So here’s to recommitment– recommitting to creativity, creating without boundaries or pressure, and, of course, recommitting to sparkle. I hope you’ll continue to come along with me!

I thought to myself, what a difference a couple of steps or rather a change in perspective can make. I remind myself that the same thing will be true when this is all over. [Because yes, this too shall pass]. In truth, I already feel a change when thinking back to when this all first started. And I take comfort in that. What a difference a new perspective can bring.

All in all, I am super excited for what’s to come. So here’s to twenty six-- to new beginnings, to a new chapter, and to going after dreams we’ve always believed in.

Today, leave a little sparkle turns 1. [Can you believe it? I surely cannot.] One year ago today I published my first post- hello world- and never would I have imagined that leave a little sparkle would come this far.

I wonder where i’ll be this time next year. Maybe still in San Francisco? Or maybe, if the stars align, living abroad in some fabulous city and on another weekend trip with a different group of fabulous friends in, let’s say Paris [because Paris is fabulous.]

I’ve only got two more days left here in paradise [insert sad face here]. I plan to soak up every last minute and enjoy, as my newfound Costa Rican friends say, la pura vida.