There’s a somewhat negative connotation associated with the idea of a self-fulfilling prophecy, a sense of foreboding. For myself, rather than living in the moment I tend to worry about when the other shoe is going to drop. In writing this letter from the perspective of my “future self”, I wanted to highlight for myself… Read More A Letter From My 34-Year-Old Self
Every year around my birthday, I like to reflect and write about the year I’ve had and the year I want to have. This time I wanted to get creative with my reflections and explore the ideas of gratefulness for past challenges and self-fulfilling prophecies. I’ve written two letters to myself — one letter for the… Read More A Letter to My 24-Year-Old Self
“Autumn shows us how beautiful it is to let things go.” For me, fall has always been a marker of fresh changes & renewals. This season, I am ready for it. Bring on that new Libra energy 🙏🏽❤️
I was mindlessly scrolling through Instagram late one night — as you do when you’re trying to fall sleep but instead choose to make it harder for yourself to do so — and I came across this post about the difference between loneliness and aloneness. And it wasn’t like this information was new to me,… Read More One
“I remember that time that you told me, you said ‘Love is touching souls’ Surely you touched mine, ’cause Part of you pours out of me In these lines from time to time.” – Joni Mitchell, A Case of You Rainy days like these make me want to pretend I’m in a sad romantic film,… Read More Deep Cuts
I was always artistic growing up. Catch young Michelle drawing, colouring, crafting, sewing, creative writing, singing, (“I learned to sing before I learned to talk” blah blah blah), playing instruments, dancing 24/7… I gravitated towards all the artsy verbs. One of my earliest memories of my “creative side” was when I was 4 years old… Read More Expression
I’ve been seeing on the Internet that today, August 8, is supposedly the luckiest day ever of the year. It’s supposed to be a day of big things happening — the stars and planets are all aligning and we’re all going find the love of our lives today, every illness we have will be healed,… Read More The Best Days
I had to take a break from this space. While I love writing/blogging and sharing my experiences – in the hopes that whoever might stumble upon my posts can relate to something I’ve written and glean something from them — lately the things I’ve wanted to write about have felt too specific or too close… Read More In Good Company
Growing up watching Disney, I secretly rooted for the villains. I never told anyone, ’cause I knew they’d all probably think I was fuuucked. Maybe I was/am. Like, I knew who I was “supposed” to cheer for, but all the good guys and girls were too predictable and bored me. I already knew they would… Read More Wish Them Well.
The kids I work with have been learning about the life cycle at school. They’ve been growing caterpillars in their classrooms and watching them grow. I’ve forgotten how fascinating it is to watch their metamorphosis happen. Right now however, the caterpillars are going through their cocoon phase and honestly? Same. For the last few weeks… Read More Awakening
Lives for Mondays. 