As Only You Can

dress: free people (similar here)// scarf/ kimono via james clothing boutique (loving this one) // shoes: isabel marant (simlar here)
photos by common dove photography

"May your coming year be filled with magic & dreams & good maddness. I hope you read some fine books & kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful & don't forget to make some art (write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can) & somewhere in the next year I hope you surprise yourself."

Is it just me or is this year flying by shockingly fast? I wrote this quote down at the beginning of the year to remind myself to make EVERY single day amazing and although life has its ups and downs and has been absolutely insane lately I'm proud to say that I have been living as only I can. More laughter and books and art.......and kissing someone who thinks I'm more than wonderful....my sweet Doodle bug. Now that we are in the middle of the 3 out of 12 chapters this year let's remember to MAKE life beautiful :)

The Mad Ones

dress: free people (on sale here) // shoes: matisse (similar here) // bag: loeffler randall (available here) // headband: via james clothing boutique
photos by common dove  photography

"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones........who burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the sky." -Kerouac

Readjust

sweater: valentino (loving this one) // skirt: free people (similar here) // boots: chinese laundry (here)
photos by common dove photography

"When life gets blurry, readjust your focus." Being a parent is no joke....and sometimes you lose sight of just how important your job is when molding another human beings life. Not only are you in charge of taking care of their physical needs like making sure they have shelter and food....but you are also in charge of their mental and emotional well being. It is also your job to make sure they become a well adjusted, respectful and compassionate person as they grow older....which is actually a lot of pressure. No mom likes to admit it, but every now and then life gets blurry......especially when going through a divorce and finally seeing the toll it takes on your child....but all you really can do is readjust your focus and remember that YOU and only YOU are the one person who can make your child feel safe and sound. 

Nothing else can make you go through a full range of emotions quite like parenthood can.....one minute you are laughing so hard its difficult to breathe and the next minute you both are crying your eyes out on the floor trying to figure out what the other one wants. The one constant is that there will always be a love that no one else can even come close to feeling.....or describing for the matter. And whenever you feel lost or scared its not really an option to stay that way for long....you simply remember to readjust, pull yourself together and be confident in the fact that you are someone else's WHOLE world.....and eventually, everything else will work itself out.

Combat Boots and Truck Drivers

shirt: free people (similar here) // skirt: helmut lang (available here) // jacket: vintage (loving this one)
photos by common dove photography

Last week a dear friend sent me this article…..and it shook me to the core…..these are the women I want around me….and I am very grateful that my gang feels the same way about me…… let's start lifting each other up instead of tearing each other down…….

"This is for the women who don't give a fuck. 

The women who are first to get naked, howl at the moon and jump into the sea…..

This is for the women who seek relentless joy; 
the ones who know how to laugh with their whole souls…..

The women who speak to strangers because they have no fear in their hearts.

The ones who wear "night make up" in the morning or don't own mascara.

The women who know their worth, who plant their feet and roar in their brilliance.

The women who aren't afraid to tell a man to get the fuck out of her heart if he doesn't honor her heart.

This is for the women who rock combat boots with frilly skirts.

The women who swear like truck drivers.

The women who hold the people who harass or wrong them with fierce accountability…..

This is for the women who drink coffee at midnight and wine in the morning and dare you to question it….

For the women who open doors for men and are confident enough to have doors opened for them.

Who use “no” to be in service for themselves.

Who don’t give a damn about pleasing the world, and do sweetly as they wish.

For the superheroes—the single moms who work three jobs to make it. I salute your resilient, cape-flapping, ambitious selves.

This is for the women who throw down what they love, and don’t waste time following society’s pressures to exist behind a white picket fence.

The women who create wildly, unbalanced, ferociously and in a blur at times.

The women who know how to be busy and know how to plant their feet in the earth and get grounded.

These are the women I want around me."

(Janne Robinson)

Same Dreams, Fresh Starts

dress: free people (similar here) //boots: chinese laundry (here) // necklace: stella & dot (similar here) // bag: loeffler randall (on sale here!!!!!)
photography: common dove photography

New year. New feels. New breath. Same dreams, fresh starts.  The best part of the turn of a new year is that everything feels fresh. The symbolism of "starting over" is enough to make you want to have a solo dance party on the beach at sunset……but shouldn't every new day be that way? This year, instead of just starting over once I vow to start over every day……every single morning……same dreams, fresh starts……365 of them…..now that's exciting.

Ps thank you Jessica for breaking open this wine bottle and always being my partner in crime, this past year wouldn't have been the same without you :) Also…… Charlee, Katie, Becca, Liddy, Carly, Jenny, Sheree, Biggles, Claire and Corey….thank you for making sure I made it out of 2014 in one piece. Cheers to 2015