When I was 10, I auditioned for the National Ballet School. There were 4 of us in this particular audition – myself, a girl I barely remember with fuzzy brown hair, a boy, and then The Girl. The Girl who danced like she had angel wings. I’d been dancing for 5 years and my teachers [...]
(I wrote this months ago and filed it away in a random folder on my computer, titled “Manifesto”. I just found it again and knew I had to share it.) I believe that there is a light inside of you, just waiting to shine. I believe that there is something inside you, dying to thrive. [...]
I seem to be playing the comparison game with myself lately. You know – the one where you look at everyone else’s success and tell yourself that you’ll never measure up? I haven’t played it in a while, but I’m not at my best lately, so I’ve got fewer defenses for when the gremlins start [...]
Lately, I’ve been having the same conversation again and again. For some reason, some people who know me think that I’m special. That I have some kind of superpower, or luxury, or something, that has made it possible for me to live my life on my own terms. That somehow, the Specialness Fairies have decided [...]
We try so hard to stay small. We try to fit in, to do what’s expected of us, to keep others happy. We stay quiet, never being too loud, too obnoxious. We confine ourselves, fit ourselves into tiny little compartments. We accept less, we do less, we hide our light under rocks and bushes. We [...]
Life, you are brilliant. Of the $1000ish we need for Hannah to start dancing again, we’ve got $811. This means that her dance classes are completely paid for. She is officially going back to dance. Thank you, thank you, thank you. To everyone who has donated, shared, sent love and supported, I am immensely grateful. [...]
Hannah really wanted to share how grateful she is for all of your support, and so I asked her to write a little something to share with you. She’s written it so beautifully, that’s about all the introduction it needs. Take it away, Hannah. “I’ve tried to write this message a few times over [...]
When I posted about Hannah’s story on Thursday evening, I was not expecting to have raised $300 within 6 hours. I knew that y’all were a generous, wonderful bunch, but you have floored even me. But you know what? It is so not about the money. Well, not completely. I mean, it’s a really awesome [...]
I’m dancing again. Very few people know that when I was younger, I used to dance all the time – I was a classically trained ballet dancer and I loved it. But then I got sick, and I had to let that passion go. I thought that door had closed forever. If someone had told [...]
There’s something I’d like to tell you – something I don’t often talk about, but now seem to have blazoned on the front page of my site: I want to change the world. I don’t talk about it often because it triggers all sorts of stuck – like the “Who do you think you are?” [...]
