There is so much complexity to this journey we are on...while I do not propose to have the answers, I for one am committed to being a lifelong learner, listener and human- being & becoming. I believe understanding is the path forward...so let's talk about all of it; the good, the bad & all the in between's. With the intent to listen, to understand, to honor ourselves and one another. And maybe we get to play some small part in leaving this world a little better than we found it.

Marquita July 25, 2023

Cry Out Loud When You Need To

One of my favorite things about Monday's is living next door to a nursery/pre school. ...
Marquita July 7, 2023

On Gratitude

Summer is such a time of lush bloom, warmth & beauty.  I think similarly to...
Marquita June 15, 2023

There is no journey too far…if you truly mean to get there

Today is a rarity not granted to everyone.  A friend looked me squarely in the...
Marquita June 8, 2023

I’ll Hold Space for You

A beautiful gift a friend recently shared with me, were these five words "I'll hold...
Marquita May 29, 2023

Holding Space for Our Grief

Life moves through the grief, and unbiasedly requires the same of us.  We hold space...
Marquita May 18, 2023

Adversity Allows Us the Opportunity to Rediscover Ourselves

I don't love it, I admit.  Adversity just doesn't feel great to me in real...
Marquita May 16, 2023

I’ve Been Afraid for Way Too Long Now…

I recently learned that I've spent a large portion of my life being afraid.  Afraid...
Marquita October 19, 2021

What I Learned From My 3 week Bout With Covid19

Yesterday was the first time I had enough energy to return to my weekly walks...
Marquita February 23, 2021

Roses and Prickles…

I'd be remiss, in this month of the most infamous holiday of  commercial love...to not...
Marquita February 1, 2021

Little Girl…Found

Over the last several years I’ve developed somewhat of an obsessive interest in understanding the...
Marquita January 23, 2021

The Inside…Out

Motherhood is one of those things in life I endeavored to be excellent at.  I...
Marquita January 17, 2021

In…Over My Head

It feels, of late, that I am in over my head.  Things, life…keeps shifting; altering...
Marquita January 11, 2021

2021: This Will Be An Incredible Year!

Every new year brings with it our shiny, renewed promises to live as better iterations...
Marquita August 14, 2020

Drive Faster Mohammad!

I was due to meet her at City Winery in 2 minutes and the restaurant...
Marquita August 10, 2020

Be Here Now…

I used to scream at the universe for not unveiling to me all I once...
Marquita August 7, 2020

Leave it better than we found it…

One of My grandmother’s hundreds of dreadfully nagging sayings that she pounded through my “thick...
Marquita May 25, 2020

Do Epic Shit

It was the most untimely Chicago blizzard I’d known of in years. The Shamrock Shuffle...
Marquita May 8, 2020

Life in Bloom…What We Focus On-Grows

Spring in Chicago is finicky at best. Sometimes she’s an absolute stunner-fully her immaculate self...
Marquita January 24, 2020

Our NBetween’s

"We delight in the beauty of the butterfly... but rarely admit the changes it has...
Marquita January 20, 2020

Progress is Perfection

Every new year brings with it our shiny promises to live as better iterations of...