There was this stretch of time in my mid-twenties that I called “The Golden Period” because life felt so beautiful. My days and nights were warm and dreamy and magic. It was as though everything was coated with sugar and gold-dust. I remember living through…
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I always have.
“And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.” I am sitting at my desk. It’s Monday morning. I am trying to work but mostly I’m just distracted by the beautiful cacophonous laughter of my babies playing in the next room,…
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What I’ve Learned: My Swan Song for 2018
“If you want to know what it’s like to survive hell and still come out shining brighter than the sun, just look into the eyes of a woman who has survived intense damage and refused to allow it to destroy her softness.” –Nikita Gill For…
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later you will understand
Hello, friends. It’s been awhile — a three week break that I hadn’t planned, but such is life. Right? Things have been really hard for me since the middle of July. When I look back on these last few months, the title of Pema Chodron’s…
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The Thing About Climbing Out…
Let’s talk about fear. They say that you should do one thing, every day, that scares you. So here I am posting this video to my Instagram. My instinct is to pretend that this doesn’t exist, to quietly practice & never show anyone. Because I…
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beautiful just the same
This life is not what I imagined it would be, but it’s beautiful just the same. I took these photographs last week on the golden afternoon of the Summer Solstice. The Solstice always holds such an important space in my heart. It is a day…
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taking stock // 2018 june
“Perhaps we should love ourselves so fiercely, that when others see us they know exactly how it should be done.” –Rudy Francisco I can’t believe that we’re nearing the middle of June already. This spring has moved so quickly that it takes my breath away.…
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You have to keep breaking your heart until it opens.
“You have to keep breaking your heart until it opens.” –Rumi I wake up to the sound of my bedroom door opening and then the patter of little feet entering the room. “Mama…” Each morning it’s the same. One of them wakes the other. Roman…
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a little heart-spill & a spring walk (finally!)
It’s finally happened. The snow has melted, the flowers have opened, and the earth is alive with the warmth & joy of springtime once again. This is the moment that we’ve been waiting for through the long, cold winter. I kept Roman home from school…