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Sep 19

Sep 19 What the hell is a toner?

Kendra Hardesty

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I was trying to find a photo to show my daughter of Norte Dame. I found this one from my first trip in 1996 to Paris. Or in my daughter’s mind when Norte Dame was first built. 😜

Rummaging through old travel photos created such a deep appreciation for this life. What a big blessed life of friends, apparently an abundance of food and drink, waterfalls, boyfriends, more waterfalls, babies and travel.

A psychic once told me that my father, who was murdered when I was 16, would reach out to me through music and places of prayer. I didn’t quite know what that meant but I made a point when traveling to go too every place he ever mentioned to me. He was an man of the world. He was not a family man but, he was a Renaissance, nee borderline Eurotrash, playboy.

In Norte Dame I lit a candle for him. As I lit the candle I was acutely aware of light and sound changing in the cathedral, goosebumps rose from my arms and I started to cry. Was it him? Did it matter?
What mattered most is he instilled in me a passion to see the world. To receive the joy of savoring the moment as you do when traveling. The gift that being out in the world offers in creating reverence for the earth. The ability travel has to help us breakdown fixed ways we see ourselves and others.

Thank you to all the sacred places we live among. May you see and feel them all.❤️🙏 #travel #nortedame #paris #womentravelers #solotravels #idreamofthe90s #justgo #theworldisyours

My Prius has been in the shop multiple times for electrical warranties. I was excited to buy a Prius. I had wanted one for awhile, but it really hasn’t been lighting me up like I thought it would.

AutoNation offered a rental for the week while repairs are being done .
When the rental car dude let me know all he had were minivans and pick up trucks I said “Mama wants a pick up.” I am alive in a whole new way. It’s big, American and a truck. The experience of this vehicle is unlike anything I’ve every been open to in life. I am birthing some new curiosities about myself. #ilovemytruck #ivearrived #yesbosslady #igotthat #hauling
#fullon #outtamyway #heylady #keepontruckin

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