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My name is Vanessa. I am an artist, designer, free-spirit, and an eclectic soul with a love for all things creative.

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Life, Self Reflection 

February 8, 2020February 9, 2020

She Was Home

She couldn’t remember how she got here, but there was an overwhelming clarity in this new place.

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Baby spotted dove in front of peach sunrise

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February 5, 2020

The Cracks that Make us Whole

I was seven months pregnant when I found an injured baby bird hopping around the middle of the road in

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May 27, 2019February 9, 2020

The Backbone of the American Dream

If you’d asked me as a teenager, I’d have told you for sure I’d be getting out of here.

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Family, Love 

May 14, 2019March 30, 2020

More Than Love

Ever had that look in your eye? It’s a look made not of love alone. It’s the reflection of a

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May 1, 2019March 30, 2020

If When You See Her, You First Think “Dull”…

They say it’s the bold ones who change the world. The overtly confident, slightly crazy, dance-like-nobody’s-watching ones that become the movers and shakers. And maybe it’s partially true…

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closeup of two sneakers on a red track surface, blue sky with pine trees in the distance

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April 25, 2019April 25, 2019

A New Season

Something changes when you become a writer. Time slows. You begin to savor the tiniest experiences. You breathe in the

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March 15, 2019February 18, 2020

My dear hyper-sensitive daughter,

I see it starting. When I put your jacket on and your sleeve bunches up and you scream and shake

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Digital illustration by Brian Michael Sfinas

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Life, Loss  0 Comments

February 7, 2019February 8, 2020

But, I Don’t Dance Like you Dance

How was I the last to know? I must have been so engulfed in the sleepless nights of a two

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Dining room with parquet flooring and moving boxes scattered about

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August 7, 2018February 9, 2020

The Hole in my Heart Where Home Used to Be

— *at home1 : relaxed and comfortable : at ease This morning, Facebook reminded me that exactly one year ago

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tiny human, baby sleeping

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July 11, 2018February 2, 2020

Tiny Human

I stand leaning over the side of your crib, forearms resting on the hard plastic frame. At least I think it’s

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vintage photo of mother with baby girl in lap, 1988

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June 28, 2018April 25, 2019

What My Daughter Taught Me About Grace

It was a typical Thursday morning, but the gloomy clouds and drizzling rain poetically accompanied a nagging sadness that I

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