A friend once told me I had perfect lips As she drew my portrait For an art project It was the highest compliment I ever remember getting. And as I shared This highlight of my day I heard you say “They’re not perfect. They are not defined.” Always a critic. I should not have been...... Read More

I’m on a Shamanic Journey, and one of my assignments was to create a sand painting. I walked out into my backyard and was just really trying to find a spot of sunlight to warm up, but when I looked down I saw small broken egg shell. I picked it up. I had not intended...... Read More

My truth. "Woman must not accept; she must challenge. She must not be awed by that which has been built up around her; she must reverence that woman in her which struggles for expression." ― Margaret Sanger... Read More

Every year I try so hard to kill this rose bush. And every year it continues to produce beautiful yellow roses for me. Sometimes our life journey is ugly and all we want to really do is kill it off so we don't have to remember those low times in our life. But the reality is, those thorny moments are most likely what leads us... Read More

When I was in high school a friend of mine decided to sketch one of senior portraits. I remember when she gave me the drawing she told me that I had “perfect lips”. I remember telling my mother that she had made that comment when my mother told me lips were not perfect, that they...... Read More