Stay ConnectedHere I share bits of my heart and writing. I’m sharing from the inside of my story, while I’m still in the middle of my own messes, in middle of being a wife and mother, in the middle of figuring out how to be both creative and ambitious, and the present mom I desire to be.
I am seeking out beauty and truth and hope my weekly writing invites you along with me.
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It’s like shame & regret took up a ton of space inside me-- I didn’t even realize-- and now that the real estate is open, compassion has had room to grow.
It feels beautiful and important and appropriate that there is meaning, hope, and magic in writing itself— the vehicle that helps me notice & savor the glimmers in my own life is a glimmer in its own right.
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I want to tell you about a mountaintop experience… perhaps with a burning bush… Something flashy, something for you to gasp at, to tell your friends about. But…
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I gave away my body and gave away my morals. I tried on versions of myself like hats. The entrepreneur. The party girl. The traveler. I felt like there was fire inside me waiting to be lit and I kept trying to find the spark, kept looking for the right match. Is it alcohol, boys, success, creativity, travel? I didn’t find it.
for the food, for the conversation, for what happens when we enjoy a meal socially, hungry to become the kind of person who dines long and well, no matter what’s on the menu.
One realization that changed everything for me: Realizing my physical life and world are also spiritual.
“everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” Victor Frankl
He asked me if I had the ability to change my DNA, would I?
If they could isolate this tendency within me and give me the ability to moderate like a normal person, would I choose that?
Probably if you’d asked me a few years ago, I’d say yes. Change it all, take it away from me, give me the normalcy others experience.
Now though, my answer is definitely not that.
Choosing sobriety is such an important piece in my story.
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