#BeReal – JESI SCOTT

My #BeReal guest today is Jesi Scott. What would your soul look like if it could be seen? Jesi has a lot to say and it’s all very deeply personal and thought provoking. Thank you Jesi for writing for this series.  For being so vulnerable. This is me when I was about 13 or 14: This is…

#BeReal – HELENA WESTER

My #BeReal guest today is Helena Wester. Helena is an Original Bunker Punk member.  She started a new blog in May and I really hope you go and follow and support her. Being real is sometimes really hard.  Harder when you grow up never feeling good enough. We grow up believing that good enough is…

#BeReal – CAROLYN AND ALYSSA BRIGGS

My #BeReal guests today are Carolyn Briggs and her daughter Alyssa. Yesterday Carolyn’s father, Don, shared what being real meant to him and a few weeks ago her sister, Jennifer, shared her #BeReal story. Today Carolyn and her daughter Alyssa would like to share their story.  Please… leave them a comment and show your support for their bravery and…

#BeReal – DON ORTOLANO

My #BeReal guest today is Don Ortolano. I was very excited to hear from today’s guest. He is the father of a previous #BeReal writer as well as the father of one of my favorite friends. It gets even more wonderful because tomorrow you will hear from another one of his daughters and a granddaughter.…

YOU WILL STRUGGLE

My dearest little one Your struggles Will be my struggles Your heartache Sorrow and despair Will burden me as well I will be with you To help you through them As they strengthen you As they mold you Into the strong woman I pray you will be For now though You can hold my hand…

BEAUTIFULLY CONNECTED

The moment I saw you Your eyes swallowed my reality Held completely captive Seeing into the deepest part of me Your love drowning me Teaching me a new way to breathe No more the way it used to be The possibilities in you inspiring me Nothing could ever be, would ever be As important as…

MONUMENT

Is it? So hard to believe Your voice Sounds like a song Floating on notes I never want to end Is it? So hard to believe I watch the sun set So I can see you Painting the night With racing comets And faraway stars Is it? So hard to believe That your breath Stills…

HARD TO IMAGINE

It’s a bit hard for me to believe I have been doing this for three years.  This blog is just a glimpse of who I am, where I have been, and what I am becoming.  Thank you to all of you who have stuck with me over the years, encouraged me, and friended me.

THE VULGAR CONCEPT OF SELF

Society as a whole has a lot to learn about internet privacy and etiquette. Adults are constantly having to educate themselves in order to teach kids how to be safe and smart. We never really think we need to worry about what they are saying about us. I was afraid to share this story since…

BULLYING VS. BAD BEHAVIOR

Simone Jones Tyner just had her website Her Life Inspired redesigned and I wanted to wait until it was finished to link her bully post.  Today is the day!  It is a beautiful design and I hope you go visit, read, follow! BULLYING VS. BAD BEHAVIOR & WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT by Simone Jones…