One of my favorite things about Monday’s is living next door to a nursery/pre school. Every weekday, I have the delectable pleasure of seeing infants & toddlers being their adorably authentic selves before the worlds preconditions gets its muddy, social paws on them. I think it’s their complete lack of inhibitions and visceral mastery of …
Summer is such a time of lush bloom, warmth & beauty. I think similarly to Christmastime, it holds a magic that brings humanity together & reminds us to connect with each other, and ourselves. I’ve had the privilege in my lifetime to experience a varying array of socio economic realities. I was born & spent …
Today is a rarity not granted to everyone. A friend looked me squarely in the eyes and said to me years ago, “life is not a dress rehearsal.” I’m reminded of that as I reflect on the loved ones I’ve personally lost to unexpected illness or death over the last year. Sometimes it is surreal …
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A beautiful gift a friend recently shared with me, were these five words “I’ll hold space for you.” She was referencing a text exchange we had, and my mention that sitting with grief hasn’t been the easiest for me. You see, I’m working on being intentional specific to my tendency to disassociate from the difficult …
Life moves through the grief, and unbiasedly requires the same of us. We hold space for the loss; and our hearts hurt sometimes- even despite the beautiful sunshine we stand in. Today, we hold space to commemorate the countless lives of our sons, brothers, fathers, sisters, daughters, husbands, wives…who we’ve loved with every ounce of …
I don’t love it, I admit. Adversity just doesn’t feel great to me in real time. Let’s be sincere, it’s hard…literally by definition; it means a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune. If there’s a sign up sheet for it- that’s going to usually be a hard no for me. However, …
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I recently learned that I’ve spent a large portion of my life being afraid. Afraid of what specifically? Almost everything. It may sound crazy, especially to people who know me well/best…as they often think I’m fearless and strong. While I now recognize both those components are characteristics of my fierce inner/adaptive child self…I can admit …
Yesterday was the first time I had enough energy to return to my weekly walks along Chicago’s lakefront. Everything felt like a tiny miracle to experience… What I learned from my 3 week bout with Covid: 1. Today is a gift not everyone received; regardless of its packaging…count it all joy 2. Tomorrow is not …
Every new year brings with it our shiny, renewed promises to live as better iterations of ourselves. We commit to living with more disciplined intent, to being truer to our authentic selves and those we love, to striving harder towards the actualization of fulfilling our dreams yet to come. By the middle of January, many …
Spring in Chicago is finicky at best. Sometimes she’s an absolute stunner-fully her immaculate self in bloom. These are the days when everything in life feels…possible again. Youth is remembered and embodied, laughter rolls from our faces with an organic ease, because it’s challenging not to smile when the sun is shining down on us. …