1.11.11

hold my hand


my hands smell like potatoes
because i helped sarah
prepare her dinner
this morning before class
the crock pot is proof that adults
still want to believe in magic.
realization,
if i want 5 boys
i need to learn
how to tie a tie!

i like words and pictures.


27.10.11

free my brain. i'm alive in the sun.

note to self: read blue like jazz again



i love beautiful things.
for no reason at all,
just simply,
i love beauty.
and i realized the other day it had been a while
since i took the time to simply admire.
to just appreciate the beautiful things
of my life right now.
since i just danced to danced.
created a boquet.
took a nap in the sun,
went for a discovery walk.
crawled through an underground tunnel.
played in the dirt.
counted the stars
cut out pictures i liked,
dreamed aloud
read a book for pleasure
wrote a short story,
wrote a poem,
changed my opinion about something
mixed paints together with my fingers,
invited change
collected fallen leaves.




and i think these are the things that make you the most alive.


(i like those words a lot)



i don't live in reality.
that is what i am finding.

the areas of my life that reflect that ...
well mainly my financial one.
oh and the one involving time.

yeah i am always late,
always over drafting.

you could ask me if i could drive to

arkansas in one day or less,

and i would say yes.

easily a day trip.

the world is much closer together in my reality.

i don't use a brush
i don't need sleep
i'd rather buy art and tat up than eat.

counseling i think makes me more crazy
i live in an emotional world,
i jump for joy in my extreme highs,
and mourn and hurt in my lows.


"steph, maybe this hurt, torn, really huge disappointed feeling - this experience of loss, is one of growth. forcing limits." - a person i highly admire.

this photo made my heart sing
how tender a moment
a mom and her little boy.
[i want 5 boys.]


this is my newmantra.
to live in the now.
to not expect anything from the day,
and to just be.


rawr.
lions
i am all about lions these days.
i

time for some rest.
oh and some dance.

last thought
i really do not know how
to let people care
for me

peace yall.

19.10.11

new girl

this show makes me laugh out loud,
even when i am by myself in my top bunk.




plans for my night:
knitting my chunky scarf
watch many episodes of new girl
eat sin in a tin
write love notes.

goodnight.


mini skirts, maxi skirts, an afro hairdo


today reminds me of
eggo waffles, a good book,
and my best friends

what would you do if i showed up on your door step, ready to go?

another rainy day in the chatt - town.
i am just going to spend the day by myself.
cozied up with another cup of coffee,
reading for class,
creating a new playlist for autumn,
in a corner of a new comfy coffee shop.

&& life is trulygrand.

i am finding it more and more
important to write it all down.
even little mornings like this one,
because we are only getting older.
we will never feel like we feel today
in this moment.

pact:
"i will always
embrace my
youth"


things that i really really like today: afros, lions, fireplaces, yarn, chunky knit sweaters, jeggings, fuzzy boots, watching friends in the morning with the roomies, hiking with my boy, the changing leaves, butternut squash soup, journaling, blankets, long mornings in my pjs.


how i define healing:
when the soul is free to shine.
when the heart is sound.
the mind is able to dream
wildly again.
when the salty air and the ocean
have carried my worries away with the tide.
wholeness of the spirit.
renewal.
lightness of the soul.
freedom.
dancing.

confession: SOMETIMES DURING SERMONS,
I DRAW ROCKET - SHIPS && DOODLE OF THE STARS
oops!

let us listen together.

polite dance song - the bird and the bee
electric feel - mgmt
home - edward sharpe and the magnetics
if she wants me - belle and sebastian
keep your head up - andy grammer
rich girl - hall and dates
funky nassua (cover) - the beginning of the end
with you remix - chris brown
grey street - dave
blue in the sky - joe purdy
only living boy in new york - simon & garfunkel
easy (cover) - faith no more
you make me feel - cobra starship

will you show me paris in the morning?

much love,
steph


"may you always walk in the sunshine,
and may you never want for more"
- irish blessing.