“We recognize that we are collective agents of history and that history cannot be deleted like web pages…This women’s march represents the promise of feminism as against the pernicious powers of state violence. An inclusive and intersectional feminism that calls upon all of us to join the resistance to racism, to Islamophobia, to anti-Semitism, to misogyny, to capitalist exploitation…The next 1,459 days of the Trump administration will be 1,459 days of resistance.” -Angela Davis

all the women gathering with pink pussy hats

the excitement in the air

so many young girls being part of a huge protest to stand up for everyone 

some amazing signs that i saw:

i can’t believe that i’m still protesting this shit

trust women

love women

we will never stop fighting for what’s right

our bodies, our business, our rights

i am perfect 

i stand with planned parenthood 

rise 

Hope

midwives for women’s rights

no human being is illegal

this is just the beginning

this is what democracy looks like

the singing and the chanting as well as the kindness from everyone there to gather and to have our voices be heard

this is what we are here for. The streets were flooding with so many people

walking up Pennsylvania Avenue with the inauguration stands still up from the day before and all of the seats being filled with women in pink pussy hats and families cheering.

It was a day of connection and coming together. It was a day of awakening and rising up. We will keep rising and keep fighting, because this is our country and we are not going back.

“we must scrupulously guard the civil rights and civil liberties of all citizens, whatever their background. we must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.” FDR 

the ocean is in me. it’s waves, flow, and saltiness. the Pacific covers more than a third of the planet’s surface. imagine the vastness of it and all the life it holds. #allconnected #ocean #nature #magic✨✨✨✨ #loveeveryday #natureawareness

love and be curious. let your imagination fill skies up. hold your own hand and listen to your inner voice. when i observe the world with an open heart everything changes.💙 this summer my heart has opened even more and i have followed it down some paths with twists and surprises. i’ll be writing more about that soon… #loveeveryday #love #imagination #beopen #itsaboutthejourney

i filmed this when i was hiking up to high camp at squaw valley in tahoe last summer. stay on your path, remind yourself how strong you are and how much love you can share with the world. i’m still on mine. i’m glad i have this reminder. i love it.

at anytime you can open your heart.💙 that opening will help you feel everything as it is, love, sadness, joy, bliss, pain, doubt-that deep charge of energy. you will change, lighten, expand, and live. let that openness, that love, that mess, be real. that vulnerability is the stuff we are all trying to get to. it opens me up like a book, and if i can stay in that space the more courage i have. #loveeveryday #light #openheart #wildgrace #courage #bereal #themessisreal #truth #itsaboutthejourney 

there is a reason i choose to live the way that i do. to love everyday and choose happiness and joy with a big smile in my life. i am reminded of this every time i speak to my parents. my dad will talk about the weather and then proceed to tell me about some ailment he has endured this month. it’s always something different, and how his heart could stop any day. he has been waiting for his heart to stop since he was about 50. he’s 72 now.

my mom then proceeds to tell me about her ailment of the month, and how she is doing much better now, but it was pretty horrible. how she has had to take care of my dad and how he’s doing so much better now though. you get the picture….

today my mom said, “are you still doing that homeschooling thing?”

REALLY? did she just say that?  just let it go jen. let it roll on down the road….

we can’t talk about religion or politics, because then everything will just go to shit…

that is why i am conscious of savoring the moments with my kids that bring love and smiles to my face. i know another way that it can go.  that is why i’m always searching for a new path to truth, because my parents could talk to me all day and not say what they are truly feeling. i know they are doing their best, but it really gets to me sometimes and then i have to let it out, usually to my husband who listens patiently and loves me everyday.

i’ll be on this journey for the rest of my life. i will love them, even if most of the time i don’t understand them at all.  i will find love in the moments, the silence in between.

this morning in my facebook feed i saw a post about spanking and not liking the behavior of a child. i was spanked as a kid. it made me feel small, sad, afraid, and hurt-shamed. when i had children i knew there was another way, a way to LOVE without hurting. i choose love and connection. it makes new pathways to you and your kids learning together.

Here is a link to the Enjoyparenting blog. It’s a great resource to seeing the world of parenting differently, life differently really. 

http://www.enjoyparenting.com/daily-groove/love-the-behavior

I just watched this video. It is so inspiring and beautiful. You can follow your dreams and change the world!❤️ Thank you Jeremy Cowart.

http://youtu.be/jC-rpAkfE2I

    

i am on my journey to Bali! i made it to Taiwan and am taking everything in. it’s beautiful here on the other side of the world. it’s been a very long time since i have traveled out of the US. when the plane map showed that we were flying over Japan, i was filled with awe and gratitude. i’m so glad i bought the ticket. i was in the woods this summer with my kids listening to the creek flow and my heart told me i needed to see Bali. go, buy the ticket! see the world and follow your heart. #gratitude #loveeveryday #wildgrace #itsaboutthejourney