Blog post # 1: Chrysalis Story Time Series.
November 2nd, 2021; Part 1:
Butterflies have always had a way of following me around. I find them stunningly beautiful and find my breath taken away when I see one. When they grace me with their presence, I am immediately brought into this appreciation of how beautiful life can be. In high school our choir director had an end of year assignment, to write a song or perform your favorite song. I decided to write one. I named it, butterfly kisses, a song that represents all my favorite things in my favorite season, summer. Little did I know, this song would bring me into several pivotal moments in my life...
November 2nd, 2021; Part 2:
Berklee College of Music has an extensive application process that includes an audition. I grew up with stage fright to the point of forgetting everything when performing alone. My audition day did not go as planned; I had several commitments that overlapped. One thing after another was falling apart and failing so, to say I was stressed felt like an understatement. By the time it was my turn I was shaking, sweating and second guessing myself. I had practiced a Sara Bareilles song several times, but something didn't feel right. Right before I walked in I decide, I'm going to sing the song I know like the back of my hand, Butterfly kisses...
November 3rd, 2021; Part 3:
I got in. with a song that I wrote, on a day that I felt everything was going wrong, I got in. The next several years I went through several transitions. I had never travelled farther than California and I moved to Boston MA, across the country. I experienced life like I never had before. The highest highs and the lowest lows. I still always came back to butterflies and how beautiful life can be. But through my own experiences I started to see how our tribulations, successes, failures, joys, fears, heartbreak, loss, grief were like that of a butterfly's chrysalis. They don't start off as a butterfly, they start off as a caterpillar and they must go through hard and scary times to be the butterflies that take my breath away...
November 3rd, 2021; Part 4:
I started to see life as transitioning from chrysalis to chrysalis. I get to be different butterflies throughout my life. I get to develop the beauty of me. My values, ethics, how I treat other, how I take my own experiences and make them into how I shape my own life. I cannot predict the future and I cannot change the past but, in that chrysalis, I get to decide how I am transitioning to become my best butterfly. I can now respect the chrysalises in my life, I can feel when they are happening and even though they can feel scary and overwhelming I remind myself that I get to be my own butterfly in the end. I want to support others when they are in a chrysalis stage, I want to help others gain respect for their own chrysalis's as they are growing into their own butterfly...
November 4th, 2021; Part 5:
Chrysalis seemed like the most perfect name for my business. To honor my own experiences as well as show the perspective of life itself and how beautiful it can be. You don't have to go through a chrysalis alone, let us support you through it and explore the chrysalis together. Check out our social media pages in the top left corner to see the post sharing the song that started it all, Butterfly Kisses.