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A weekend full of talking about myself while my favorite girlies are in the same place?!?! I need to get married more often!
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In my work, I’m often selling people the “dream of what could be.” And that’s been so rewarding and exciting. I get to be in the room with so many people who wear the title of activist, humanitarian, lover, entrepreneur, and more. I’ve been molded into something better and more intentional by all these people.

But sometimes, those of us who have the honor of selling the dream of “what could be” often fail to show the side of “when it’s not…” The reason it is not, could be because things are broken, and messy and complicated to begin with. People are flawed and systems are broken and we all are trying to figure out how to live for the first time. Community work is simultaneously lovely, full of purpose, and important while also being frustrating, difficult, and never ending. 

This year, there has been a lot of “when it’s not...” people leaving, ideas not working, and seasons coming to an end. I can’t help but feel the depth of Taylor Swift’s lyrics “but I can do it with a broken heart.” Many of your favorite social justice warriors, local and beyond, are doing it with a broken heart. Hearts broken by the work, personal circumstances, and the grind of just trying to survive. But still we persist. 

Today something ended
Today someone left
Tomorrow is September 
Tomorrow we begin again

And to be clear my heart is not always broken in this work. There is so much joy and hope I feel in this work. I just also want to acknowledge the heavy too.  So my caption is the heavy while these photos are the joy.
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