Author: leecall

Lee is a writer, artist, and compulsive hobbyist photographer. She lives in Arizona. While you can sometimes spot her in the back right corner of a movie theater scribbling her thoughts, you will most often find her painting, writing, or reading. Lee doesn't swim in the ocean (duh), but she is obsessed with fish. Lee holds a BFA in Illustration from Utah Valley University. You can follow her journey at aliciavannoy.com.

When Was the Last Time You Let Yourself Just Play?

Play, as unstructured pleasurable activity, is so often ignored by women. We so often find ourselves in unending roles of caregiving, that we ignore what really makes us happy. What makes our essential selves, the selves that existed long before we were attached to a significant other or to offspring, truly happy. We have forgotten how to play.