Smile! These Joyful Items Are Still Available In The Shop!

Shop Update! Happy New Day Everyone! I’m sharing which items are still available in the shop, that are waiting to bring a smile to you and your loved one’s world. Posters I’m trying out something new with motivational and encouraging posters with print on demand! Cards Looking for cards that fit pretty much every occasion?Continue reading “Smile! These Joyful Items Are Still Available In The Shop!”

Orbit: Friendship Cartographies | A Lesson in Friendships

Orbit: Friendship Cartographies are a visual representation of coming to terms with the state of my friendships: the frequency of engagement, proximity, strength of bonds, and seasons. As I age, I’ve learned to detach and embrace how people come in and out of my life. Some present for a moment. Others for a season. And someContinue reading “Orbit: Friendship Cartographies | A Lesson in Friendships”

Friend, A Definition

Friend… verb noun adjective  preposition  Friend… it’s who you are… it’s what you do… it’s how you move… Friend   SideBar is an ongoing collection of musings, reflections, and reminiscences based off of everyday conversations and happenstances. To read more entries from SideBar.

Trust – Exposing The Root

It wasn’t that I didn’t trust you,   but rather, I was tired of trusting someone else over myself. I trusted you too much, which is and was burdensome.  I’m not sorry for trusting myself,  but I am sorry that it was received as lack of trust in you.  SideBar is an ongoing collection of musings,Continue reading “Trust – Exposing The Root”

Descriptive Prowess

I still don’t know if you’re serious or if it’s an ongoing inside joke that you have with yourself. I can hear the chuckle and smug smile that paints your face, before it begins. ‘what are you eating?’‘food’‘what are you wearing?’‘clothes’‘your descriptive prowess is remarkable. I mean it’s truly extraordinary, the way use the EnglishContinue reading “Descriptive Prowess”

This Is What Showing Up Looks Like I

You said that you were refraining from cursing, even though the word was right there on the tip of your tongue, locked behind the bars, known as your lips. We were young in our friendships, so I did what I believed to be showing up for my friend in their time of need. So likeContinue reading “This Is What Showing Up Looks Like I”

First Impressions III: The Beginning of Our Friendship

You asked, ‘what’s it like having a twin brother?’ Glancing up from my sketchpad, I replied, ‘I’m my brothers’ keeper.’ It may have come across as distant, dismissive and cold. Little did you know, that in time you would come to learn the true weight of those words and how they weighed me down…