(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. [...]
Lovely, lovely people, I am so pleased to say that I have already passed the halfway mark in raising my tuition money to France. HALF WAY! Can we just pause for a second, take a deep breath, and appreciate how epic that is? Because all of that happened in 3 days. Three days. Dude. Rock [...]
I was writing a letter to my email list this morning, telling them about the ways they can help me go to France and how I’ll be donating a portion of the proceeds to the Creative Spirit Art Centre and trying to explain why that’s important to me. I realized though that none of you [...]
If you’re reading this blog, you’re probably a fairly intelligent person. You’ve got big hopes, big dreams. You probably want to change the world.You might have a business of your own, or dream of having a business. Maybe you just have a dream of writing a novel, or moving to Europe, or taking up guitar. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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?” [...]
My oldest friend called me last night. For fifteen years, we’ve been friends, practically sisters. My little sister considers her a second big sister. I think of her little sister as my other little sister. Today, my friend’s sister is in hospital. Kait’s always had health problems – epilepsy and a million others. There have [...]
Okay well not actually. I mean, it’s not like I’m on a boat or something. But I am near the sea, so doesn’t that count? (Side note – it smells like the seaside early in the morning here and it almost breaks my heart I love it so much.) But I am feeling rather more [...]
This weekend, my friend Mary’s production of Footloose finally debuted, after nine long hard months of labor. After nine long months of tears, sleepless nights and lots and lots of sweat, Footloose, Mary’s bouncing baby of a play, finally took to the stage. The play that wasn’t supposed to be If any play was never [...]
