Web Gems // 30

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• My most popular Instagram EVER

• CVS to stop selling cigarettes by Oct. 1

• Love this post about how motherhood refines us, especially this part: "The great thing about these [early] years [of motherhood], is that you don’t have to go out of your way to become a better woman."

• Life as a cancer survivor

• I keep thinking about this: Because I love my God

• Shoes over bills

• Is it the end of the college roommate?

• Toss the broken pen

• Saying no so you can say yes

• A great devotional: Things of this world

• The number one way to make your photos better

GREAT POSTS MY HUSBAND WROTE THIS WEEK

• How much money we've saved and spent for our basement so far (with an awesome infographic)

• The science behind a happy relationship

• Happily, not effortlessly, married, and what it means to Eric

• We are painting A LOT at our house