Well, things have certainly been different for me lately. I didn't intend to miss so many weeks without posting a blog, but I've been experiencing some tough changes in the last few weeks and my motivation has escaped me. I'm in what some people call, A Dark Night of the Soul, or what others in plainer terms may call it - a funk, deep sadness, heaviness, or simply, a hard time. For someone who always prides herself on being upbeat, optimistic and inspired by life, I haven't f

To the start of a new day... Thank you for a clean slate; a fresh start; another chance at learning, growing and evolving. Thank you for the blanket that warms me, the pillow to rest my head, the bed that holds me, the window for the sun to peek its rays into. Thank you for my feet that support me as I get out of bed, my arms that reach for the ceiling as I stretch into the early morning hours, my long hair that I run my fingers through, my teeth that I brush, and the face th

I've tried to shut you out for awhile now, but you keep coming back for me. Every time I think I've escaped you, it's not long after that I see you in the distance, walking toward me. I run in the opposite direction, but every time I turn around, there you are, a shadow in the wilderness, gently inching forward. There have been times where I tried to embrace you and come to know the cracks and lines of your face; to try and understand why you are forever dwelling at the base

Love has always taken the spotlight of my life. Whether blissfully in love or desperately heartbroken, it has always commanded and depleted me. I hate to admit it, but there have been far too many times where I’ve let myself become devoured by love’s uncertainty to the point where I’d be paralyzed from it. If I had gotten into a really bad argument with a boyfriend, if I felt something was questionably off between us or if there was a lingering distance growing, I’d become na