hazard when you are a surfer. Tiare had actually been stung on Monday. How…
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Joy Through Pain
The day before yesterday was the 2nd anniversary of the deadly shooting at Salon Meritage in Seal Beach where 8 people had their lives senselessly taken from them. Seal Beach of all places. The sleepy little surf town that has been my home and safe haven for 16 years. October 12, 2011 was a…
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The Importance of Slowing Down
Surfing is all about where your mind is. To surf, your mind definitely has to be in the game. Today, I am not sure where my mind was. It was distracted, not concentrating on the task at hand. Wait . . . I take that back. I know exactly where it was. It was…