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10 years..

Friends. 

It's been 10 years since I created southernatheart. 

10 whole years. 

I remember sitting in our little cottage in Southern California logging in and creating this blog like it was yesterday. 

I've always had a passion to write. 
I have piles of journals from my teen years and early 20s. 
Writing has been and still is therapeutic for my soul. 
Whether it's pen to paper in a journal, a blog post or like the most recent years a post on Instagram. 
It's how I express myself and my thoughts best. 
Documenting life through the good times and hard. 


These past three years I've simply ignored my blog because I lost the desire and all the extra time to sit and write. 

Something stirred inside me recently and that was to log back in and get this thing going again. 

I don't know what it's going to look like, nor can I tell you what to expect here but we'll figure that out as we go. 

Exciting things are happening I expect this blog along with Instagram to be part of them. 

So, happy 10 years to this. 

From the newly married young woman who resided in Southern California and had a passion to write and spread joy to the 30 something happily married woman with four babies on her hip living out her dreams in Tennessee. 

What a journey it's been. 

Thanks for being here. 

Stay tuned!

Xo-
Nikki 


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