But I've come to find that along with a pandemic, I've been in the midst of a big planetary rite of passage - aka the return of Saturn.
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Just when I thought I was getting the hang of this whole life thing, 2020 came and flipped the switch on us. As we begin a new year that will no doubt linger with the darkness and heaviness of last year, I find comfort knowing that deep down, we know what to do when we find ourselves in the dark. While 2020 won’t be missed, it’ll always be remembered for the challenge it was. It was a year of pure fear and discomfort. Of everything being thrown off balance and just trying to find footing somewhere that didn’t hurt. A…
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*written in 2018, but feels weirdly relevant now. It’s been quite some time since I’ve written on here, but it’s also been quite a year. Personally, this year was a huge puzzle and words were the pieces. *Fair warning, this may not be super relatable to you, but I think I needed to write it. I’m realizing lately how weighty words are. Not just in their meaning, but physically. From an emotional standpoint, I’ve always been familiar with the weight and will that words hold and the ability they have to move and shake a heart. But it hasn’t been…
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When you start doing something from the heart, you find a rhythm that feels natural and eventually, this becomes a part of who you are.
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These days, I’ve had a lot of thoughts strumming through my mind. Some days, I have felt like not enough and the thought of only being half daph to someone makes me shudder. It’s hard to put your hurt and confusion into words. It’s very human to want to pretty it up. I know because I’m sitting here, punching each key on the keyboard trying to make this sound all poetic. But being human isn’t always pretty; it doesn’t always look how we want. So today, I’ll just be a person with you. An honest one. Some days I think…
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In this moment I sit here with the windows of my studio apartment open, listening to the foot traffic and chatter of the world outside. The world out there is full of roaming homes, bodies with a story and faces with character. Every single one is a breathing miracle. I find it fascinating that every person I will come across today and every person I came across yesterday was created on purpose. Every single person so hugely distinct from the other. Complete with their own history, their own nostalgia and memories, their own cracks and desires. Each one bearing different…
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Traveling connects you with so many people. Every person you see and meet is one in 7 billion, and you get to share your life with them—even if only for a tiny moment. I was in the city observing people and I had a thought. It’s so easy to only look at people. To only see the shoes they’re wearing, the type of coffee they’re sipping, the color of their eyes. But it’s so much harder to stop and really look at them. To see them mid belly laugh and immediately be able to picture them cruising with the windows…