collections of stories
I turned to Brandon tonight when we got in the car and I said, “sometimes I like my mom”. But at the same time, this isn’t how I envisioned it. When I was growing up I didn’t know there was anything different except the way that I experienced holidays…which usually was through the lens of [...]
When we become adults, often we lose the things that make us feel joy for the sake of being responsible, being good at it, or for having time. I would argue that we need to make time, that we don't have to be good at it, and that we are being responsible by taking care of our souls in the ways that nurture that little voice inside of us that says "I wish I could do that", you can.
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When I was 6, a kid on the playground called me fat and I haven’t been the same since. I was six. Then in fourth grade, someone took a picture of me during my history presentation and I learned how to look at myself with disgust. “Ew, I look so fat.” “That’s such a bad [...]
We will hear it a lot in the next few days…2020 was a hard year. And it was. 2020 will be forever marked with some terrible statistics which (tragically) are a neighbor’s personal story and some of us are gone too soon. If we fail to acknowledge that to us what might be a twisted [...]
I care deeply about what other people think of me. According to my life coach (also- bless her) I care more about the voices of those who hold a high seat in my inner counsel. I am a 6 on the enneagram, and I am convinced 6’s have a REALLY hard time hearing the voice [...]
This week I received some hard news. It caught me off guard, but even in that moment I realized how gracious God was that I happened to be in my parked car, it was a Saturday when I didn’t have a lot of plans, and I was able to take in what was happening and [...]
To be honest...I'm kind of sick of feeling like that I'm not doing enough for God. And here's why...because that feeling of inadequacy isn't FROM God. It's coming from people and posts and agendas and opinions that try to elevate their human holiness by preaching at the world to fall in line with standards [...]
On the morning of June 14th, 2018 I had no clue what was going to happen... I drank my coffee, went to work, came home, and changed because my friend Abi who had moved back to COS said that she wanted to practice some photography shots with the mountains in Red Rock Canyon. To be [...]
The other day Brandon and I went to a coffee shop and just left space to be able to dream. It was absolute perfection to me. It's what I did all the time when I was single. We ventured out on a rainy day, to our favorite local coffee shop on the river, and I [...]
The Celeste Elizabeth 