Joyful Ruins

Discovering joy in the hard places


poetry

  • To Pain

    I thought my unhealthy relationship to pain started after an exposure to black mold created weird phantom chronic symptoms. That time did leave me questioning so much of what I had been sold to believe. But as I have journeyed through my life and trauma, I have come to see that I learned, long before… Continue reading

  • Gift of Sun

    My favorite moment of the day comes when sunlight meets walls and fences trees and leaves When sunlight is warm and golden This is what I wake up for a greeting of magic from the To me and all it touches Continue reading

  • Inner Landscapes

    Sometimes I wish I lived by the ocean so I could walk on the shore and absorb the tranquility from the horizon At times I long to be by the mountain waters to look up at the Rockies to walk by a fresh running stream or a glossy glacier lake and feel at peace But… Continue reading

  • Live by your Nature

    Why do we as humans seek to define ourselves in one way? Nature is so diverse No tree is the same and a flower is certainly different than a bird How did humanity come to the idea that we must all be one size one faith one skin color That there is only one way… Continue reading

  • When Clothes no Longer Fit

    I have had some clothes hanging in my closet for over a year that no longer fit me. Mostly because I have changed in size and body shape. I outgrew them one way or another. Sorting through them, I have held onto some and not to others. Some pieces I had so obviously outgrown, I… Continue reading

About Me

An obsessive journaler who loves meeting others along their journey and giving them a hand to hold through pieces of writing. I write about the heartbreaks of life and the joys, the ups and downs, and I often learn my greatest lessons and miracles from nature.

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