I am a proud new mother

Noelle Khalila NicollsLove Letters

On Wednesday I gave birth to my first baby seedling. Her name is Sarafina Spinach. When I was planting the seeds it was pretty unimaginable to think those seemingly dead seeds that looked like dry specks of dust and dirt would flower into life sustaining green plants. Yesterday my daddy caught me staring at the Eager Cabbage family. It took …

Declaration for Teenage Girls

Noelle Khalila NicollsLove Letters

In commemoration of Teen Relationship Violence Month My body is my temple.Perfectly formed by the word of the CreatorHonour it and know that you honour yourselfViolate it and know that you offend the one who gives you lifeTo know me is to know yourselfTo love me is to love yourself My body is my templeI pledge to nourish it with …

Breathing into my big toe

Noelle Khalila NicollsLove Letters

With all the noise and rush of life, it is hard to perceive the internal engine that powers my body: what some call the inner body, the living organs and cells hard at work. When I meditate I am getting in touch with the living organism that is my being. A ritual practice of meditation helps to create a space …

How constipated are you?

Noelle Khalila NicollsLove Letters

I am starting to notice how certain patterns of behavior are consistent throughout various areas of my life. For example, I never noticed before how my relationship with my toilette was reflective of my relationship with life. I never stopped to consider what kind of friends I was with my arsehole. So, when I was taking a dump the other …