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Strength Comes in Many Shapes

Strength Comes in Many Shapes

I painted this tiger the other day for no particular reason other than I had this image in my mind of a tiger staring at me, and after pulling together a few image references, I decided to draw it.The more I began working on this piece the more I felt like I was learning from something from this ...
I Am Allowed to Change and Still Become Who I Was Meant to Be

I Am Allowed to Change and Still Become Who I Was Meant to Be

Not too long ago, I looked up the dictionary definition of the word "becoming." I have written this word in my work for years, but there was something about this definition that caused me to think of "becoming" in a different way: "the process of coming to be something or of passing into a state....
Lessons from Rocks and Rivers (A Poem)

Lessons from Rocks and Rivers (A Poem)

If ever you start to feelrushed and stagnantat the same time,Imagine a river.Imagine wild, rushed waterpassing overheavy rocks and boulders.This image of the river holds a paradox: the movement of the waterand the stillness of the rocks.And yet, there’s room for both.Both the water and the rocksh...
5 Signs You're Finding Joy in the Waiting

5 Signs You're Finding Joy in the Waiting

5 Signs You’re Finding Joy In The WaitingNo. 1:You’ve had to modify your dreams and put a pause on certain things you cared about, and you’re ALSO discovering new interests that you can enjoy, right here where you are.No. 2:You’re aware of the people who are not in your life the way they used to ...
Let Today Be What Today Needs to Be

Let Today Be What Today Needs to Be

For whatever today means for you,I hope you give yourself permission to breathe.I hope you remember that in their own small way,every inhale is an act of taking it all in.Every exhale is an act of surrender.I hope you find room to just be. Whether today is a day oflooking back,looking forward,or ...
A Letter to ------ in Guatemala

A Letter to ------ in Guatemala

Dear _____ in Guatemala,May today be the day you remember how far you have come since last year. Even though you still miss the way things used to be and you wonder deeply about how things could have been different had they happened differently, you have already made it over mountains. You have a...