New Website!!!

Friends, thank you for following me here. I wanted to let you know I've moved my writing to a new website. My hope is to offer you a more user friendly experience. I would love for you to follow me there and engage in a community of hope gatherers through the beautiful art of words. … Continue reading New Website!!! →

Morning Poem

Close your eyes, feel the sun Lingering on your lids The bird song sings over so sweetly Breathe in the peace of this morning’s kiss Escape into the serenity of beginning

Letting Goals Happen

WITHOUT ALL THE STRIVING? I was practicing yoga today and in the first child's pose of the session the instructor gave this note, "don’t try so hard to match your breath with your movement today. So often we force our breath to go with each position when all you need to do, is notice it." … Continue reading Letting Goals Happen →

7 Tips For When You’re Sick

I was sick ALL week. I didn’t realize how bad I felt, until...I was better. Guilt ridden I laid in bed, trying to gain the momentum to take care of the kids, the emails, the home. Struggling to allow myself to rest, I couldn't let go of what I usually do. A few days later … Continue reading 7 Tips For When You’re Sick →

Love Is

Love is an action, something we say and do Love is an emotion, a feeling that carries through Love holds us together, keeping friendships dear It leads us to help each other and takes away our fears Love is in a hello, a hug and a goodbye It bubbles and boils over, when romance strikes … Continue reading Love Is →

Wisdom from Chocolate

A story of Valentine dreams & Anxiety woes We were supposed to go away this weekend. Valentines day is my favorite holiday, I’m a romantic at heart, helplessly designed to love all that romance has to offer. It’s kind of ingrained in me. We rarely go away just the husband and I, and we haven’t … Continue reading Wisdom from Chocolate →

Deep Winter

Deep winter creeps Softly settling Majestic and crisp, tenderly deafening All grows still. Quiet banks, quiet trees, quiet us Deep winter sits Freezing momentarily Coolness breathes, a chilled reverie Playing, recoiling Stuck in an exhale of wondering. Deep winter gleams Slowly sifting Pausing lovingly Witness to her luster Gazing at the magic song. Deep winter … Continue reading Deep Winter →

Deer Lessons

I was feeling stuck. It could’ve been the heavy week we were having or the impending doom of PMS, but I couldn’t shake the feeling of my lack of purpose. Questions percolated my mind, while my hands soaked wrist deep in dirty dish water. Am I focusing on the right things in my day? I … Continue reading Deer Lessons →

Grief in Orange

A little boy passed away in our town a few days ago. He was fighting brain cancer for over a year and a half. He and his twin sister were in my daughters class, and they had become friends before her brother's diagnosis. Our community has rallied around this little boy in extraordinary ways. Colors … Continue reading Grief in Orange →

Let’s Not Be Silent

I want to speak love and breathe peace as you read this. I also can’t standby and say nothing of the current events. Racism is not okay, it never has been. Breaking in to the capitol, is not okay. Violence is not okay. Lots of things, have not been okay. I’m not one for division, or … Continue reading Let’s Not Be Silent →