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10 Things You Need to Know About Me

March 23, 2018 6,580 Comments
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  • I am hopelessly in love with my husband.  Seriously.  Sometimes people laugh at us.  We have been together for nearly 17 years and our dating life had our families concerned (for good reason) about the viability of our nuptials. But – we truly are best friends and our marriage is my favorite!
  • Austin (20), Alexa (11) and Nixon (8) are God’s greatest blessings to me.  One of the things I am most excited about sharing with you, is the wondrous gifts that are my children.
  • I grew up on a farm.  My whole life I hated it and couldn’t wait to move to the city.  While I am a city girl at heart, as I have gotten older, I have learned to love and appreciate the things that farm life, deeply connected family, and community, have taught me.
  • Coffee, chocolate and wine do nothing for me.  Chai lattes and Dr. Pepper however, are the things that get me through.  At this point in my life I am a “2 chai a day-er” (7:30am and 3:00pm coinciding with journal time) and I have a Dr. Pepper every day at 10:30am. I have just decided to be ok with the dependencies …and that I don’t like wine.
  • I am a rule follower.  Until I am not.  Then I usually break the rules in a big way. *More on this to come throughout my blogging adventure.
  • I meet people in the strangest of manners and in the strangest of places!  In fact, you may be one of them!  Strangers become friends quickly and it is one faucet of my life that I really dig.  I love stories and I love people.  I can’t wait to share both with you.
  • These 3 things have the ability to alter the course of my whole day.  A 30 minute walk, a 30 minute journal session with God and a 3 minute set of intentions (3 things I am proud of myself for, 3 things I forgive myself for, 3 things I commit to myself).  I do these #everydamnday.  They are my daily game changers.
  • Love, Layna is the brainchild of 3 of my very best friends.  Ashley, Reva and Sarah.  In fact, the Love, Layna name is all Reva.  They know me better, love me deeper, and see me clearer than most.  I am free to be open, honest, flawed vulnerable, and lovable with them.  Sometimes all at the same time! They are the reason I am sharing my life with you in this way. These three women are powerhouses in their own right, and together they are like pure magic.
  • I am not a brand snob in general, but when it comes to jeans and purses I most definitely am.  I only carry designer handbags.  Louis Vuitton, Prada, Gucci, Tory Burch.  I started my love affair with designer jeans when I read that Cameron Diaz favored Seven For All Mankind jeans (many, many years ago).  I went to the ends of the earth (and bottom of my piggy bank) to get a pair and my life was changed.  My current favs are AG & Mother.  A good pair of jeans is worth the investment. And a hot purse who can deny?!?!
  • “Loving” is a word I hear others use to describe me often.  But this has not been the case for most of my life.  It is only in the last few years that I have been on a journey of learning that there is lots to love about me and have been finding my way to loving myself.  I have also been learning that it is from this place, that I am able to share my excess love with the world around me.  It is through this process that I find the very truest form of myself.
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Layna Haley is a force.  It's a single word that so aptly describes who she is because it's one word that can encompass so many things.  Layna Haley became a Mom at 16 years old.  She knows what it means to struggle, learn, teach, nurture and at the same time developing her own self identity.  She's "Mom" to 3 now, a wife, an entrepreneur with a mission to give back.  Her own journey pushed her towards creating a way to break through and help single Moms who are struggling.  She started Kaleo Collective with a mission to help single mothers create a safe, stable home life, and the opportunity to realize HER full potential which  allows her to help her CHILDREN realize theirs. Kaleo Collective comes alongside and offer community, compassion, encouragement and practical help, though their unique single mom focused programs. 

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“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” ~Maya Angelou
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    My life story was defined July 9, 1997 when this p My life story was defined July 9, 1997 when this precious baby was welcomed into my 16 year old arms; every choice after, defined by his existence. 💞 I am everything I am today because of my choice to say yes to being his mommy. Not a choice I made lightly. Not a choice that wasn’t without pain. Not a choice I have ever regret. 👱🏽‍♀️👶🏼
His smile makes my day, and he makes me laugh until my cheeks hurt, he has taught me about unconditional love, the number of ways you can try to steal your neighbour’s wifi when you are 15 and that brakes are not meant for BMX bikes. 🚲 
Thanks for a lifetime of memories and always being willing to go on a date with your mama. I am so proud of who you are. Love you forever. Xo Ma
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Elevate: Forgiveness with Layna Haley, founder of @kaleocollective is happening on June 9th!

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