A new beautiful Friday to LOVE and be LOVED!!! Happy Wake and Cake Day y'all! The holiday season in the world as we know it is likely looking a little different this year than it has in years prior for your traditions. If you didn't get to share a slice of pie with your family last week, enjoy a piece of cake today or any day you're able to press play with with me and my Soul Sister, mi Hermana Espiritu, Emily Lingvall.

I connected with this kindred spirit when I first got sober last year. Immediately I was drawn to her clarity, wisdom and views on life. Even though our belief systems regarding our higher powers differ, she had what I wanted. I yearned to learn from her. We quickly became friends, but then she took off on a cross country road trip to be with the love of her life and start a new one of her own on the East Coast.  She since came back to San Diego where we reconnected tangibly again. Bless the stars! 

Following this episode I drop Emily off at the airport so she could journey a second time to the East Coast to fight for the love she holds near and dear and oh so deeply in her heart. 

Another thing she preserves and protects is her TEN YEARS of Sobriety, which she credits as her greatest achievement when asked.

Emily says, “If I didn’t get sober and stay sober, I wasn't going to have a life to live at all” 

Emily often quotes Mother Teresa...well, I just quote her! I coin these hits of joy, "Lingvallisms".  

Fill your hearts with Emily's transparent tale as she shares her experience, strength and hope. 

Intense love doesn’t measure, it’s just GIVES- Mother Teresa 

Much Love and Grat, LJ AKA Kosher Barbie