I am enough. Even if the people I love are not always happy. Even if I still don’t know how to balance a checkbook or save money or pay my bills on time. Even if I never lose this last twenty pounds. Even if I don’t know what to...
I was having trouble starting this post because, in all honesty, I don’t always feel enough. I’ve often wondered how much easier life would be if I didn’t have chronic perfectionism shadowing my every move, demanding that I measure up to my own (ridiculous) expectations....
A special thanks to Jessica for sharing this image. Jessica happens to be my sister and this just happens to be me wearing my I am Enough necklace. I couldn't resist it. ...
A note from Tracey: Ever since the very first post here at the Collaborative, I've been asked a lot of questions; a number of which I don't feel qualified to answer. But I am happy to be introducing someone to you who is very qualified and...
When seeking a remedy to anything that might be ailing me, I have found that retreating to the wide open space of the coast is the best medicine. Something about the sea air, the soothing sounds, the rush of the ocean, the sand, and the infinite horizon that...
Do you ever notice that the shadows you thought you left behind creep back up on you, into you, weave into your muscles and synapses, camp out for the night beneath your shoulder blade or in the hollow of your hope, darkening the space between...
Change is in the air, I can feel it. We're in the throes of spring now and that thing that usually comes over me has in fact come over me and I am feeling like a hermit crab again. You know the one who wakes...
I was tossing and turning, unhappy and physically uncomfortable in my "current situation". I asked for this, yet it burdened me. What does this mean? Lacking the precious routine that once ruled my life (and had me in a better place), losing sight of what...
On my body are these words written by Jen Lee "I see you just as you are and just as you are not and I have nothing but love for you." Image courtesy of Katherine CenterI've come to realize that my entire life has been a journey in...
My mother was one of eight. I am one of six. I thought I would surely be the mother of four or five. I always gravitated toward babies. Every family occasion would find me with whoever had the youngest child. I looked forward to pregnancy, and...