Poem #26: Let Love
Let love be the gravity that pulls the chaos into order. Let love be the light giving sight to the entire system. Let love be the rootedness that binds our lives together. Let love be all there ever...
View ArticlePoem #27: You, My Friend
I tell stories about you, my friend. “I once had a friend who ____”, or “a friend once said___”, or “once a friend and I _____”. Every time I say those two words, “my friend,” I ache a little inside....
View ArticlePoem #28: these are my people
these are my people the soul-sifters and heart-seekers the wound-healers and light-bringers the love-binders the ones laughing like a child and pondering like a sage the ones redefining reality...
View ArticlePoem #29: create true art
Creativity means death, for only true art can find breath after killing one’s own agenda and propoganda. The only way to create true art is to give one’s heart entirely and completely in the sacrifice...
View ArticlePoem #30: The End
Stories end, and we don’t know how the plot line of each character continues, leaving a strange hole in our hearts a question, a pondering, a sighing, a crying. But we remember that the end is the...
View ArticlePhotography – Allison & Paul – 20th Wedding Anniversary Couples Portrait Session
It’s been a crazy few weeks for me! For those of you who follow my Facebook page or other social media, you’ll know I got to help shoot a Gungor music video this past weekend. A post will be up for...
View ArticleI’m Selling Photography on Etsy!
People have been asking if I’ll be selling photography prints, so I went ahead and opened an Etsy store. I’d love for you to check it out and share with friends or family! There are some exclusive...
View ArticleBeautiful Things (Or: At Long Last, an Actual Post About Actual Life From Teryn)
I realized I haven’t actually blogged in a long time. I quit my office job in April, and it’s been a crazy ride ever sense of starting up freelance work, creative opportunities, etc. But I’m processing...
View ArticlePoem: I’m Not Alone
Your warmth stirs me awake in the dawning morning to assure me I’m not alone. You whisper silent words in the stillness of my soul promising me I’m not alone. You give me small blessings shelter above...
View ArticleTrip to the Pacific Northwest!
I’m heading out to the Pacific Northwest for two weeks starting today! Two friends and I are starting in San Diego and driving all the way to Seattle (with a stop in Canada, too). This road trip has...
View ArticlePhotography – Jessica & Ben – Engagement Portraits
Right before I left on my trip to the PNW (which has been amazing so far!), I did an engagement photography session for a couple here in Colorado: Ben and Jessica. They wanted something playful and...
View ArticleWidening Circles: Thoughts on Rilke, Travel, & Homesickness
Just recently, I went on a two-week trip to the Pacific Northwest. (In fact, I’m sitting in the airport waiting for my plane to take me back home as I type this.) The trip was overall an amazing,...
View ArticleAnnouncement: After Three Years, It’s Time to Write Book on Grief
This past Saturday evening, I was nestled in bed around 10:30pm. The week had been long and busy. Up and on my feet all day, I was finally crashing into what I hoped would be a long and fitful night’s...
View ArticleA Newly Focused Blog is Just Around the Corner – But I Need Your Help!
PLEASE READ: :) Friends, I know my blog has been just kind of nonexistent for far too long. This fall, I’m hoping to change that. I’m brainstorming content and trying to change things up a bit. The...
View ArticleOn Coproducing A Music Video – Gungor’s “Us for Them”
In June, I had the great honor and privilege to coproduce a music video for Gungor alongside Joel Marchand Productions. I was the official art director and logistics coordinator for the shoot. I helped...
View ArticleSubscribe to My Grief & Healing Newsletter
I just wanted to remind everyone that I have a Grief & Healing Newsletter going out once a month. Below is a taste of the content you will receive. I just like to write encouraging thoughts in a...
View ArticleThree Years After Your Death: A Letter to My Kindred Spirit
My Dear Kindred Spirit, You died three years ago today. I’m so sad. (Understatement of the year.) As I’m processing this anniversary of your death, I don’t know what else to do but write to you. I used...
View ArticleAdvent Poem #1: Hope & Longing
This December, I’m going to write a poem and some thoughts for each week of Advent. Candles will be lit in countless churches across the world, and I will try to meditate in some small way on the...
View ArticleAdvent Poem #2: Peace
This December, I’m going to write a poem and some thoughts for each week of Advent. Candles will be lit in countless churches across the world, and I will try to meditate in some small way on the...
View ArticleAdvent Poem #3: Joy
This December, I’m going to write a poem and some thoughts for each week of Advent. Candles will be lit in countless churches across the world, and I will try to meditate in some small way on the...
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