and tamed i will never be
“You risk tears if you let yourself be tamed.”
-Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
This has been one of the most painful, difficult years of my life. So much has fallen away. I have experienced great loss and betrayal. In the midst of this, I have not only been learning what love really is and what it feels like to forgive at a deep level but to also walk…
"bloom" for Illustration Friday This is my first submission for Illustration Friday. I’m excited to participate. I’ve been challenging myself to take pictures and sketch every day and it’s working! Even though my kids and I have been sick for a week, I’ve continued to keep creating. It’s really keeping me in a good space…
Today when I looked in the mirror, I really loved my own reflection. (That seems worth mentioning.) Also, I saw this today from my spiritual teacher, Matt Kahn: Mantra of the day: “I no longer reflect or embody the pain, disapproval, doubt, suffering, or confusion of others as a way of offering support. Bless it…
If you live in Seattle and have never had a bonfire on the beach at Alki, GO! NOW! It’s amazing. We had one last night for the Winter Solstice and it was just wonderful. Listening to the waves lapping at the shore, the crackling of the fire and feeling the moon gazing down at us…
Wild Geese by Mary Oliver You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine….