Sunlight drips through the ancient trees

It drips into my skin
Warming me in the cool forest.
The warmth of the Universe tells me I am Home

I am at home in Nature surrounded by laughter of girls becoming the young woman that will change the world

I see their Magic
I see their Power
I see their Weirdness

And I remember the Joy of…read more

For Lauren

Dancing across the stage of Life

The Real Goal is to start a flame of Passion

To Ignite another’s Soul to move the mountains

You wished you could

To Inspire is the greatest gift

You will ever be given.

Real Beauty and Wisdom that come with Age

Should always be celebrated and cherished

by the World

Thank you Lauren! Happy Birthday!

I want you to breathe easier
To not critique yourself and art into artistic paralysis
Do not question your Intuition
I will let you make mistakes
Only if you can learn from them
I will not beat you up for being human

I will give you the grace I allow others
I am now able to love you as you need to be loved.
And that love will grow with each…read more

I fell in love with Emily when I was 10.
Her take on love and death made me long to explain it as well as she could.
She made me fall in love with words.
Their power

Every night after I received her poetry
I would sink into dreams of what love and life meant.
What it all could mean

30 years later I am ready to not just read the truth.
I am ready…read more

I have always wanted to belong.
With my heritage split down the middle,
one foot on each side of the divide.
I was lucky to experience both sides of life

Looking like a descendent of Sacagawea
Sounding like a Valley Girl I learned quickly that there was not yet a place for me
So I made one.

I will forever be the one who stands out
Wishing for…read more

Love has taken me many places and taught me so many important lessons. I truly believe that love is the best teacher in the world. Love is vast and can change your life. This is what love has taught me over the years and is what motivates me to make it through the dark days and to celebrate the beautiful ones.
The Greeks had seven words for the…read more

The Bartender is Beautiful

When she told me how she cried when her kids ate her ice cream
I realized how beautiful she was.
The sadness that spoke from her eyes
When she spoke of her missed bowl of ice cream it made me realize how much she loves
And doesn’t get loved

She works day in and day out to give her kids the world and at the end of the…read more

Mija

It is tattooed on my soul,
this word.

Upon hearing it, I knew only
love
protection
acceptance

That word could stop my in my tracks.
Make me rethink my plans, my motives.
The soft sound coming from the lips of only people I loved, letting me know that I had a
purpose in life

To be good and love as strongly as the voices who used this…read more

Dear America,
The news that the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade deeply saddens me and fills me with guilt. This decision is very personal to me. In 2008 at the age of 25 I got pregnant, while using two forms of birth control. I have never wanted children and I decided to have an abortion. Only problem was that I have so many medical…read more