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    SAPPY HAPPY LOVEY DOVEY

    February 13, 2019 - By 

    (i double-dog dare you to keep reading): Hi! I am Michelle Lewis, and I am so in Love with the most wonderful person! Truly, madly, deeply, beautifully in Love… and oh my goodness, it’s actually mutual. Reciprocal. Magical! It makes me giddy, and it makes me believe in miracles. I spent waaaayyyy too many years in shitty relationships, settling for scraps and normalizing bad behavior. Accepting the unacceptable. Suffering abuse, betrayal, and a long list of other foolishness. And yes, there were a couple of good guys along the way, but heartbreak was my normal so cue the self-sabotage. Right?…

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    Love Notes

    February 8, 2019 - By 

    My fiancé and I don’t plan to have any kids together by mutual choice (I am a 1-and-done momma of a grown ass human, thank you very much). We don’t have pets (he’s terribly allergic, and when my last two kitties finally crossed the rainbow bridge, I needed a break. Also we travel ALOT). What we do have is an abundance of stuffed animals, some from childhood but mostly collected from our 6 years of dating. Some are tiny. Some are HUGE. Some help us sleep. Some help us manage days when our hearts are broken open (death of a…

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    A Foundation of Impossible Dreams

    January 31, 2019 - By 

    My Mom always used to tell me that I am a Dreamer. She would say it with a mixture of fear for her baby and a knowing twinkle in her eye. My Dad always used to tell me that Dreams won’t pay the rent. He would say it with a mixture of fear for his baby and the sadness of dreams long since left behind. But as for Me, I’ve always been one to embrace my Dreams, to dive into them, to play with complete abandon in them, to be swept up in the intoxication of them. I follow them,…

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    What’s My Passion?

    January 31, 2019 - By 

    When I was a young girl, I thought Passion was embodied by the rough embrace of Rhett Butler and Scarlett O’Hara. As I grew, and stretched, and spread my wings, however, I soon discovered that Passion is a whole other animal. It’s an untamable spirit that drives us towards greatness, towards freedom, towards the deepest levels of Love. It is an unquenchable fire in the belly that lights us UP and drives us through our darkest nights of the soul with the promise of hope on the other side of our chasm. It is the essence of our magic that…

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    Amazed and Grateful

    November 18, 2018 - By 

    OMG. She’s almost ready! We took another sneak peek yesterday of our house and so much more has been done. The sweet brick motor court is completed. Exterior is 95%. And inside, oh, my… I cannot wait to share what’s going on inside. It’s Beautiful. —— I am amazed and so very grateful for the life I have, and the Joy that I am a co-creatrix of. In my 20’s, my life was such a story of pain and struggle and desperately seeking to escape my suffering. It was a broken heart and a battered body. It was fear and…

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    The Balance Between

    November 12, 2018 - By 

    Ohhhhh my goodness, she’s coming along! Just 47 days away from starting life in our first home together, a beautiful brand new build that we’ve worked so hard to manifest. I find myself in a weird space of extreme excitement & gratitude for what is unfolding in my life, while also feeling deeply saddened for the losses so many are suffering from the California wildfires. I’m reminded that we humans are complex beings and that there is peace in finding the balance between opposing emotions, feeling both fully. 💖 + 💔. Hug your favorite people today and send love to…

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    Why Do I Even Bother to Vote?

    November 6, 2018 - By 

    Why do I VOTE? 💖🦋 I vote in honor of My foremothers and yours. I vote in hopes for a more positive, inclusive, tolerant, compassionate, healthy, safe, resourceful, loving future for myself and our children and the planet we all share. I vote for life and for choice, for women and for people of color, for refugees and the poor, for equality and justice for all. I vote to end racism and white supremacy and nationalism. I vote for Love. I vote for human rights regardless of what color skin or gender that human is wrapped in. I vote for…

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    A Samhain Blessing and A Meditation

    October 31, 2018 - By 

    Michelle Lewis, The Blessings Butterfly A Samhain Blessing Samhain is an ancient, pre-Christian Celtic festival to celebrate the end of the summer, the final harvest before winter sets in. It is traditionally marked by bonfires, and corresponds with a time of honoring the spirits of the dead. Rituals may include a dancing, feasting, nature walks, ancestral altars, and/or a silent supper to remember loved ones who have passed beyond the veil of the living. For those in the Northern Hemisphere, October 31 marks the start of Samhain (which can be tricky to pronounce- “Sow [like cow] In” or “Soh Een”…

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    A Quick Self Check-Up for Working With Your Shadow-Self

    October 6, 2018 - By 

    It is thought that each person we encounter is in some way a mirror of ourselves (and vice versa). This is comforting whenever we see aspects that are considered positive or admirable, but when we see the worst in someone? Oof. Well, that’s not exactly fun. Especially when you consider that we are equally capable of unleashing some nasty, unpleasant, and downright awful behavior of our own. Sorry to tell ya, but “Love and Light” isn’t all that we are made of. We also carry hurt, anger, hatred, unhealed trauma, sadness, and a whole lot of darkness throughout our time…

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    Beautiful Weirdo

    September 6, 2018 - By 

    Once I realized that I am not just “weird” but that in fact I am a Beautiful Weirdo, well honey everything else just fell into place around me. I stopped trying to be anyone other than my own self, in all of my wonderful weirdness, because THAT is my special sauce. I own my sky-high optimism, and my self-searching shadowy moments of fear & doubt. I shit rainbows and hold space for people in my faerie dust, covered in golden Light and wrapped in unstoppable, unbreakable Love. I believe in believing in you, in me, and in our own immeasurable…