Today I woke up at 9am and quickly jet out on Mercury--my bike friend--into town for a hot yoga class. Yesterday after the co-op, I met a girl in passing who works at a new yoga studio that just opened a couple of months ago so I...
I made it to Seattle. I am absolutely in love. My host and roomie took me to a bistro on the lake upon my arrival and I ate fresh, wild salmon. {nom, nom nom} The waitress squeezed my hand and told me "Welcome to Seattle."...
When I was a kid, growing up in church, I heard a lot about right and wrong. The whole stereotype message of the Baptist preacher "hell fire and brimstone." Yeah, I was buried deep in that. I remember when I was eight and realized I...
I received a lot of response from last week's post. Honestly, it took me by surprise a little, but I was incredibly grateful for your words, messages, and check-ins. I was questioned more than once on the reason behind being so brutally honest about such gut-wrenching pain. Why spill...
"Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind." {Henry James} When I was a youngster, I was intrigued by light bulbs. In the same way that I was unable to stop staring...
A friend sent me an excerpt from Naomi Zacharias's book, "The Scent of Water," a few days ago. In it she discusses the reality of fairy tales and how we are so quick to focus on the happy ending that we miss the struggle the protagonists...
Remember that time when my nana told me my whole life that she woke up one morning, after turning twenty-five, and she realized what life was and so, thus, when I turned twenty-five the world magically made more sense -- colors brightened, details increased, and...
This weekend I made a decision. One that has the potential to radically change my entire life. There was a moment this past Friday where somewhere lighting struck. Lights streamed down into my grey heart. And I'm "shore" that someone, somewhere was singing and dancing...
I had this very eloquent and well written piece of literature in my head that has been circling around for days. Tonight, as I sit down to write, my thoughts are jumbled and my fingers are confused. My words seem to have been washed away...
