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📚 DID THIS REALLY HAPPEN IN ✨AS SURE AS THE STARS?

📚 DID THIS REALLY HAPPEN IN ✨AS SURE AS THE STARS? ✨

Our 1985 Alaska high school love story came with rival schools, long-distance phone calls, school dances, and plenty of teenage misunderstandings. 😂
Before texting and cell phones, communication was a whole different game.

In the book, Kelly, Amy, Jake and his best friend attend the same school. Real life? We were RIVALS!

Debbie and I went to Wasilla High School. Bryan and Jerry went to Chugiak High School in Eagle River.

When the guys came to our dances, we had to get special permission from 'Dr. J' and put their names on an approved guest list. 😂

Add rival schools + teenage jealousy + long-distance phone calls + no texting + no way to instantly clear up a misunderstanding…

What could possibly go wrong? 😂📞

Apparently enough to inspire a book decades later. ❤️

Turn the page and discover what happens next: https://a.co/d/0bmey2hK

Did you ever date someone from your rival high school?

#AsSureAsTheStars #80sLoveStory #GenXLoveStory #HighSchoolSweethearts #1980sNostalgia #WasillaAlaska #ChugiakAlaska #SecondChanceRomance #GenXNostalgia #SecondChanceLove #AsSureAsTheStars #JennieKDrollinger

Some books entertain us. Some books find us exactl

Some books entertain us. Some books find us exactly when we need them. 💗

You know the ones—the book you read during a divorce, a loss, a career change, a season of questioning everything… and somehow the words helped you feel a little less alone. What book helped YOU through a hard season of your life?

Drop the title below. 👇
I’m looking for future Woman Author Book of the Week picks and your recommendation might be exactly what another woman needs right now.

I’ll start: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb. 💗
I loved this one because it’s about therapy, heartbreak, being human, and figuring out how to move forward when life doesn’t go quite the way you planned. Basically… all the messy stuff. 😂
It’s funny, honest, relatable, and such a good reminder that sometimes starting over begins with understanding yourself a little better!

Grab it here: https://amzn.to/4iFiq8b

#BookOfTheWeek #WomenAuthors #BooksThatHeal #BookRecommendations #BooksForWomen #PersonalGrowthBooks #HealingJourney #WomenSupportingWomen #SecondChances #BeginAgain #SecondChanceOnLove #jenniekdrollinger

☀️ MONDAY POSITIVITY: MY ACTIONS ARE MEANINGFUL.

☀️ Happy Monday, sunshine! Before life gets busy

☀️ Happy Monday, sunshine!

Before life gets busy and that to-do list starts calling your name, what are three things you’re grateful for today?💗

Maybe it’s that first sip of your latte, or a quiet house before everyone wakes up, or simply waking up to 'another day and another chance to begin again.

I’ll go first…

✨ Waking up to my best friend feeling safe
✨ Sunshine coming through the window
✨ The reminder that I don’t have to have everything figured out today

Okay, friend… your turn. What are your three? 💕

#MondayGratitude #GratitudePractice #MondayMotivation #FreshStart #NewWeekNewBeginning #ChooseGratitude #SecondChances #BeginAgain #YouAreNotTooLate #MondaySunshine #SecondChanceOnLove #jenniekdrollinger

❤️ WHAT A YEAR. WHAT A MEMORY. WHAT A SECOND CHANC

❤️ WHAT A YEAR. WHAT A MEMORY. WHAT A SECOND CHANCE.

Winning 'America’s Favorite Couple 2025' gave Bryan and me memories we’ll carry forever—and we’re so grateful to Colossal for treating us so wonderfully and giving our love story a place to be shared. From the competition to everything that came afterward, it truly became one of those “Did that really just happen?” chapters of our lives. ❤️

Thank you, Colossal, for the adventure, the memories, and for reminding us just how many people still believe in 'love, hope, and second chances.'

And now… we cannot WAIT to meet the '2026 America’s Favorite Couple!'

To this year’s couples: soak it ALL in. Your own unforgettable chapter is being written right now. ✨

2025, thank you for the memories. 2026… we’re excited to see who’s next! ❤️

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🌳 GEN X ROLL CALL: OUTSIDE UNTIL THE STREETLIGHTS

🌳 GEN X ROLL CALL: OUTSIDE UNTIL THE STREETLIGHTS CAME ON! 😂

No phones. No group texts. Just somebody yelling, “WHO WANTS TO PLAY?!”

Which neighborhood game ruled your childhood?

❤️ No Bears Are Out Tonight
💙 Red Rover
💛 Kick the Can
💜 Hide-and-Seek

And here’s the REAL question: What were YOUR rules? Because apparently every Gen X neighborhood made them up as we went. 😂

Drop your game + your hometown + the rules you remember! 👇

#GenX #GenXRollCall #GenXNostalgia #80sKids #GrowingUpGenX #1980s #ChildhoodMemories #OutdoorGames #KickTheCan #RedRover #HideAndSeek #RememberWhen #80sNostalgia #secondchanceonlove #secondchancesthebestpartsareonsideb #jenniekdrollinger

Okay, Gen X… let’s confuse the teenagers! 😂 Words

Okay, Gen X… let’s confuse the teenagers! 😂

Words every 1980s high schooler understood—but today’s students might need translated:
📚 Dewey Decimal System — because finding a book once required knowing actual numbers.
⌨️ Typewriter — no delete key. No autocorrect. No mercy.
📽️ Overhead projector — and those clear transparency sheets!
📖 Encyclopedia — our internet came in 26 volumes.
☎️ Pay phone — and you better have a quarter.
📼 VHS — “Be Kind, Rewind.”
🎧 Walkman — Spotify… but you carried ONE album in your pocket.
💾 Floppy disk — and somehow it wasn’t actually floppy.
✏️ Pencil sharpener on the wall — the original classroom social break.
📝 Passing notes — our version of texting, with actual evidence. 😂
📇 Card catalog — finding a book was practically a scavenger hunt.

And heaven help you if your teacher rolled in the TV cart… because THAT meant it was going to be a good day. 🙌😂

GEN X ROLL CALL: What word, object, or phrase from your high school days would completely confuse a teenager today?

I’ll start: “Look it up in the encyclopedia.”😂

#GenX #80sKids #1980s #80sNostalgia #HighSchoolMemories #RememberWhen #GenXLife #BackToThe80s #SecondChances #jenniekdrollinger #secondchanceonlove

📚 Words kids today wouldn’t understand… GO! I’ll

📚 Words kids today wouldn’t understand… GO!

I’ll start: "The Dewey Decimal System." 😂 No Google or search bar. Just a card catalog, a tiny pencil, and the determination to find '641.5' before the library closed.

Your turn—drop an ’80s school word or phrase that would completely confuse kids today! 👇

#GenX #GenXNostalgia #80sKids #1980s #BackToSchool #DeweyDecimalSystem #CardCatalog #80sSchool #GrowingUpGenX #RememberWhen #GenXMemories #FridayFlashback #secondchanceonlove #jenniekdrollinger

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