For the last 3 months, I’ve written about grace on the 10th, 20th, and 30th, but it feels much longer since my last post. Maybe because tonight’s post is especially vulnerable. But grace requires honest reflection, and so I am giving space to my feelings below. If they help you release or feel heard, all…
Writing
Why Wait? Why Write a Book?
I started a new “Why Wait?” series about writing on Wednesday, April 13 about my goal of becoming an author. I aim to post every Wednesday, so today I’m talking about WHY I’m writing a book! Publishing a book is on the edge of uncomfortable. I’ve learned that the hardest things are often worth doing. Nerves can…
Why wait to write a book? Who, me?
I started a new “Why Wait?” series about writing last Wednesday about my goal of becoming an author. I aim to post every Wednesday, so today I’m talking about the WHOS. I’m all about making connections and thinking creatively, instead of competitively. Authorship requires seemingly questions: who am I, who is my work for, and…
Acknowledging grace through living authentically and affirmations
I’ve discussed the power of giving and receiving grace. How about acknowledging when grace was present? Or when grace wasn’t present? Acknowledging grace takes presence Acknowledgment means KNOWING. I know I felt grace on Easter Sunday. For the first time in years, I didn’t go to church. Instead, I lounged in the sun, with my boyfriend and…
Introducing: Why Wait? A Weekly Writing Series
After a month of writing about some amazing friends and family via my Womxn in Progress series, I am now sharing MY own work every Wednesday this month, in a new web series tentatively called “Why Wait?”. To start, last Wednesday, April 6th, I rewrote the work webpage of my website. I even posted about…
Asking for grace via acceptance and agency
It’s April 10th, so that means another grace post! Since it’s a new month, April’s grace themes on the 10th, 20th, and 30th will start with letter A. In honor of being (nearly) halfway through with spelling out g – r – a – c – e, I’m shaking up today’s format, mainly focused on…
Womxn in Progress: Mikayla Ruvalcaba
Every Wednesday in March 2022, I am sharing one #womxninprogress, detailing the work of a creative, inspiring womxn in my life. If you’d like this series to continue after March, click here to learn about these spotlights and/or submit a spotlight. Over the last 4 Wednesdays, I’ve highlighted friends and colleagues, and I’m thrilled to…
Receiving Grace through Rest and Remembering
It’s Wednesday, March 30th, so this is the first of 2 posts today. Read on for how I’m applying grace to rest, remembering, receiving, and responding. (I’ll also be sharing my last anticipated Womxn in Progress, highlighting my cousin Mikayla, so fill out the form here if you’d like to be featured in the future)….
Womxn in Progress: María Magdalena
Every Wednesday in March 2022, I am sharing one #womxninprogress, detailing the work of a creative, inspiring womxn in my life. Click here to learn about these spotlights and/or submit a spotlight. Bienvenidos to Womxn in Progress, starring my wonderful amiga and colleague, Magdalena! We met last July, a few weeks after I moved to Colorado….
Giving grace to routines, rituals, and roads
Welcome (back) to my studies on grace in 2022! On March 10th, I connected grace to topics of releasing, relationships, and responsibilities. These are all external processes, yet as in introvert, they require much inner-work. In the last 10 days, I’ve thought about grace and less-than-glamorous tasks, and that’s the first grace subject today: Applying…