Underwear, Avocado, and Being Loved Inside the Hunger and the Mess

Give me this life where I don’t cringe at the sight of my own flesh or wish I were someone else, and where I am not only tolerated but loved most of all, most adored, in my hunger, in my mess, in my half-naked sandal-wearing ruined beauty.

Real LifeJena SchwartzJuly 10, 2017love, reationships, marriage, rebecca solnit, climate change, whole foods, produce, cheese, olive oil, healthy eating, coffee, writing, life, coaching, client, anne sexton, poetryComment

Same Sun, Same Moon

On my bedside table, so many books. Half-read books, unread books. Paperbacks, hardcovers. On my head, more grey hairs every day. I pluck them, not in battle but more like a new hobby. My skin is changing. My life is changing.

ObservationsJena SchwartzJuly 3, 2017daily calm, meditation, love, relationships, marriage, running, writer, mother, entrepreneur, self employment, coaching, client, moon cycle, arcade fire, travel banComment

Surfing Ocean and Sky: Mary Oliver and Synchronicity

I sit with this for a moment, tears in my eyes. I feel the impulse to deflect it, to say something funny or self-deprecating. But I don’t. I take it in. And then I thank her and say, “I need you, too.”

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