Seven Years Bliss

Seven years ago today, I started an epic adventure: I left Portland, Oregon - my home for almost three decades - to start a new chapter in Providence, Rhode Island - a place I had never been to before.

I bid farewell to a life of epic proportions and my True Blues in Oregon and my bestie - the late, great Uncle Liam - hopped into the car with me to drive East.

I'll never forget that journey. We saw some beautiful spaces, ate delicious food, and chatted it up with other adventuring folks along the way.

To write that much has happened in those seven years is an obvious an understatement. Too much to document all of it here, but I will share a few moments of my personal experiences ....

...I became a business owner.
...I became a professional actor and writer.
...I gave back to my new community as a volunteer at many different places.
...I dreamt up an event to celebrate women artists in Rhode Island and co-founded ShePVD with Alyssa .
...I saw an opportunity to create a space to bring women together to collaborate and co-founded Cocktails & Conversations with Carrie.
...I floundered in disappointment when things should have gone one way but didn't turn out as hoped & expected.
....Relationships shifted and in some cases, ended.
....I found a spiritual community to join that I later lost.
....I grieved.
....I reconnected with friends of long ago in Pennsylvania, where I spent some of my growing up years.
...I had my first-ever art show as a photographer at @sindesserts .
...I lived in Italy for a month and traveled to Spain, France, Ireland, and Scotland.
...I stopped to smell the roses - so many times, I lost count.

Who the heck knows what will happen in the next seven years. I have not doubt more adventure and disappointment await.

I wouldn't have it any other way. ❤️