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Madison Cates

Mom, Wife, Minimalist.

Join me in my journey to declutter my life and live a simply beautiful life.

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A pharmacy shelf stocked with rows of medicine bottles, where a prescription sat unfound until insurance came up.
A lace gown hanging on a rack, like the thrift find that turned out to be worth far more than its price.
A kitchen drawer with vertical dividers holding baking pans and colorful cutting boards.
Rows of blue and white airplane seats inside a cabin on a long flight.
A carton of brown chicken eggs in a molded cardboard tray.
Colored pencils in bright shades, a nod to the school drawing assignment in the story.
A burger, fries and a drink served together on a metal tray.
Several small pumpkin muffins with a sugar coating, like the fall recipe in the story.
A made hotel bed with white linens beside a bright window.