There are two important days in a woman’s life: the day she is born and the day she finds out why. {Terry Tempest Williams} I see you. I see you wise and ready and deep. I see you in your fear and jubilation as you unload the dishwasher, wipe sweat off of your brow, close … Read more
It is our job to tell ourselves the truth about our lives. It is our job to pause and be present with ourselves. It is our job to evaluate how things went… so that we can do them in a way that is more aligned with our values and desires next time. It is our … Read more
Nothing in nature blooms all year. Be patient with yourself. {unknown} I’ve been sitting here “trying” to write for six hours. In those six hours I have: cooked two meals, drank coffee and then tea, watched three episodes of something mindless that I’ve seen before, scribbled down a few ideas in my journal, berated myself … Read more
I am not worth it. Like you, I was born to this world with a body. A vessel. Skin, bones, hair, and blood. A bright heart. An open mouth. And yet for most of my life, my primary concerns were how body looked and what it could do for me. Like my devices and car … Read more
Become the one person in the world that you aren’t too much for. That is the invitation. When she passed away, they told the children that dying was like being in a room filled with radiant sunlight. That the sun was so bright that it consumed her, turning her into a light beam. Sometimes that’s … Read more