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Hello Brave! Products for Embracing Your Bravery
Hi friends! I wanted to share with you some of my favorite products! All of these products are lovingly crafted and super high quality, and you can browse the entire collection over at the online retailer Garden Gallery! Bird Scarf/Vest I’m sort of dying over...![Products for Shining Bright](https://cdn2.kellyraeroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/22121050/16730372_10155156394645992_2869561195157958717_n.jpg)
Products for Shining Bright
Hi friends! I wanted to share with you some of my favorite products! All of these products are lovingly crafted and super high quality, and you can browse the entire collection over at the online retailer Garden Gallery! Shine Tea Towel Because even our dish towels...![New Art – Portrait Series!!](https://cdn2.kellyraeroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/30100000/portraits.jpg)
New Art – Portrait Series!!
Eek! Here they are!! Super excited about my new portrait series, totally inspired by vintage portraits. We’ve got True, Hopeful, Brave, and Blessed. I love, love, love trying new ways of creating and this series is totally speaking to me. I hope you love...![Her spirit was as brave as the brightest star in the sky.](https://cdn2.kellyraeroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/30095949/KRR_BrightSpirit_72.jpg)
Her spirit was as brave as the brightest star in the sky.
(New work, available here) “There is a light in this world, a healing spirit more powerful than any darkness we may encounter. We sometimes lose sight of this force when there is suffering, too much pain. Then suddenly, the spirit will emerge through the lives of...![Two New Manifestos!](https://cdn2.kellyraeroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/30095201/dear-child-manifesto-72.jpg)
Two New Manifestos!
(signed/matted prints of this manifesto are here) I’m a big fan of manifestos. I created my own way back when. Since then, I’ve created one for Joyful Living, one for the people whose hearts we love, and I designed one of...![brave in brokenness.](https://cdn2.kellyraeroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/30094437/silentemotion72dpi.jpg)
brave in brokenness.
Like so many of you, I have been deeply affected by what happened in Newtown, CT. I’ve been quiet over here, feeling incredibly tender. Without words. Life has paused. I have also been avoiding quiet time in the bath. I’ve had the radio on in the car, in...![the layers of history…](https://cdn2.kellyraeroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/30093954/6166915180_3b8d527119.jpg)
the layers of history…
new painting, you are enough. there’s this thing that happened when i became a mother that nobody warned me would happen. it hit me hard and i think i’ve just recently sorted it all out. i’m not sure how to explain it, except perhaps that it’s...![most important soul work ever](https://cdn2.kellyraeroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/30093845/3799127593_5a9332f823_o.jpg)
most important soul work ever
it’s not until i talk to other moms that i realize how much my heart is carrying and expanding. i’ve never been so relieved to know i’m not alone in an experience. what nobody tells you is that your capacity for holding everything expands...![here’s the long version of how trauma broke me open, devastated me, and now how it’s healing](https://cdn2.kellyraeroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/30093835/4301634692_87dcb471c0.jpg)
here’s the long version of how trauma broke me open, devastated me, and now how it’s healing
i wrote the following post in pieces throughout these past many weeks. now that i’m coming through the other side of this struggle and feeling stronger, i wanted to share these words. it’s very personal, but as katherine says from yesterday’s post,...![they know who we were in our tenderest moments…](https://cdn2.kellyraeroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/30093834/7360bw-web1.jpg)
they know who we were in our tenderest moments…
you have to be brave with your life so that others can be brave with theirs. – katherine center i’ve got two more guest posts to round out the end of my maternity leave this week. today’s post comes from author and friend katherine center. i met...![happy 8 weeks, dear true and other thoughts](https://cdn2.kellyraeroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/30093823/5219241355_b28c7f191a.jpg)