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So if you don’t follow me on Instagram, and you haven’t requested the inside scoop via email subscription, you have NO idea what my journey here in Rome has looked like! #sorrynotsorry I guess? As an older millennial (you have no idea how hard it is for me to say that smh) I am fromContinue reading TahiraROMA: the series
Sooo today officially marks my 4 year anni at Vive Church… Jon invited my family for a “surprise cameo.” We didn’t know he would be performing… only that it was important to him that we were all there.
A couple weeks ago, my french friend Annelies gave me the tallest and most beautiful sunflower I have ever seen. Before I knew it was mine, my heart locked eyes with it, standing on its own spine, shining brightly in the corner of our favorite coffee shop. Something innately sparked within my heart. There areContinue reading TahiraROMA: vol. 10
When in Rome…DO as the Romans do… What does that even mean in modern day Rome? And who are these Romans you might ask? Of all the various cities I have visited in my short life, I have never met a city so inundated with cultural complexities. The disparities between the young and old, localContinue reading TahiraROMA: vol. 9
*sidebar* I started working out again… which shouldn’t have been such a big deal, but for years I had been struggling with an assortment of setbacks. When it comes to full disclosure, there is no better time like the present. The last time I was in a good place with my physical health and wellness, IContinue reading TahiraROMA: vol. 8
This is my kinda city… The Good with the Bad kinda city . The Day with Night Young with Old Love with the Fight kinda city . This is my kinda city… The Drunken Dough with Pomodoro kinda city . The Mounts with Seas Grit with Grace Sun with the Breeze kinda city . ThisContinue reading This is my kinda city…
//SHIFT//The changing of the season… It is easy to assume and just as easy to forget the universal truth that seasons change. Even in sunny California, sunshine is brightest after a long bought of rain clouds. A perfectly still day in Chicago is breathtaking after the insistent winter wind. With no rain, there is noContinue reading TahiraROMA: vol. 7
Word of the day//month//season:F E D E Fede // Faith This is old news to some and new news to others…
Let me tell you a story… August 2008 – Summer Olympics Recent Graduate of University Underwhelmed New Teacher’s Assistant in a Kindergarten classroom New (347) number, anticipating my move to New York I just wanted to run…
Primo Mese in Italia I am not sure when my vacationing ended and my residency began… but somewhere between my mother heading back to states, moving out of my hotel and into an apartment and settling into the time change with scheduled walks with the pup, somehow I live here now! In moments it feelsContinue reading TahiraROMA: vol. 4
Benita…oh how I love her. If you are just getting to know me in the last 5 years, you may not have ever known that Benita and I are living in a NEW wine kinda relationship… This love is still honeymoon status! lol… For context, I was brought back to my earlier years while inContinue reading TahiraROMA: vol. 3
