A long weekend in Florida 🫶🏽 #florida #news A long weekend in Florida 🫶🏽

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I wanted to paint something a little more abstract I wanted to paint something a little more abstract. This 16x20 acrylic painting is inspired by a Polaroid taken [most likely] by my grandmother, “Nannie.” The painting isn’t finished but I’m happy with session one. ❤️

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2022 Part ✌🏽 #nye #newyearseve #photodiary # 2022 Part ✌🏽

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2022 Part One #2022 #newyear #florida #travel #st 2022 Part One

#2022 #newyear #florida #travel #stpetersburgflorida #keystonecolorado #summitcounty #snowboarding #mtb #mountainbiking #specializedbikes #radgirlslife #girlswhotravel
Thank you @instagram for providing a template for Thank you @instagram for providing a template for cramming a week’s worth of highlights into one post. 😂 Here’s a super speedy recap of Dec 2022 women’s surf & yoga retreat in Nosara, Costa Rica. 

Retreat: @neighborhood_offshore 
Stay: @nosara_surf_villa 
Yoga: @honeybirdflow 
Surf: @luigizuniga

#costarica #surfretreat #yogaretreat #nosara #womensretreat #playaguiones #guiones #surfing #horsebackriding #womensupportingwomen #travelgram #igtravel #puravida #travelphotography #girlswhotravel #travelgirls #radgirlslife
Straight after a week-long women’s retreat & 36- Straight after a week-long women’s retreat & 36-hours of travel, Christmas week was crafty, stupid cold, extra sugary, and loaded with family events. 🥰 Commencing hermit recovery mode.

#painting #acrylicpainting #artwork #artgallery #pheasant #artistsoninstagram #christmas #photodump
To filter would be blasphemy. ⛵️ #sailing #ca To filter would be blasphemy. ⛵️

#sailing #catamaran #yacht #sunsetsail #sunset #sailboat #costarica #nosara #travel #travelgram #travelling #puravida
Now that it has been gifted, I can share this bela Now that it has been gifted, I can share this belated house-warming gift painted for a horse-loving, beach living, surf sister. 🤙🏽Yeehaw Bra 5x7 Acrylic on Canvas

#horses #equestrian #beachlife #painting #acrylicpainting #artist #artwork #artgallery #artistsoninstagram #igart #horseriding #horselover #beachpainting #artoftheday #paintingoftheday #paintingtimelapse #timelapse
What can you really say after spending a week with What can you really say after spending a week with soul sisters in a tropical paradise? Grateful isn’t sufficient; blessed is a given. My heart is full and my spirit is energized with a special kind of confidence you can only gain from stretching beyond your comfort zone and being surrounded by women on a mission to lift one another. I have extra special people to see and a holiday to celebrate when I arrive at home. This is good…really, really good. ❤️

Stay: @nosara_surf_villa 
Retreat: @neighborhood_offshore 
Where: Nosara, Costa Rica

#costarica #surfretreat #yogaretreat #nosara #womensretreat #playaguiones #guiones #surfing #horsebackriding #womensupportingwomen #travelgram #igtravel #puravida #travelphotography #girlswhotravel #travelgirls #radgirlslife
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Real Talk: This feels unfair & I don’t understand

Are you good at blending in with the crowd? Would you say you’re pretty normal? You might have the same hair color as your neighbor but there’s no such thing as “normal.”

Internal battle scars.

Who you are is an inside-out kinda thing. Just like no person has ever had the exact same features as another, no one has the same series of experiences that form a personality. Heartache and love, sickness and recovery, loss and gain…these are the puzzle pieces that create the bigger picture of who we are.

Some scars are unseen and it’s these unseen things that make it difficult to understand why people do strange things. The hard truth is that our world isn’t just filled with healthy, patriotic, rational, do-gooders.

Rain falls on the just and unjust, which means those who are “healthy” still share oxygen with those who are mentally or spiritually sick.

Who’s to blame?

So what do we do when trust is broken, kindness isn’t reciprocated, work isn’t rewarded, or the guilty go free? How can we find justice?

It’s natural to want to point the finger, whether it’s politics, religion, bad parenting or abuse. Who or what has been at the other end of your pointer finger?

Does blaming your parents make your character flaw go away? Does hating your abuser make your suffering disappear? Does punishing yourself get you back on the road of progress?

What I’m getting at is this: Blame (aka bitterness, guilt, shame, hate), placed on yourself or someone else, is like riding a stationary bike expecting it to take you somewhere.

Compassion and forgiveness are key

Synonyms for compassion include empathy, love, gentleness, mercy, tolerance, and kindness. I believe compassion is key to having peace when you don’t understand. If your first instinct is to practice empathy or mercy, you’ll be quick to have compassion for the unseen things that caused someone to say or do something you can’t explain.

You’ve probably read this on a bumper sticker somewhere but forgiveness isn’t something you do for someone else, it’s something you do for yourself. Forgiving someone (even yourself) does’t mean you’re letting them off the hook or accepting what they’ve done as okay. When you forgive someone, you’re choosing not to let their words or actions cause you pain anymore.

If you’re feeling pain, shame or bitterness, let go of your own understanding and take ownership over your inner peace. Think like Otis and, “Try a little tenderness.”

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    February 9, 2019 at 8:10 pm

    You definitely have a way with words! I love reading your works you are very talented and your words carry so much wisdom and compassion!!

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A long weekend in Florida 🫶🏽 #florida #news A long weekend in Florida 🫶🏽

#florida #newsmyrna #newsmyrnabeach #palmcoast #satellitebeach #hammockdunes #eastcoast #beachlife #coastalliving #beachphotography #travelphotography #girlswhotravel #radgirlslife #letsgo #vacationmode #naturephotography #floridaliving #southernliving
I wanted to paint something a little more abstract I wanted to paint something a little more abstract. This 16x20 acrylic painting is inspired by a Polaroid taken [most likely] by my grandmother, “Nannie.” The painting isn’t finished but I’m happy with session one. ❤️

#painting #artist #artwork #acryliconcanvas #acrylicart #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #artgallery #artcollector #artoftheday #igartist #paintings
2022 Part ✌🏽 #nye #newyearseve #photodiary # 2022 Part ✌🏽

#nye #newyearseve #photodiary #photodump #wilmingtonnc #phoenix #nosara #costarica #taylorguitars #radgirlslife #girlswhortravel #art #artwork #artistsoninstagram #acrylicpainting #resolutions #bentonville
2022 Part One #2022 #newyear #florida #travel #st 2022 Part One

#2022 #newyear #florida #travel #stpetersburgflorida #keystonecolorado #summitcounty #snowboarding #mtb #mountainbiking #specializedbikes #radgirlslife #girlswhotravel
Thank you @instagram for providing a template for Thank you @instagram for providing a template for cramming a week’s worth of highlights into one post. 😂 Here’s a super speedy recap of Dec 2022 women’s surf & yoga retreat in Nosara, Costa Rica. 

Retreat: @neighborhood_offshore 
Stay: @nosara_surf_villa 
Yoga: @honeybirdflow 
Surf: @luigizuniga

#costarica #surfretreat #yogaretreat #nosara #womensretreat #playaguiones #guiones #surfing #horsebackriding #womensupportingwomen #travelgram #igtravel #puravida #travelphotography #girlswhotravel #travelgirls #radgirlslife
Straight after a week-long women’s retreat & 36- Straight after a week-long women’s retreat & 36-hours of travel, Christmas week was crafty, stupid cold, extra sugary, and loaded with family events. 🥰 Commencing hermit recovery mode.

#painting #acrylicpainting #artwork #artgallery #pheasant #artistsoninstagram #christmas #photodump
To filter would be blasphemy. ⛵️ #sailing #ca To filter would be blasphemy. ⛵️

#sailing #catamaran #yacht #sunsetsail #sunset #sailboat #costarica #nosara #travel #travelgram #travelling #puravida
Now that it has been gifted, I can share this bela Now that it has been gifted, I can share this belated house-warming gift painted for a horse-loving, beach living, surf sister. 🤙🏽Yeehaw Bra 5x7 Acrylic on Canvas

#horses #equestrian #beachlife #painting #acrylicpainting #artist #artwork #artgallery #artistsoninstagram #igart #horseriding #horselover #beachpainting #artoftheday #paintingoftheday #paintingtimelapse #timelapse
What can you really say after spending a week with What can you really say after spending a week with soul sisters in a tropical paradise? Grateful isn’t sufficient; blessed is a given. My heart is full and my spirit is energized with a special kind of confidence you can only gain from stretching beyond your comfort zone and being surrounded by women on a mission to lift one another. I have extra special people to see and a holiday to celebrate when I arrive at home. This is good…really, really good. ❤️

Stay: @nosara_surf_villa 
Retreat: @neighborhood_offshore 
Where: Nosara, Costa Rica

#costarica #surfretreat #yogaretreat #nosara #womensretreat #playaguiones #guiones #surfing #horsebackriding #womensupportingwomen #travelgram #igtravel #puravida #travelphotography #girlswhotravel #travelgirls #radgirlslife
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Happy Thanksgiving friends! I painted this lone tr Happy Thanksgiving friends! I painted this lone tree on a hill in late summer/early fall but hadn’t shared the process. I love her texture. She’ll be living in a light oak floating frame. 🖼 DM for Christmas commissions.

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Did you guess the mystery lady?? 🤩 This sister Did you guess the mystery lady?? 🤩 This sister series reminded me of my favorite music video of all time: Black or White by Michael Jackson. If you haven’t seen it, watch it now. It instantly makes me happy. 

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Sunday still life. 🎨 I might make this a weekly Sunday still life. 🎨 I might make this a weekly thing; blues music included. 😎 Fun fact: B.B. King and I have the same birthday. 🎸

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It’s the little things that get me…like fun so It’s the little things that get me…like fun socks 🌵homemade pumpkin muffins 🎃funny greeting cards ⛄️getting your first @stetsonusa 🤠and QT with your pretty mama ❤️ 

Wishing you all a heartwarming week full of the good stuff! 🥰

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I often refer to my work as a visual art because i I often refer to my work as a visual art because it encompasses multiple mediums. Painting and photography came later in life but I’ve been involved in the arts since childhood. 

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Wet paint reveal! “Look Ahead” 12x12 Acrylic o Wet paint reveal! “Look Ahead” 12x12 Acrylic on canvas. She’s 1 of 6 in a sister set. 

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I’d watch the whole time lapse just to listen to I’d watch the whole time lapse just to listen to this song…but the final product is pretty dope too. 🎨 Allá prima “I Knew You” 12x12 acrylic on canvas.

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