Posts Tagged ‘life’

Part Three: On the Experience of Shaving My Head and Being Free (Before, During and After Photos!)

I’ve sat here looking at a blank screen grasping at inadequate words to describe the shaving of my head for way too long. Incredible? Weak. Empowering? Still weak. Enlightening? Closer. Let me start by backing up a little to the beginning of my weekend. We’ll see where it goes from there. Tiffani, my badass freeplaylife [...]

The Experience of Gratitude is Not a “Should”

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and so many of us are turning our hearts toward big, beautiful meals and the idea of gratitude. Gratitude was my main guiding word this year. So naturally I have lots of thoughts during my very favorite holiday. I’ve never loved Thanksgiving for the gratitude part. I loved it for the simplicity, [...]

Born a Human Being, Not a Chair

I just want him to stay with me until I can be sure he won’t turn into Norman Nothing. I want to be sure he’ll know when he’s chickening out on himself. I want him to get to know exactly the special thing he is or else he won’t notice it when it starts to [...]

“Just Keep Moving”? No Thanks.

Sunset Cruiser print on RedBubble “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” ― Albert Einstein There are so many quotes by Einstein that I lovelovelove. But when I read this one, I kinda went…ick. Not to say it isn’t sometimes true. Sometimes Life gives us the opportunity to [...]

The Magic of Digging Deep

There are times in your life when things come to you and through you. These are the times when you’re heart and soul gets poured into something and you not only create what you believe in, but are created and healed at the same time. This is magic. This is when the dots are connected [...]