I was so honored this year to be selected to design the “Colorado card” for
@bhacolorado ’s
@liftthelabelco #RecoveryCardsProject - the cause is close to my heart and you all know I REALLY love sending/receiving mail 💕
Also, shoutout to
@chloerekow & all her work there!
🪄Swipe to see the progression of the “Climbing Mountains” design, and the speech I gave at Civic Center.
💌 Order one for ✨ FREE ✨ at recoverycardsproject.com
❤️🔥 To everyone I know in the recovery community, you’re a badass.
To put things in perspective, here is just a slice of how common it is to struggle but how possible it is to find healing:
💙 One of my best friends from childhood checked herself into AA after being overprescribed opioids by a doctor, and met her husband through sobriety
💙 Another of my best & now longest friends invited me as a child to meet her support group and it has allowed me to understand her more forever
💙 Someone whose family has become family ended their life and left behind unlimited love & lessons
💙 An old friend admitted he hid bottles under his bed & friends said “one more won’t hurt” but his family took him home to stay out of hospital & get a job
💙 The leader of a nonprofit I work with stopped drinking years ago and it doesn’t stop him from partying just as hard
💙 Multiple athletes I’ve worked with became addicted after back injuries and now turn to adrenaline & outdoors to stay clean - some even went “pro” only after all this
💙 A friend had the courage recently to ask for help & a ride to a support facility - now, happier than ever
💙 People closest to me have been through so much, more than I can imagine, and are incredible humans
💙 Through abuse, shame & confusion I also turned toward dark places. I am eternally grateful for people who pulled me back up day after day, reminding me I am more than what some made me think I was. I am a skier & snowboarder, a mountain biker, a trail runner, a paddle boarder, a terrible golfer, an artist, a friend, a fiancee, a sister, a daughter, a dog mom, a book nerd, a horse lover, a world traveler.
Everyone is just someone trying to figure it all out, and sometimes a few kind words can make a difference.
