However long it takes, whatever you need to heal from, here is your permission slip to take all the time you need.  May you have the strength to face it. May you create something beautiful from it.  May you rise from it.  

Edge of a Memory

I stood at the edge of a memory

Fearless and full of fear

Not sure if I should jump

Daring myself to dangle from it’s pain

Toes inch back deciding not to jump

Instead I dove

Into it’s wasted space

Tousled through tears and doubt

Banging against jagged walls of shame

Echos of embarrassment from every direction

Falling falling falling falling falling falling

Through time.

To the girl on the other end of the memory.

Curled up and crying.

To lift her chin.

To stand her up.

To dance naked in the living room to the beat of her blood.

Arms flickering above her head like flames

Hips hot

Swaying and swirling

And when I knew she would keep dancing, I could return to its edge.

Elbows on the table.

Hands tucked under my chin.

Grin of satisfaction.

And watch her dance at the edge of a memory.

-Jaime Lara Shannon Kurowski

I beg of you.  Get still.  Find your passion. Create it. Love it. Claim it. Share it.  We need you.  

My story of doing this and a poem that was born of the stillness.  

Hello and welcome to the Awe-dacity Podcast. I’m your host, Jaime Kurowski. You may also know me from my driftwood business,She Makes. I am a collector and creator of the words that make us feel like we can flip a car, travel, curl up with a book, and sit in stillness and beauty.  On this podcast, I want to collect your audacity!  The audacity to love, leave, lead and take leaps of faith.  I have spent many years practicing audacity, conquering fear, and finally learning what it means to love myself first. In my life, I have had the audacity to leave a marriage, quit a job, sell my art, start a business, buy magenta glasses, and start this. very. podcast, to name a few.  Maybe you asked for help, told someone no, spent money on YOU. Maybe you hiked a mountain, got a tattoo, took up tap dancing, took a solo trip, or dyed your hair purple! I want to hear it all!

My hope is to empower listeners to see this beautifully worn path of bravery. Let it be a tenacity tour of possibility. A gumption guide back to yourselves. Now, grab a fresh notebook to jot down all the reasons you should try it too!