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My life on page was a thought out journey of blue ink words neatly pressed on paper. There it was, all my dreams waiting to be checked off one by one. The expectation and timing of what I envisioned had to fit right into my life. I would start to work on a dream I had, and find myself tweaking and fine tuning it to death before I could release it. I didn’t want to make mistakes, so my dreams sat in the incubator of perfection waiting to be born. I would stare at my list of dreams wondering why they hadn't started coming true. I manifested my list, I started working on it, what's going on? Why were my dreams wait listed while others around me were making their dreams come to life? I discovered while some of life is luck, I found those around me were capturing the "fireflies of luck" by being open to opportunity and imperfection.The fireflies of luck are blinking moments of opportunity that dazzle the eye making the darkness glitter with possibilities. They are pure strokes of magic that flash bright for a second, tap you on the shoulder to say “hi" and then...

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When was the last time you were happy? I mean really happy. Laughing like a little kid, giddy can’t stop the feeling dancing happy? I realized something was missing in my life when I asked this question to myself and I really had to stop to think about it. When was the last time I was filled with pure joy or, maybe more importantly,  allowed myself to feel joy in the moment? Wow. I remember stopping dead in my tracks along a busy intersection turning against the tide of human traffic and looking at the the whirl of faces pass by me. I couldn’t remember. It was then, I embraced the moment and I allowed myself to feel the tears stinging my eyes. The joy of sadness. How quickly we adapt and become numb to emotions, because it’s easier to process. When we have emotional messiness, it takes time to clean it up and figure it out. But we don’t have time anymore, or do we? What if we stopped for a moment to give ourselves the freedom to feel?  To express and find joy in every moment? It sounds silly, but it is profound. Embracing and finding joy in...

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Hi and welcome to the Bird’s Nest! I know I’m not the first person to have an idea to share, nor am I the first inspirational blog, but I do know what it’s like to have a dream inside you and never seeming to take the first step towards it. I’ve had this “pebble in my shoe” making the journey to my dreams impossible to walk on. These pebbles of fear, doubt, distractions, the daily grind called “life” always got in the way of me pursuing the still small whispers inside my heart. One day while sitting in Chicago traffic on, three small words once again came to me: “Believe you can”. So many times in the past I would avoid these words, because believing it meant I would have to take ownership over my life and its direction. This time though the words became more insistent and I didn’t want to let them go. Determined to take the elusive first step, I took these words and turned them into my mission statement. I decided to create a piece of jewelry to wear and serve as a reminder of these words and LouBirdie Jewelry was born. Each new journey begins...

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