Love Thursday

Love Thursday

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Yesterday was a really hard day. Like one of those days in which so many tears are shed you are pretty sure that it is impossible to shed anymore.
I was grasping onto things to find hope and love in and was reminded of the past week and Jen’s journey and Odette, and meeting this woman filled with smiles, despite adversity in the absolute worst forms.
Sometimes finding love and hope is hard, and we have to just wait for it. Maybe it will come out of nowhere and be dangling above us just waiting for us to grab hold of it.

Girl Power Africa.

Girl Power Africa.

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Today I mailed out the first batch of zine’s for Jen and Odette. 250 of them (give or take a few). So if you have ordered one, hopefully they will get to you this week! The best part? I ran out, and have to go pick up some more. There are only 28 total left in stock. So if you have not purchased one, please do so. They are really amazing and filled with hope and a whole lot of love.
Here is the site, just in case you don’t have it:
jenlemen.etsy.com

Jen left for Rwanda yesterday. I wish I could put into words the energy her house had on Friday, though chaotic perhaps, this sense of something huge and big that was just dancing above all of us. Like no amount of work was too much to ask for, because in a few short days 1000’s of people would be impacted by this act of love, of a bunch of soul sisters and brothers. How can you not be excited?

Please hold her up in your thoughts today, and Odette and the girls. And if you want to pitch in, please feel free to get one of those remaining 28 zines.

Her work.

Her work.

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I can’t even tell you how beautiful these zines are. They look like they should be on the shelf at Barnes and Noble. Jen did an AMAZING job putting it together.

I went over to Jen’s and helped out a bit, and addressed a lot of envelopes (and stuffed with zines) to go out soon… I was so happy doing this, thinking of all the people who were going to be holding them reading them and smiling.

Hope is contagious. There might be a few zines left to purchase. Check out jenlemen.com for more information if you haven’t already.

Love Thursday

Love Thursday

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I have always had a love affair with carousels. When I see one I light up. There is something about things that were just made for us to enjoy that is simply lovely.

If you haven’t already, show some love today and get this zine:
www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=11763782

Simplicity

Simplicity

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I’ve really been longing for some simplicity as of recently. Things seem to swirl around me, and I try to catch up as best as I can, often failing. Sometimes I need to stop and breathe and wait, it will all happen.