38 birthday wishes, reflections, and extreme gratitude.

  Life is so beautifully overwhelming.   Thank you from the edges and center of my being for a magical and memorable year.   On the precipice of turning 38 and what has now become an annual ritual (it’s going into THREE YEARS . . . WHA?!?!? Where...

June 26, 2015: Because of today, love will always win.

  i woke up this morning and told myself today was going to be a million dollar day.   Turns out today would be worth so much more.   i came out when i was 16 at a time when i wasn’t even really sure what that meant.    i came out to my...

Reflections on a 20 year Wonderland: the end of my Miss Diva USofA reign

It’s been 4 days since i’ve returned from Wonderland. A Wonderland full of magical and mythical characters that over a decade ago existed only in my head. It’s surreal, bittersweet, gratifying and honestly . . . peaceful. Peaceful because i silenced all the naysayers...

A Never Ending List of Undying Gratitude – Miss Diva USofA Nationals

The whole of last week has been a bit of blur and I’ve just now been capable of formulating everything I want/need to say. I am sure that I have inadvertently left someone or something out; please know that it is not intentional and I love and thank you so much. This...

36 Birthday Wishes, Reflections, and Moments of EXTREME Gratitude

i’m a Capricorn. Capricorns ALWAYS have a plan (just ask my partner).   So of course i had a birthday plan: work really hard for a few months to build my website and then BAM! Launch it on my birthday. It was going to be the ultimate birthday present to...