• trust love one more time
    Daring Greatly - Love and Relationships

    Trust Love One More Time

    March 26, 2018

    “Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.” – Maya Angelou Trust Love One More Time When your heart has been brokenMore times than you can countAnd you’ve valiantly attemptedTo put the pieces back togetherOnly to find them break apart again…It’s hard to trustHard to let goDifficult to believe.. Then Love presents itselfIt comes to you in surprising waysIn unexpected placesAnd unlikely peopleStanding by gentlyWaiting patientlyWatching quietlyUntil you noticeAnd become aware…. But the fear remainsHow can I trust love?Will my fragile heart survive?Do I have the courageTo love once moreAnd the strength toLet go…

  • Maybe It's Time
    #MondayMusings - Authenticity - Daring Greatly - Self Acceptance and Self Care

    Maybe It’s Time #MondayMusings

    February 19, 2018

    Maybe it’s time She thought to herself That she let love in And allowed herself To be cared for And let Someone else take the lead. Maybe it’s time She realized That she let others know What she needed Instead of expecting Them to guess her needs Or always being the one to serve. Maybe it’s time To let them see Her hurts and needs And not cover her vulnerabilities In a cloak of strength and independence. Maybe it’s time To let go of carrying the burden Of guilt and shame And allow love To light up those dark caverns…

  • Missing pieces of Me
    #FridayReflections - Daring Greatly

    Missing Pieces of Me #FridayReflections

    January 19, 2018

    Missing Pieces of Me is a reflection written in response to the #FridayReflections prompt of ‘missing’. Missing Pieces of Me Early one morning it hits her And sends her reeling – The realization of what had happened. How gradually and quietly She had fallen apart. The gaping hole in her heart Was a vaccuum Created by missing pieces of herself – Dreams and ideas Needs and wants And the feeling of being consumed By something bigger than herself. Bubbling out of her was the Laughter she had been suppressing, Holding on to tears instead. But now she’s ready to love…