I Came To Thrive and Prosper

A world where women are safe and free. Where they have freedoms that include “Freedom of speech · Freedom of worship · Freedom from want · Freedom from fear.”  Where they can set goals and reach for their aspirations authentically and still have enough to care for herself at the end of the week. WhereContinue reading “I Came To Thrive and Prosper”

Shoulders Back, Chin up

We all do things differently. There’s no one way to get to the finish line. There is suggestions on how to make the journey more enjoyable. There’s choices that could make it feel like you’re starting over but you’ll never start from the same place twice. You may even get to a point in lifeContinue reading “Shoulders Back, Chin up”

On Your Worst Days

Letters To Myself On your worst days you are a work of art because what makes you a masterpiece isn’t your perfection it’s your scars –Jayne.Press On your worst day, I’m going to be here building you up. I’m going to tell you you’re beautiful and smart and strong. It’s ok to be scared andContinue reading “On Your Worst Days”

Why You Lept

The minute you choose to heal from your past there’s going to be a million reasons not to. There’s going to be a million distractions. Everything that comes up in place of healing is going to feel better and taste better and look so much better than what it is you have to heal fromContinue reading “Why You Lept”

8 Ways To Fall Forward

1. Allow yourself to fall. Cry, scream, nap, do self care. 2. Get healthy. Healthy diet and exercise help with a healthy mind. 3. Talk it out. Find someone who is in a healthy place emotionally to talk it out. 4. Set goals to focus on for the next year. Not so focused they becomeContinue reading “8 Ways To Fall Forward”

Empowerment for the gas lit

They’re going to belittle you and question your thoughts Keep empowering yourself Keep thinking They’re going to tell you how you should feel Keep feeling every little thing that ripples through your veins They’re going to tell you don’t worry about it now you have your whole life ahead of you Get it done They’reContinue reading “Empowerment for the gas lit”

So Now, Accept Yourself

You are tough You weren’t born that way You came out soft and squishy And full of fantasies And you tasted just like sugar Like melted sugar And rainbows shot from your eyes in the middle of a hurricane Then it started the dying You realized people did very bad things That people died forContinue reading “So Now, Accept Yourself”

A Woman

Take away the dishes The wife-ing The mothering And you’re left with A writer An artist !A REVOLUTIONARY Who dreams of sowing thought respect And empathy back into our existence She grasps for words And stories She grasps for experiences She fails She falls she rises Over and over again She is a woman SheContinue reading “A Woman”

Farming Character

Our yesterdays linger on the back of my tongue He’s locked the door again No one is allowed in but him And his music and his revenge that sits between his back teeth I say I don’t feel safe And I’m sad and I’m scared But those words fall to the wayside And so yesterdayContinue reading “Farming Character”