Why Serenade My Soul?
Origin Stories
In college I would spend hours dreaming up my life on Pinterest. I loved adding pins to my travel board, my branding board, and of course my dream closet!
One night in the midst of a pining frenzy (jk, it was only that serious when I started working lol) I came across this image of a painting. My best guess is that it was an oil painting.
I immediately made it my desktop wallpaper and would just observe it for hours. When I first thought of writing this post, I wasn’t sure where that graphic was but I was looking for a file over the weekend and I happen to find it in my “SMS Archives” folder so you get to see it.
Anyways! I saw the painting and felt inspired to write a poem I titled Serenade My Soul. I opened the image into photoshop and did a shit job of blurring out the edges of the background to create more space. I found a scripty font I like and created this image.
(tell me that man isn’t stand in front of a bullet, burn down the world in love with her?!)
It was an ode to me. A declaration of the type of love I wanted in my life.
I didn’t know at that time it would become the mantra to how I live my life. How I would yearn to become my own greatest lover. (no digs to PK, he’s pretty amazing) but that ‘self love’ hits a bit differently, ya know?
Reading over the poem feels cringe AF and I love that. I saw a tiktok that said “if you don’t look back and cringe, you haven’t grown. You haven’t taken many chances”
What started off as a dream has now become my mission. To live a happy and fulfilled life and ot help others do the same. With a bit of self awareness, love, and a dash of grit, we can do anything.
In my 20’s - my desires were short sighted. A good paying job and a good man.
In my late 30’s I want so much more. I want deeply connected freinships, I want creative challenges. I want to turn my knowledge into wisdom and share it with the world. I want to help people find their power and question everything.
Serenade My Soul has been my secure space for over a decade. Every iterating, every website update had my hands in it. I can’t wait to introduce you to the next iteration of me!
PS: 2024 Visualize and Thrive journal prompts will continue as Roots and Rhythms in 2025. A whole new vibe but the same mission, to dig deeper!
PPS: I’ll be hosting The Artists Way in 2025 starting the last week of January