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Corey Wheeland

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in Fort Wayne, Indiana, The United States

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Corey Wheeland is the creator of The Nostalgia Diaries, a blog filled with tug-at-your-heart essays about motherhood, navigating a new life, and discovering ways to fall back in love with who you are. Those essays—her Everyday Nostalgia series—led to the creation of her new book, Blessed, Beautiful Now. Her writing has been featured on Motherly, Today's Parent, Red Tricycle, and other online publications.

Corey lives in Colorado with her daughter, Zoey, her husband, Steve, and their lovable Rhodesian Ridegback, Summer. She's determined to spend the rest of her days living creatively and colorfully, all the while drinking cinnamon green tea, listening to good music, and soaking up as much sunshine as she can. ...more

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Everything seemed fine this morning – really, it did: The sun was shining as my daughter bounded out of her room and straight into the bathroom to begin getting ready for the day. She ate a good breakfast and got dressed in her free-dress clothes. […]

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Blessed, Beautiful Now: How I Embraced The Present By Celebrating My Past And Learned to Love Life Again

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Little One: A Novel

by Olivia Muenter (Goodreads Author)

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Good People: A Novel

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“Let’s keep handing out love and compassion and kindness, and let’s do this with more than just our words: Let’s do it with our actions.”
― Corey Wheeland, Blessed, Beautiful Now: How I Embraced The Present By Celebrating My Past And Learned to Love Life Again

tags: compassion, compassion-quotes, love, take-action

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“Isn't that how the world is going to change? By each of us putting ourselves out there, facing despair, and taking care of one another?”
― Corey Wheeland, Blessed, Beautiful Now: How I Embraced The Present By Celebrating My Past And Learned to Love Life Again

tags: change, change-the-world, change-the-world-quotes, despair, hope, take-care

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“If we want to have a fighting chance at changing everything for the better, it’s important we always remember to take care of one another. It’s important that we keep showing up, offering solutions, and simply keep trying.”
― Corey Wheeland, Blessed, Beautiful Now: How I Embraced The Present By Celebrating My Past And Learned to Love Life Again

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Corey’s Quotes

“I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass.”
― maya angelou

tags: humor, inspirational, life

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“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.”
― Maya Angelou

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“If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?”
― Maya Angelou

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“Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.”
― Maya Angelou

tags: love

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“If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform a million realities.”
― Maya Angelou, Poems