Grace and Curls- a twisted kinda beautiful new beginning.

Hello, Sweet Readers!  I hope that your eyes are gazing over these words in a place of happiness and peace today, wherever you may be in this wild ride known as ‘life!’ I myself am sitting in my new little room in New York where I will be living and working for the summer in The Hamptons! I’ve never typed a blog post from New York before, much less in the middle of a pretty surreal little place like East Hampton, so I am hoping that this post comes with some fresh life and perspective for both myself, and specifically those reading it, to gain.     When I started this blog series this year, I wanted to call it ‘Grace and Curls’ for a reason. I wanted to write about the graces that come with life ;  God’s goodness, the  beautiful things in life , the positive outlooks and views on the world, etc. But I also wanted to be able to take time in this year to write about the messy stuff that doesn’t get as much attention; the kinks and bumps and ‘curls’ of our lives, i...

Labels; they are everywhere. Whether it is in a store, your pantry, or your Google calendar, much of our lives involve labels. Aside from showing the brand on your soup can or notifying you of a meeting on your phone, labels seem to overcome a great part of our existence when it comes to defining ourselves as human beings. They seem to be something that affect our energies, our days, and our happiness, and often in a negative manner. Sometimes they even affect our quality of life when they touch us deep enough. Labels can be just one word: Late. Annoying. Loud. Messy. Weak. Unintelligent. Depressed. Addict. Failure. Or they can be lengthy thoughts: Not good enough. Won’t be able to accomplish that. Always trying and failing. Never going to come back from that. Negative labels are given to us all the time. Maybe you have experienced this recently and it has de-railed a goal you had. Maybe you have experienced this and it made you feel less about yourself. Maybe someone professed a l...

Hey lovers of life! How are you feeling today! I hope these words find your eyes in a place of peace and happiness wherever you are! Maybe it's been a great week so far. Maybe you're having one of the worst days imaginable. Wherever you may be, remember, you're here right now. You've made it this far today, and with some deep breaths, and gratitude, you'll make it til tomorrow as well!  Regardless of where you are, I think it's more than a necessary time for some inspiration and motivation in each of our lives. I know I have surely been eager for the time to write, and with recent world events, I'm happy I have that time today.  Many of you may have seen the Facebook live video that I posted this past weekend. If you haven't, I encourage you to go peep my profile and watch it, as it may be one of the most important and weighted things I feel that I've said in a long time, on or off this blog.  To recap, I've been super heavy in thou...

Well hellooooo, Twenty-Eighteen! What up boo?! It's incredibly nice to meet you so far! My dear sweet friends and readers: I hope your year has begun with lots of hope and promising outlooks for the future 12 months we all have ahead of us. We're over half way through the first one already! Let that sink in! 1/24th of the entire year has already come and gone with the blink of an eye. Isn't that a little amazing and a little scary all at the same time? I surely think it is! If you're reading this, take a second to give a little personal inventory of your last 15 days:  How did you feel?  What did you do in the last 2+ weeks? What New Years resolutions did you set before the clock struck midnight that you've kept? Which ones are already out the door? Who have you shown a little extra love to? Who have you helped? Is there any shame or resentment or guilt you've let go of and left in 2017?  Is there any you're still holding onto even n...