Mandy Ricks

Tag: self care

  • Facades

    I’d rather see your battle scars. Your lines, wrinkles, and wounds, Than you facade. -Mandy Ricks

  • A Quiet Place

    I am looking for a lovely quiet place where I can listen to the silence. -Mandy Ricks

  • Graceful harmony

    Evening rolls in, softly, gently, a soothing reprieve.

    And as the leaves turn and drop with graceful harmony so does my need to please.

    -Mandy Ricks

  • Horses and Sunshine

    I began to write poems when I was a child. Late at night, in bed, alone with my pen.

    My mother and her partner would drunkenly fight and I would write about horses and sunshine.

    -Mandy Ricks

  • Wild

    All of us have a piece of wild that lives in our soul.

    Keep it.

    Treasure it.

    Love it.

    Because it will protect you during war.

    -Mandy Ricks

  • People pleasing

    I have spent too many years with my heart and legs open, hoping to find love, and to please, but only finding hypocrisy. -Mandy Ricks

  • Summer is here

    It’s here: Summer. With it’s hot days, hotter nights, cold drinks, and broken promises. Be careful out there. -Mandy Ricks

    This is an updated post from May of 2023.

  • The Storm

    Embrace the storm, it brings about change and transformation. -Mandy Ricks

  • To shine

    You too have been brought into this world to be filled with light and to shine. -Mandy Ricks

  • Inspiration

    Always hang onto whatever inspires you. -Mandy Ricks

  • Your treasure

    Don’t worry you still have time to find your buried treasure. -Mandy Ricks

  • Moving forward

    You can’t move forward until you forgive yourself. -Mandy Ricks featuring Willow