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Goldfish Kiss

A RAD BLOG BY REBEKAH STEEN.

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  • One year. Twelve thoughts.

    October 10, 2016December 12, 2018

    Levi just turned one. And I am sitting in a silent house, trying to wrap my brain around the past year. I wanted to do a week of posts all leading up to his birthday,

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  • No sunnies stand a chance when

    October 4, 2016December 12, 2018

    No sunnies stand a chance when they are in within reach of those little chubby hands.  And I love it.  Sunnies by Lespecs (under $60 impulse buy I had) Sweatshirt from Spiritual Gangster 

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  • The Baby Registry. Revisited.

    October 3, 2016December 12, 2018

    So Levi turns one this week, which has me going through a whirlwind of emotions, and reminiscing a bunch over all that’s happened in the past year. One thing in particular that makes me chuckle

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  • I have no clue how people

    August 26, 2016December 12, 2018

    I have no clue how people get so many pics with their kids looking at the camera and smiling.  Whenever I do, I swear it’s a miracle.  Take this one for instance. Here’s the play by

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  • Yup. Levi got a black pearl

    July 27, 2016December 12, 2018

    Yup. Levi got a black pearl. And yup. I definitely might be printing some of these out and framing them. If you’ve followed the blog for a while, you’ll know I am a huge fan

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  • New Mom Stuff

    June 25, 2016December 12, 2018

    Levi is eight months, actually almost nine…WHAT did I just write that!!?? I did. And I can’t believe it. He’s a little big butterball of belly laughs and I think he already has my sense

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  • Just Like Dad

    June 16, 2016December 12, 2018

    As much as I love sharing moments outside, at the beach, and doing cool stuff, I wanted to take a break and share one of life’s simplest joys for me – watching my Husband and

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  • Hanalei is a magical place. Ok

    June 8, 2016December 12, 2018

    Hanalei is a magical place. Ok anywhere on the North Shore of Kauai fits in that category. So, being able to take Levi to one of my favorite spots, well, it made my heart sing

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  • Suns out buns out. Kauai, I

    May 29, 2016December 12, 2018

    Suns out buns out. Kauai, I love you.

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  • A few more days till we’ll

    May 24, 2016December 12, 2018

    A few more days till we’ll be back on Kauai. And Levi has seriously doubled in size since this.  Time flies.  Thankfully, we’re the pilots. 

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  • Sometimes I like to keep my

    April 24, 2016December 12, 2018

    Sometimes I like to keep my favorite pics to myself. Then decide to share them a few months later, simply because they make my heart smile.  …and remind me of why naps are one of

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  • Momchella

    April 18, 2016December 12, 2018

    I just got back home from a quick work trip weekend in Palm Springs. Yup. Coachella was going on. And nope. I didn’t actually go to the festival. Or any concerts at all. But I

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  • Four months. Four thoughts.

    February 12, 2016December 12, 2018

    Somehow it’s already been four months with this little dude. Since my brain isn’t quite mush anymore, and it’s more like steel cut oats, I wanted to write about four thoughts I have about motherhood

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  • Oh Levi, I love your baby

    February 5, 2016December 12, 2018

    Oh Levi, I love your baby feet. Your feet are going to take you places. They are going to feel all kinds of earth, be wild, sandy, dirty and free. They are going to dance

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  • Levi and Lion

    January 11, 2016December 12, 2018

    So this is pretty cool.  Here’s my gem-of-a-friend, Rain, and I. The top pic is us at 7 months pregnant at our favorite beach, taken by Rain’s husband. (Which might be one of my favorite

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    Artist, fashion enthusiast with a small closet & massive fan of all things beach/nature
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    It’s rad jacket and Blublocker season, baby. 😎🧡 It’s rad jacket and Blublocker season, baby. 😎🧡
    Missing the ocean with every ounce of my soul, but Missing the ocean with every ounce of my soul, but it helps having a lake a few hours away that sure looks like an ocean. 🛶🐾❤️ 

Narrow cottage lined roads have the best light.✨💚

Hot mess status activated. 😎

 Glassy conditions, time for a swim. 

Stellar spot on the morning walk. ✌🏼☀️ #lakemichigan
    Here’s the last painting I did before I packed up Here’s the last painting I did before I packed up my office…and I haven’t touched a brush since. Feels weird, but the break helped get lots of ideas brewin’ now, too. 🎨🧡 Life’s a beach. Embrace the mess and get the tattoo. #goldfishkissart #watercolor #radart 

“Forever a beach” 8x8 watercolor on paper. It’s in le shop.
    Well, in life update news, we moved to Michigan. T Well, in life update news, we moved to Michigan. Two days after saying goodbye to Kili, I said bye to beach life, felt like a chapter of life I loved was slammed shut, and all the air and motivation was knocked out of me. Changes like this take time, and the idea of ever being truly settled in is a bit foreign to me. But, you just have to look for the little glimmers in ordinary days (what’s in all these pics), be present, get out and about, and choose joy while also giving those tears permission to flow. Ok, and say hi to every dog I can, while holding onto summer as long as I can, too. But I hear Fall is next level up here. 🧡

So, if you’ve been following me for a while, life’s taken us many places. I feel like I’m part chameleon and part lone wolf by now, and we will see what this new season brings. I have a feeling Lake Michigan and the upper peninsula will be my happy place, so hopefully we’ll make it out there a bunch. Life’s crazy. Wear a helmet and thank goodness for Facebook marketplace. And that I didn’t give away all my cold weather gear.
    Well, I had to say goodbye to my best four-legged Well, I had to say goodbye to my best four-legged friend, then to life at the beach in a matter of a few days. Life’s been heavy, full of random ugly cries, a bit of a blur, and my brain fog is at capacity, all while having one too many tabs open, too.

But I did manage to scribble down some journal thoughts before the move, and wanted to share. I love these things.

I’ll post a bunch of final beach pics and about life in our new location soon. But for now, I’m just taking it one day at a time.

Or in this case, page. Hope they’re somewhat legible. 🌊❤️‍🩹🖊️ #goldfishkisswriting #thoughts
    How do you sum up an incredible life in few slides How do you sum up an incredible life in few slides and words…I can’t. This loss is such a deep hurt, and the love is so pure. Kili pup, I miss you, and my heart is so damn heavy. Run wild, run free, soak up the sun, steal all the pizza, and find all the sticks and tennis balls, my best four legged friend. ❤️‍🩹🐾 

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