Love you so much bb! This poem and its performance are incredible.

We put all this pressure on ourselves as creatives to be “busy” all time. Our value perceived by our output or if not our output, our hustle.

Over the past couple of years I’d been feeling like output/hustle was more of an obligation than something I truly actually still loved. And when my mom got her diagnosis it gave me permission to quit (as if I needed anyone’s permission??? lol) it was one of best decisions I ever made.

I focused on my family, I focused on me and my health (inside and out), for the first time in my adult life (45 this year!)

Mom has recovered (hopefully it stays that way), and I’ve just started to dip my toes back into playing again. But this time it’s on my terms, not those that i assume are expected of me.

And it feels kinda silly that it can take something as serious as a cancer diagnosis to shed the restrictive skin that was falling off on its own anyway. And found other fulfilling outlets in the process.

Xoxo thank you for continuing to share your journey, your beautiful words and your beautiful self with the world. We’re all the better for it xoxo