Cultivating The Beautiful Life

Cultivating The Beautiful Life

Is that flutter what I think it is?

What I would do differently this time...

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Shaye Elliott
Jul 23, 2025
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I felt a flutter in my stomach. It was familiar and almost electric, sending little pulses down through my fingertips.

Was it the feeling of that second sourdough bagel I scarfed down without chewing properly?

Or was I, there in the Home Depot parking lot, feeling the flutters I’ve felt four times before, signaling new life growing in me?

Is my life going to change… again?

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