Everyone

. We can no longer be silent and say the fight is not ours. It is. Until EVERYONE is free Until EVERYONE is safe to jog, to sleep, to reform, to choose, to BREATHE, and to love. It is everyones fight. No longer can we afford to be silent. No more can we afford to […]

❤

Engulfed in trepidation Succumb to the calmness It lays within you Rise above I believe in you.

Cash

She laughs to fill the uncomfortable silence Desperate for this night to end She fidgets with her napkin glancing towards the door She hope’s he feels this too so she doesn’t have to lie Make an excuse, to part ways She wished she’d just said no to this set up She’s drawn back to the […]

Bully

Tormented Tortured Beaten down Bruised Ridiculed Shamed Poked at Used . . . . Enough No more Never again Rise up Victory claimed I win . . . . . It’s my reflection where my bullies used to be

Change maker

Every day I wake determined Determined to make a change Take a stand Inspire Encourage Leave my mark Define my purpose Every night I lay down exhausted Exhausted with my efforts To meet my goal Everyday is not a success However blessed tomorrow is another chance Refuse to admit defeat I understand progress takes time […]

Well timed text

Have you ever needed to hear something A pick me up from someone that wasn’t a regular motivator in your life. Like from those who see you in a way you don’t see yourself, but want too. Words of encouragement or a belief in your character that stretches beyond your idea of yourself. To know […]

Day of the….

GIRL It’s the Day of the Girl. What exactly is that? What does it even mean? In 2018 Plan International Canada has marked October 11 is asking its girls to defy normal. It’s the thought that normal is girls being denied equality. They are encouraging the celebration of girls that dare to be Defiant Girls […]

Giving my head a shake

News flash….. It’s 2018….. I needed to pretext this post with the date because I can not believe what is coming after. I have a necklace, on the pendant it says Feminist. At work today someone (a woman I work with) asked me what it said. So I said “Feminist” she said “that’s what I […]

Haiku 16 & 17

Everytime I cry I’m comforted by your smile Telling me to rise . . . . . . . We will rise above Never lie down and give up Always a new dawn . . .

Her

Her beauty Breathtaking Her intelligence Inspiring Her passion Infectious Her temperament Serene Her strength Unwavering Her determination Unmatched Her story Untold