Author: hillarybcopeland

Jeremiah 29:11 is how I live my life! Baseball wife and kitty mom from the land of y'all, sweet tea and fried chicken!

Keeping up with the Joneses

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Did you know there is an actual Wikipedia definition for the phrase “Keeping up with the Joneses”?  Wikipedia defines “Keeping up with the Joneses” as an idiom in many parts of the English-speaking world referring to the comparison to one’s neighbor as a benchmark for social class or the accumulation of material goods. To fail […]

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Adversity, Character and Determination

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This post will be a difficult one for me to write because writing about failures and overcoming them is not easy to talk about, but I felt like this side of the story should be told and to encourage other people that no matter what your going through there is a reason and plan behind […]

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The W!

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S second call up of the season was while I was in Mississippi for one of my best friend’s wedding.  We found out via twitter courtesy of the account “MLB Roster Moves.”  He was up May 19-28 and was not needed during that stint so he was sent back down for “rust proofing.”  We weren’t […]

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ASB in Canada

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For those of you wondering ASB stands for All Star Break.  It’s those 3 to 4 magical days that seem like Christmas morning to the baseball community.  Players spend their break in all sorts of different ways.  Some will go home where they live in the offseason, others stay where their affiliated team is located […]

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Hello world!

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As I was visiting home last week, my dad brought to my attention that so many friends and family from home keep up with my nomadic lifestyle so I brought this blog to life.  My nomadic lifestyle started once I met my now husband in college at Southern Miss at the young age of 20. […]

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