Celebrate yourself

Some of your successes will feel small compared to what others are achieving. But if its what you dreamed of, what you worked for, if it makes you feel all warm inside – celebrate that thing! Celebrate anything in your life that is big by your standards. Because that is the only measure that really…

Evergreen

Spend your hard days planting the seeds for what you wish your next season to be. Whatever garden you plant, may God water it. May you be evergreen.

Shedding skin

We go through life. We shed our skins. We become ourselves – Patti Smith

Simple things

For the survivors

There is no rule book on how to proceed when you are hit with unexpected news, tragedy or life changing events. The fact that you are still here, that you sent through it and you survived – that’s amazing. You are amazing!

2022

“Breathe. Let this season be what it needs to be.” I had these words on a pinned note in my phone all year this 2022 and every time I found myself overwhelmed, unable to breathe I turned to them. An acknowledgement that we do not have as much control over this life as we would…

Daydreams

If you ever find yourself in doubt, of yourself, your voice, or where you are headed in this life just look up to the sky. Vast, majestic, her seams unknown to mankind. There is no end to her, no boundaries yet drawn. The stars that adorn her, no one can count. Of the brilliance of…

The long pause

Sometimes you need silence because the experiences you are going through are too poignant. Too intense. Too raw to give voice. So you sit there and just observe yourself for a while. Watch as things fall apart and blend back together. Watch as boundaries blur and finally come into focus. Watch as fear, doubt, anxiety…

Make peace

Make peace with yourself.There’s no need to keep setting yourself on fire for the mistakes of the past.Hold yourself with care,The future awaits you, innocent and vast

Carthasis

Writting is catharsis. A small back door to let out steam. The chatter in my head quiets down, there are no critics There are no rules on how loud or polite I must be. No standards about what can or can’t be said. There is just pen, paper, me and acres of opportunity. This is…

All my children

This one is for my unborn children. The ones that never saw the sun. You are not forgotten. I still think of you in the midst of my happiest moments. I imagine what it would be like with you here. When I hug your sisters and brother I imagine stretching my arms wider so you…

Things Mama Never Said: The Love Edition

Some lessons you only learn by living. You make mistakes, live through pain, clean up your messes, or watch others go through stuff – and you take your lessons as you go. I have often wished the women in our lives had shared with us more about how messy love and relationships are, not just…