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Remembering: Love Is My Name, a Poem

Remembering: Love Is My Name, a Poem

Thanks to a beautiful reader, who I wrote this poem for, here's something you need to remember: love is here, even still. Even though {fill in the blank} happened or is happening, love is my name and my truth. And it's yours. It's here, now, always, and the only thing that's lost is your memory of it.

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5 Reminders to Be There for Yourself, So You Can Feel Whole

5 Reminders to Be There for Yourself, So You Can Feel Whole

What would it look like to be there for yourself? It might look like showing up for the heartache with a little more love than you’re used to giving yourself. It could sound like a sigh of relief after you’ve said “I think I might be enough.” Whatever it means, these poems are reminders that you’re not on your own.

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Grief Poetry: On Stitching Things Together Again

Grief Poetry: On Stitching Things Together Again

Love inevitably leads back to love. That usually (probably always) means that sorrow is going to get thrown into the mix. Love, however, doesn’t stop. It may seem like it stops, but it morphs and flows; it’s powerful, eternal like that. This small collection of grief poetry is a reminder that “again” happens too.

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A Poem for My Best Friend

A Poem for My Best Friend

I wrote a poem for my best friend for her 30th birthday this year and wanted to share it with you in case you wanted to share it with “your person.” Consider it a reminder: beautiful people don’t just exist—they are everywhere. You never know when you’ll run into someone who makes you remember what love really means.

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30 Grateful Thoughts (In a Poem, for My 30th Birthday)

30 Grateful Thoughts (In a Poem, for My 30th Birthday)

On my birthday, this is my gift to you: 30 grateful thoughts in poetic form. It’s what I most love to write. Please enjoy (that’s my birthday wish). Note: I feel most creative when I'm grateful, and today that creativity came through as this poem. I hope you love it. I hope you love you.

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Don’t Take Life for Granted: 5 Notes to Inspire Pure Gratitude

Don’t Take Life for Granted: 5 Notes to Inspire Pure Gratitude

Don’t take life for granted (because it’s kind of a miracle). Instead, go deeper into the miracle of being alive. Be here, now, fully and with purpose. Read these notes to inspire how you take your next breath and treat the next moment. When you shine your appreciation on what you love, the whole world as you see it will shine brighter.

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Please, See Me: 5 Poems to Inspire You to Be a Blessing for Someone

Please, See Me: 5 Poems to Inspire You to Be a Blessing for Someone

“See me.” It’s a call for acknowledgment, compassion, and validation. Those are gifts that every human being needs to give and receive for strong, healthy relationships. Read these short poems to help you appreciate the present moment, and the people here with you.

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