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A god damn decade...

A god damn decade...

10 years ago and 2 of the best decisions of my life.

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Vanessa Rose Lima
Aug 22, 2024
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10 years ago today I walked out of my corporate job and adopted my rock, my pup, my Nola girl on the same day.

As I sit here as an adult child in the backyard of my parents beach house watching my daughter waddle around as her grandma chases her, I cannot, simply cannot believe how time is an absolute thief.

Changes, shifts, births, deaths, so many have …

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