
Raising Self blog
Life is challenging and beautiful
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Photo Series: Reaching for Ambrosia
There’s this fruit tree existing amongst concrete and steel, yet it dares to bare fruit. Out of reach. She’s got…
My Daughter Doesn’t Have Classroom Friends
I hurt for my daughter. I became nervous about her experience in and out of the classroom. I imagined her kindness and vulnerability being met with cruelness and disregard.
Blade Runner 2049, Beautiful but Objectifying
Give the film a chance and view it with an open mind.
Creative Inspiration: Blogalicious
You would be amazed about how activating it is sitting in a room with women living their best lives.
SCI-FI YA Books that will Snatch Your Edges
The expanding of possibility and universe that a well written narrative brings. If you’ve never experienced this, you are reading the wrong books and I highly recommend finding those written stories that leave you a tinge breathless because it’s bursting at the seams with awesomeness.
7 Fiction Books Worth Reading This Year
I’ve read over 60 books this year, here are 7 of my favorite fiction books.