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Category: 🩵 Finding Extraordinary

Finding Extraordinary celebrates meaningful coincidences—those chance encounters and unexpected connections that quietly transform our lives. These muses reveal how ordinary moments can become crossroads of magic, grace, and human connection. Inspired by “Locker Room Moments with Dad,” this collection honors life’s beautiful accidents: the strangers who cross our paths, the small gestures that change everything, and the reminders that even our darkest moments hold light. The extraordinary isn’t far away—it’s woven into every day. When we stay open to wonder, meaning finds us right where we are.

Stephanie Ortiz and college friends dressed as the Village People, laughing and throwing their arms up in a playful college moment. It Takes A Village (People) and Cupcakes
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It Takes A Village (People) and Cupcakes

October 26, 2025December 11, 2025 Stephanie Ortiz21 Comments

When cancer tried to trip me, my Village People caught me mid-fall. Laughing through cancer, friendship, and cupcakes all the way.

Alex and Stephanie mid-wedding dance, laughing and reaching toward each other—a joyful reminder that every love story includes a few stepped-on toes. Stepping on Toes: Tango for Two (and a Misstep)
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Stepping on Toes: Tango for Two (and a Misstep)

October 19, 2025October 19, 2025 Stephanie Ortiz6 Comments

We thought Argentinian tango lessons would rekindle our rhythm. Instead, we found ourselves dizzy, laughing, and inventing a new style entirely—belly laugh dancing.

Full moon shining through scattered clouds above silhouetted trees, symbolizing reflection and the glow of grown-up dreams. Love Over Fear, Rock Paper Scissors
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Love Over Fear, Rock Paper Scissors

October 10, 2025October 12, 2025 Stephanie Ortiz6 Comments

When fear feels like the only truth, love shows up in the smallest gestures—a stranger’s smile, a song, a sliver of light.

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I’m Stephanie Ortiz, a storyteller–like a professional organizer; only I use words instead of boxes. I’ve written fiction and nonfiction since being a journalism major at UNC-Chapel Hill–before there were iPhones, to know a story when it hits me. And whenever I need a muse, there’s always real life to draw from.

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