On tour a lot of you asked if Simon and I got engaged bc of the ring I was wearing. We did. :) A few months ago, Simon woke me up & as I walked to the kitchen for coffee, I saw in the backyard what I thought was my “ARE YOU OKAY” booth (which was weird bc it’s not a permanent fixture in our yard, lol) but when I took a closer look I saw that Simon had written (in my handwriting and everything!) “WILL U MARRY ME?” He then asked me to sit in the booth w/ him & we had a long & beautiful talk abt what this commitment meant & how we wanted to build our lives together. I didn’t share the news til now bc I often feel that bc we are able to share things instantly- we don’t always take time to soak up our experiences. It can feel so natural to immediately put real life online. That said, I would never want any of you to feel like I am hiding parts of my life. I am so grateful for the support & love you bless me with. This platform started as a place to share my work & words. I talk to my friends a lot about why I don’t share much of my daily life here. Honestly, the biggest reason is because I am not really sure how. It is easy to share my writing or speak up for issues that are important to me bc those are things I create and work towards for others. But when it comes to my personal life, I feel like maybe I have a self-worth issue there, like, who really cares about what is happening in my life? Also nowadays it’s hard to walk the line between what’s bragging & what’s sharing. Other times, I don’t share bc of other people’s privacy or to keep certain moments small & sacred. Whenever I speak to companies abt community building, there’s one piece of advice I always give: “In order for others to trust us, they have to know us.” I would like for you to know me.  Not just the poems & fancy dresses. Something I always say about my relationship with Simon is bc we work to make our relationship a safe space, it makes it so much easier for us to make brave decisions together. Safe spaces naturally evolve into brave spaces.