3/28/21
To begin, something would certainly be amiss if I didn’t take a moment to honor spring – I’m writing to you with open windows and chirping birds and a lightness of step that just isn’t possible in the blustery wind. Thankful and grievous that little stays the same.
We’ve got some new folks around here, in large part due to my mother and her kindness.
With that in mind, though, I realized that I never really introduced myself with any formality – assumed that you all knew me one way or another, but I would like to change that. Here’s an introduction for you.
My name is Leah, and I’m 25 years old. I’ve lived in Nashville, TN, for almost 7 years now, and I love it with every beat of my heart. I’ve got two cats, Theodora and Lake, who are my little sleepy bundles of chaos and joy (scroll for photos I won’t disappoint you), and I’ve spent the past 3 years working on my masters of counseling at Vanderbilt University. I graduate in May and couldn’t be more excited.
I love long walks, pop music, cooking and/or eating great meals, lifting weights, good coffee, the color red, and sweets. I love to read classic literature, and I’m a busybody.
I’m passionate about the pursuit of self, for you and for me. Observing as much as experiencing the rise and fall, the tiniest moments and life-defining ones, the anger and laughter and sadness and spontaneity – constantly assessing for and striving to set aside any judgment. I believe that every moment of life and every bit of my perception holds a goldmine of information about who I am at any given point in time. And it’s fluid, this selfness. Daily changing. No finish line in sight.
I write in this pursuit. Words help me sort through all that observing and all that experiencing, help keep the robotic overwhelm at bay. Help me feel feelings and think thoughts without pushing them underneath responsibility and accomplishment and indecision.
I hope that this space can mean something for you – for me, it has come to mean more than I ever could have imagined. That it might be words read in the right moment on the right day to unlock some special hidden piece of yourself that you get to lovingly coax into the light of the world.
Lightly,
Leah
Leah Kepley, M.Ed. 