She looked in the mirror and said…

You are the light of my life.
The sparkle in my heart.
And you give me butterflies with just one glance.
You and I are made for each other.
They call us lucky, but we know it’s more than that.
You are who I want to wake up to in the morning
And go to sleep to every night.
Your sweet kisses fill me to the brim.

I’ve been on Martha’s Vineyard for a few weeks and will be here for a few more and this summer, and I wanted to take full advantage of the time I have by the beach. About a week ago I committed to waking up every morning for a beach meditation, unless it’s raining of course! The ocean is where I go to restore and connect more to myself. I’ve been wanting to ground in and tap into the wisdom of the great ocean while I’m out here and start my day off in a way that feels super juicy!

I’ve been on Martha’s Vineyard for a few weeks and will be here for a few more and this summer, and I wanted to take full advantage of the time I have by the beach. About a week ago I committed to waking up every morning for a beach meditation, unless it’s raining of course! The ocean is where I go to restore and connect more to myself. I’ve been wanting to ground in and tap into the wisdom of the great ocean while I’m out here and start my day off in a way that feels super juicy!

Last week one of my dearest friends moved out of her NYC apartment and across the country. The night before I went over to her apartment to join a few friends and create a beautiful and sacred ritual. We gathered together to honor the woman she grew into while living in this apartment, celebrate each other and turn the page together for our next chapters in our lives. We shared openly, shed some tears and felt the fullness of witnessing each other. Each one of us walked away feeling completely lit up, magical, full and ready to move forward!

Last week on my birthday, my friend offered for me to pull a card from her I Am A Queen oracle deck as a gift for my day. I absolutely loved this, until it was that I saw the card that I picked. I turned it over and it read, “The Queen of Trying To Keep It All Together.” Key word...trying! I thought immediately to return it back to the deck and to pull another one.

A few years ago I remember breaking up with a boyfriend and just ask the door shut and he left my apartment, I called my friend. Now this wasn’t just any friend. This was one of my members of my soul circle, the inner crew who I shared everything with. I was devastated, or was I angry, maybe I was frustrated or did I want to cry? Most of all I was confused and did NOT want to feel any of the feelings that were coming up, might come up or that could be there. 

When I was preparing for a mastermind group recently, I read a phrase that hit so close to home, I almost fell off my chair. The words pretty much did a cartoon-like bounce off the page, and landed back with a flash of dynamite. The phrase read, “Pressure is one’s own creation.” Wow!

I’m choosing to take space this weekend away from social media. Lately, I absolutely love connecting with people there and sharing inspiration, so to help myself honor this decision, I’m also taking the apps off my phone for a few days. I have to admit, I feel a little silly saying all this because really don’t think you’ll notice (at all!). I’m sharing this more so to reveal the intention behind this decision with you all. 

Last week I got caught in a storm, like a truly epic springtime teaming hail storm! Let me paint the scene. I was miles away from home, out on a stroll in the bright and sunny 60º weather, when all of a sudden ominous dark charcoal gray clouds rolled in. I was out too far to attempt to get back home, so I said to myself, “you’re gonna get soaked!” And that I did. April showers are certainly no joke!

As I was contemplating writing today’s love letter, I was having trouble finding the “right” words. The heaviness of this week’s events was on my heart and I felt called to acknowledge them in a different way than planned. Admittedly I wrote a few drafts, all from my headspace until stopping myself and asking what does my heart want to say?

A few years back, I was at brunch with some girlfriends, having just come from one of my weekly dance classes. One of my friends looked at my overflowing bag, saw a big fluffy tulle tutu and a pair of heels and asked, “So tell me about this class of yours!”