Forward

Who doesn't LOVE this coat?  I bought it this weekend.  I am so in love with it. 
Wait 'til I'm able to really feature it later....you'll really see why, then.

Forward.  It's where and how I'm going. 

For the following few photos, I posed alongside the graceful and resolute Lady Forward outside of our state's capitol building.  I didn't know who she was at the time, or what she represented, but after I did my research, I realized how apropos it was for me to have posed next to her during this period in my life and while wearing punchy chiffon under a perfect blue sky in a city full of personality and color and light. 

There was a couple playing some super-cute football on the grass, and a teal-haired girl strumming chords on a guitar just out of the frames of these photos.  It was so...good.

Photos are credited to Piera (you remember her? she's appeared on my bloggity-blog before), who dressed adorably hipster for the day.  And--playing tourist in her hometown--we walked down the street being what we have always been: kindred souls as outwardly different as two people can be.  One fair and lean dressed in leather and chartreuse, one dark and voluptuous wearing a fairy dress and plaid shirt.
Yeah.  That's how we roll.



Prettymuch says it all for me right now. 
I found this on Pinterest, and printed it out.  It's now framed on my nightstand.

Don't worry: it's not actually coffee in that cup.  The world is not ready for Caitlin on caffeine. 
(It's a vanilla steamer with extra vanilla...boy, did Piera give me grief about that.  Yes, yes, I'm just THAT vanilla.)

So. When I first announced my divorce proceedings to you guys, I was still in the hollowed-out, emotionless stage of things.  I expected to emerge from that stage into a heart-broken, gut-twisting depression.  Instead, if you can't tell, I'm finding myself in a good place.  God is blessing me through this more than I ever thought possible with good feelings, and overwhelming love and support from my family and friends. 

I'm happy deep down in my bones, and I can't ever remember feeling so peaceful. 

And instead of blacker, my outfits seem to get more and more colorful.  That's gotta mean something good, eh?  WHO THOUGHT I WOULD EVER WEAR CHARTREUSE??!!  I certainly didn't.

 

Coat: JCP || Dress: Prabal Gurung for Target || Shoes: thrifted || Bag: Target || Sunnies: old