Category: Antonique
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11 Facts About Antonique
We both decided to make posts about ourselves so you can get to know us a little better. And I know all of these items may not fit perfectly in the ‘unique’ bucket, but… I was a vegetarian for nine years, and I’ve been a pescatarian for the last six years. I love to…
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The Truth About Our Marriage: An Interview with my Husband
So I’m pretty much a hopeless romantic. Instead of making a sappy post, I thought I’d do something different and interview my husband. What attracted you to me? You were beautiful, interesting, and a Christian. You weren’t shallow and had dimensions to you that made me want to keep learning about you. Still the same? Yeah,…
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The Truth About Getting Help
This post is close to my heart and so necessary in today’s society. Many people try to paint the perfect life through social media and act like they have no issues. I thought it was refreshing when Chrissy Teigen shared her struggle with post-partum depression and unmasked some of her insecurities. We need to reduce the stigma…
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7 Tips for Maintaining a Positive Attitude
I can definitely relate to Langston Hughes’ poem Mother to Son because, “Life for me [truly] ain’t been no crystal stair.” In my twenty-seven years on this earth, I’ve been up, I’ve been down, I’ve had good times, and I’ve had some pretty tough times. In the last few years or so I’ve had no…
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Current Summer Reading List
It’s been too long! I decided not to blog during my first year of law school, but I’m thrilled to be back. I recently began my summer internship. While that is exciting, I’m looking forward to spending my time outside of work reading, relaxing, traveling, catching up with friends, and taking care of business. Below, I’ve listed…
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Devotional 2 – Genesis 3-10 True Freedom
After reading these scriptures over and over again, the common theme that sticks out to me is the destructiveness of sin and the way God handles it. These scriptures reminded me of the separation and how sin keeps me from doing the will of the Lord. The enemy uses various techniques to pull us into…
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How to Make Sense of Grief
A few weeks ago, I lost someone close to me, my mommy’s older brother, my Uncle William. The day I found out, I went to my dad’s house crying and selfishly woke him letting him know that my uncle had passed and that I was overcome by grief. We’ve lost too many in the Clark…
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Summer 16 Book List
I took a few weeks off of work before starting law school to get my life ‘together’ before school starts. We had a massive water leak in our house a while back and the work has yet to start. We recently moved into an apartment until the work is complete and life is slowly starting…
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Honestly…
I remember from my childhood very vividly my dad wearing a shirt with a crane on the back of it. Inside of the crane’s mouth was a frog with its hands wrapped around the crane’s neck that refused to be swallowed. That resonated with me throughout the years. It was a testament to my parents’…
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Unapologetically Me: 2016
Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful brown-skinned girl who dreamed of being an explorer and donning rainbow colored hair. That girl had dreams out of this world and knew she would achieve them. She had all the love and validation she needed from God and her parents. She had pretty amazing friends with…
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