A place to experience freedom to live the life you were created for, and deep joy to delight in the journey along the way.
 
 

Welcome to Glitter & Grace

A place to experience freedom to live the life you were created for, and deep joy to delight in the journey along the way.

 
 
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the blog

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You Can Date However You Want
You Can Date However You Want
Stop Saving Intimacy For Marriage
Stop Saving Intimacy For Marriage
How Making Friends With Your Anger is Your Ticket to Healing
How Making Friends With Your Anger is Your Ticket to Healing
 
 
 

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This muffin. That smile. Being his aunt. Heaven personified ☁️✨
This quote is not my own (thank you Dave Grohl), but I use this affirmation all the time. Especially when I am in creation mode and find myself doubting the need for my thoughts and words to make it outside of my brain. “This has been said before.” “No one cares.” “Your words don’t matter.” I return to this often and remember that there never has been nor will there ever be the same me, having this life experience, who has the specific gifts I’ve been given, and it always encourages me to keep going and to fully show up for my life. Each and every one of us are needed to make this world more beautiful. You are a powerful gift so please don’t give up on sharing that with the rest of us ❤️✨
Lover. It is your birthday. The glorious anniversary of when the light that is you entered this world. The same world that I have had the privilege of sharing with you, most notably for the last 7 years. You have added so much to my life - the most precious parts being the sense that I never have to face this life alone and that I am completely loved just as I am. I love you with an undying love and will treasure every minute of these quick 19 hours we get to celebrate together. Happy birthday. What a year this will be 🥰✨🌈⚡️
Such an interesting and delightful reoccurring theme of succulent blooms happening in my life in the last 48 hours! Seriously have seen and noticed them everywhere and @meganlieberman even sent me a video of a VERY rogue bloom emerging from the succulent I gave her last month. Forever seeking the meaning and significance in signs and repeated symbols, but with these, I keep returning to the idea that we're so lucky to have such immense beauty tucked away for us to enjoy and discover in so many different places. And that if there was that much care taken to create something so tiny and often overlooked that beautifully and intricately, then how much more beauty do we have stored up in us? What a gift flowers and nature are to us. Tiny, flawless, wildly unique Guardians of Presence that pull us deeper into gratitude, awe, wonder, and pleasure. Thank you little ones and Creator of all of it 🙏🏼🌷✨
Sometimes I feel like shouting this from the rooftops because I want everyone who’s ever struggled with dating in any way, shape, or form to experience this freedom, but mostly because I wish more people had said this to me throughout my life. I take great care in unearthing the “should’s” from my bones and bringing them into the light where I can examine where they came from, and discern whether I ever needed to carry them in the first place. My greatest guide in recognizing these should’s is my body, and my choice to honor it any time it registers the slightest sense of unease or resistance. It can be hard when these should’s come from well-meaning places – like parents, friends, the internet – offering suggestions and trying to encourage you as best they know how. I’ve heard it all, from “you should be putting yourself out there more” to “have you tried this dating app?” to “you’re too picky” to “just give him a chance” to “I know 3 different couples who’ve all met on Coffee Meets Bagel now.” And here’s the thing: none of these are bad advice (except for the “you’re too picky,” I hate that one). But all the “good” advice in the world doesn’t matter if it doesn’t feel good to you. The more I’ve learned to ascribe to the “you don’t have to do anything you don’t want to do” motto for my life, the more joy and peace I’ve experienced. If the thought of signing up for eHarmony to meet my husband doesn’t light me up like a Christmas tree – I’m not gonna do it. If I don’t feel like saying yes to someone asking me on a date just because they’re the first person to ask me on a date in 6 months – I’m not gonna go. If using dating apps leaves a bad taste in my mouth every single time – there is absolutely NO reason I need to be on them. These thoughts can even change day to day, but all that matters is that I’m listening to what sounds good to me, and am giving myself permission to filter out all the rest. TL;DR: listen to your body, follow your joy, you don’t have to do anything you don’t want to do, and you can date however the hell you want.
Making the 💇🏻‍♀️ feed official ✨ And on a somewhat related note, I’ve found myself particularly drawn to taking selfies lately, mostly only for myself. (Did you know the Photo app has a “Hidden” album you can use to store photos and keep them out of your main album for privacy? 😏☺️) I’ve felt the desire to celebrate and appreciate my body, my femininity, how I look at 34, how good I look with a spray tan, how pretty I feel in a certain outfit, and so forth. And it feels healing and empowering and playful and good. I know @morgandaycecil’s voice and #sexyselfiesexysoul movement has most likely been a catalyst for this as well (would highly recommend following her), and it feels exciting to watch other women experience freedom and pleasure around fully embodying their wholeness and all that it entails. I guess I just wanted to share the reminder that sensuality and femininity aren’t only awakened or amplified in the presence of another, but that they’re in you now, for your enjoyment and for you to explore and discover and delight in. Make less space for shame, and all the room for love and acceptance. You are good, your body is good, and I hope you find all the little ways to enjoy it ✨
Themed parties til I die ⛷🐰 Thank you Mama for being here, friends for being the best, the village it took to put my outfit together, and every single person who sent love my way yesterday and always. Grateful for all of it and for another year to dive even deeper into this glorious life. Love love love 💕✨ #apreskibunnies #thisis34
I typically say affirmations in the first person (i.e. “I am free to enjoy this life”), but this specific one I received so clearly as a permission slip from outside of myself. I hear this phrase being placed upon my heart multiple times a day and so just as I let it wash over me, I’m speaking it as a directive over you as well. To me, this affirmation gives me permission to unabashedly chase after my joy, and reminds me that the human experience isn’t just about growing and learning through suffering, but that pleasure and joy and delight are our teachers as well, and there is so much freedom in letting go and sinking into all of the beauty and goodness God and this life have to offer us ✨💫🌈
 
 
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