I was just going to leave it at an instagram post, you know add the hashtag, be part of the movement, try to somewhat stand in solidarity as a cheerleader in this virtual world for all these brave women sharing the darkest and hardest moments of their lives. The first poem I ever wrote (before […]

October 17, 2017

I’m Right Here (#metoo)

Here’s another park thought in my nanny chronicles:  I write these posts as they happen and it went something like this:  I am currently watching as little girls and boys jump in sand, climb trees and laugh until they’re cranky and need a nap or maybe just a snack. And between the monkey bar jumping […]

August 15, 2017

Nine Year Olds && Boldness.

For the past week I’ve been watching these two girls, nine and five years old. Today I took them to the park and they climbed trees, gawked at dead birds, dared older boys to do adventurous tree jumping and climbed monkey bars. The oldest one climbed the top of the monkey bars and the littlest […]

August 4, 2017

Frantic Unicorns and Faith Jumping.

This is pretty long. and to be honest, this recount is more for me than it is for whoever is reading. I want to remember every possible memory, moment, person, laugh or song that I need to keep this experience alive and real. I would be doing an injustice and disservice to the stories I […]

July 11, 2017

Meet You There- Thailand Reflection

22/30 Look at the way she lights up a room Look at the way her joy is not her circumstance Look at her grace, her effortless grace Her ocean touching sand like grace Her salt air, whimsy unapologetic way of living Look at her beauty Her untouched, cannot be defined girl of freedom Daughter of […]

April 23, 2017

22/30

2/30 This is just the beginning, this is just the first small step forward Yes, it is absolutely terrifying   But what is even more terrifying, is not ever knowing what you were made for because you were too afraid to find out

April 4, 2017

2/30

2014 was the year I grew up. Not when I turned eighteen, nineteen, twenty, or even twenty-one. 2014 was when it happened, an entire year of growing up and growing in. Growing up and realizing that staying silent and not expressing what I wanted, was any way to live. Growing up and understanding that when […]

December 30, 2014

|| T W E N T Y – F O U R T E E N ||

One of my favorite writers, Hannah Brencher posted a blog today about change and I realized her words resonated so deeply because it screamed “this is you, this is where you are right now.” She beautifully states, “Change knows exactly what it wants when it comes to your door. It’s you. Your whole body. Your whole […]

October 16, 2014

||Hustle and Gold||