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Chicken wings! I’ve been following you since you were a member of the Project Life creative team. I enjoyed reading this post -- I enjoy personal, meandering, processing emotions writing more than business-y influencer writing. I’m on board with what your husband said: write should feel fun for you.

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Yay! Someone got to the end of my 2,000-word essay! Thanks so much for your encouragement, and wow, I'm so humbled that you're still reading along. Thank you!

Ronnie xo

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Chicken wings. I read Life without Cameron having no idea how much it would help in my own grief years later. Friend of Mary and Peter.

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That's so beautiful to know, Gillian. Thank you.

Ronnie xo

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Chicken wings! I am so glad I went looking for "pink ronnie" just as you are starting this chapter :-)

Korien (in South Africa)

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What serendipitous timing! So glad you are here, Korien.

Ronnie xo

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Chicken Wings, and a Hello from Germany through time and space!

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Oh Johanna, I'm so chuffed that you are here! I still have comments from you filed away in my emails from 2012! :)

Ronnie xo

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That's … 11 years ago! Crazy. (Also, the age of my oldest son – the younger one is 7 now.) Along for the ride, Ronnie! :)

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Wow, that's amazing, Johanna. We're truly into a different season of life now, aren't we? Hope we can share a bit of it together.

Ronnie xo

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It's so wonderful to read your writing again. Sometimes we try to find answers to our problems some everyone but the closest people to us. Thank you coming back to writing and publishing.

Oh, and chicken wings?

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Thanks Al! Appreciate you being here and for your encouragement! Chicken wings forever!

Ronnie xo

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CHICKEN WINGS!!! This is actually hilarious because my 9 year old loves to randomly shout "chicken wings" ... so I loved that you picked this. Been reading along since the Pink Ronnie 2.0 days... LOVE EVERYTHING your write so I cannot wait for your niche to be "what interests me" rather than one set topic. Welcome back to a place where you feel freedom to write

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Thank you soooo much, Claire! It sure is energising to feel that freedom again. I actually look forward to the thought of writing now, rather than dreading it. Also, please tell your 9 year old I am on the same page!! Haha. Chicken wings have always been my favourite food, so that naturally just popped into my mind first. :)

Ronnie xo

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Spicy chicken wings also acceptable? Yaaay for 3.0!! Exited for new posts! :D

Also, loved to and fun to read about the whole journey from 1.0 to 3.0 in short :)

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Yes, spicy wings shall be accepted. So great to have you here, Sophia!

Ronnie xo

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Chicken wings. 😊 I’m actually brand new to your writing so I appreciate the overview. I find myself in a somewhat similar place…blogging since 2005, mostly about our homeschool journey punctuated by my enjoyment of photography. I’ve put it down and picked it up again multiple times over the years and now I’m in a place where I want to pick it up to explore this midlife phase now that my kids are young adults and see where that takes me. Looking forward to reading more!

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Welcome Stephanie! Wow, so lovely to have a brand new reader! You're a step ahead of me with the young adults. Would be interested in reading about your journey. Thanks for dropping by!

Ronnie xo

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Chicken wings! I love your writing and I don't care about niches either. I will read whatever topic you choose to write about!

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Hello Kym! Oh, you are too kind. Thanks for being here!

Ronnie xo

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Chicken wings ! I'm so glad you're back ! And for fun ! Your husband's right of course, and I could have told you that years ago if I'd known you needed to hear it😉. It was pretty clear both in your writing and in your off-and-on relationship with it all, but sometimes it's so much easier to see others clearly than oneself🤷🏻‍♀️. Anyway ❤️,

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Hi Charlotta, thank you! I'm so amazed and appreciative of readers like you who've followed my journey for so long and who've stuck around even when I didn't really know what I was doing. I guess I'm still figuring that out in a way, but I'm here to write about it along the way. :) So happy to have you here!

Ronnie xo

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None of us know what we're doing😜😄. And whatever it is that you're actually doing it's always beautiful, heartfelt and interesting and I love following along! Happy to be here !

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You are the kindest, Charlotta! Thank you!

Ronnie xo

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Mar 3, 2023Liked by Rhonda Mason

Forgot to say that I love this piece. From a former law student gone graphic designer/Web designer who totally customised their blog (on Blogspot though) gone teachers to another😉...

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