Category: creativity

• My Belly is not for the Faint of Heart

  

  My belly is not for the faint of heart If you don’t like roundness, don’t come here If you don’t like softness, lay your head elsewhere If you don’t appreciate the squish of love, move on If stretch marks intimidate you or turn you off: bye! If the belly of a woman seems gross or…

  sparkleandzest

  April 23, 2023

  beauty, creativity, Joy, pleasure, self-expression, sensuality, spirituality

  belly, conscious woman, creativity, ovaries, self-expression, spirituality, woman, womb

• Unfolding into the Fullness of MySelf

  

  Gentlygentlyshe unfolds… Slowlyslowlyshe becomes… Softlysoftlyshe blossoms… Unfolding intothe fullnessof mySelf… . . . Peeling away the layers, trying to reach the center of Me like an onion, they say, or the artichoke, pulling off the pointy tough outer leaves, one by one, until:oh, lookthe tenderdelicateinner layers,tell me I amgetting closer to the heart. But also,…

  sparkleandzest

  January 1, 2023

  beauty, creativity, self-expression

  creativity, self-expression, spirituality

• The Tiger-Roaring Rose Dance

  

  I want to tell you a story about my daughter, Rose. She just turned 12 years old. I remember the day she was born. I remember before she was born, the fierce tiger longing in me to be the best, most loyal, loving, dedicated mama I could be to this creature I had yet to…

  sparkleandzest

  November 11, 2018

  beauty, creativity, parenting, self-expression, spirituality

  emotions, gratitude, mothering, parenting, spirituality, zen