"...To give up my watermelon filled days, complete with joy and peace and bliss, To give up what used to be my home..."

Oil painting depicting bat stars in the Vancouver Islands by Katie Clark

"...I am pushed into the open space where my arms are free yet lack grace..."

"...I’m done telling myself that I don’t deserve you, the 'I don’t deserve you' that screams, 'I wasn’t enough'..."

"...Music performances are how I share what I have learned, created, and felt during the time I had spent with a piece..."

"the sky is kissed with breaths of rain and the world is soft with quiet stillness..."