While I don’t regularly post celeb pics, I do consider the purpose of amandafrances.com to post inspirational content. And since I am complete taken by these Translucent and Crystal Stud-Embellished Silver Metallic Leather Christian Louboutin Pumps that Emma Stone wore last night to The Spider Man Premiere, I felt it appropriate to share. After a little OoOoing […]
Tag: dream
The Best Year Yet, Lesson 6: Envision and Dream
Hello fabulous friends. So excited to write to you on this lovely Sunday afternoon. The days I find time to stay in bed and journal, read, blog and dream are the best. It seems that the more time I take out for things like this, the more relaxed, calm and happy I am. And the […]

City of lights, love and, apparently… life lessons.
{disclaimer: I’m in a super silly mood. . . bear with me} The City of Love. The City of Lights. The City of Glitz. The City of Glamour. I longed and prayed to visit Paris. I have a list of cities in my wallet at all times that I complied four years ago on the back of […]

Defining and Finding Purpose
As some of you know, I got out of a very icky situation just over 4 years ago that I consider to be a cult. When I left, I was afraid, really really really afraid. I was conditioned to believe that I needed to be in that group to function spiritually, to be on the […]

..Don’t Let Fear Win..
This past year, I’ve written a lot about failure. I’m not sure if you’ve noticed, but it’s been a theme in the quotes I post and the blogs I write. Why? Well actually its because I am scared to death of it. By researching, reading, and writing about it, I am attempting to calm my […]

The Best is Yet to Come
The Little Things If you haven’t noticed, I am the type to continually ask myself, “What does it all mean?” Part of me thinks that there no meaning, and that we have the ability to make life what we want it to be for us. That is an important part. You can miss out on […]

Travel – Five Lessons in Contentment Learned in Europe
I am slightly obsessed with traveling. I went to Europe for the first time last summer, and quickly fell in love. I tried to travel with a group, but found that I preferred the freedom of traveling alone, quickly moving from city to city yet wandering slowly through each one. When I travel, I don’t […]

If You Can Dream It. . .
I am embarking on another world-traveling journey this week – to Israel. It is my heart and deepest desire to travel the world. Because of this, it felt appropriate to reflect on how far I’ve come. I added some posts from the distant painful past to the bottom of the page, but thought I would […]
Life – According to Me
Hi – I’m Amanda. This is life – according to me.

The Worst of the Worst
[I’m posting this because I think it’s okay to be this vulnerable. I guess I think it’s fine to expose yourself. . . because that shows you and who ever is listening how far you’ve come. Reading this, It doesn’t seem like me, not really even a very sad, scared, pessimistic version of me, but that’s […]