Little Stories of
Love + Hope
Thoughts and tales from a spiritual journey.
Being human can be tough, lonely, and uncertain.
A little connection, gentleness, + playfulness helps.
I hope these stories offer you all of those. Enjoy!
*If I could give you an old, squashy, leather chair, a cup of tea and a library cat for your lap, I would.
Welcome to my virtual library!
Who You Belong To-Oct 2020 *click to view or purchase
Beautiful World-Oct 2020 *click for full story
No Ladder-Print in Alternative Calendar *click to purchase
Life's Edge-March 2020 *click for full story
Knotted Yarn-Oct 2020 *click to view or purchase
Can I Sit Here?-Poster Print *click to view or purchase
Vast Universe-Poster Print *click to view or purchase
I Am-July 2020 *click for full story
It is Here-Oct 2020 *click to view
Asking for More-Sept 2020 *click for full story + available for purchase
Whatever's on the Horizon-Sept 2020 *click for full story + available for purchase
What to Do-Feb 2020 *click for full story
Together This Way-April 2020 *click for full story
So Bravely-Postcard Print *click to view or purchase
Listen to Love With Your Whole Life
Love Is-Print in Alternative Calendar *click to view or purchase
OK to Be You-Print in Alternative Calendar *click to purchase
Fool for Love-April 2020 *click for full story
Changing into Cool-Jan 2020 *click for full story
Hooray!-Print in Alternative Calendar *click to purchase
Acceptance-Print in Alternative Calendar *click to purchase
Sometimes the World is Scary
You Cross My Mind-Postcard Print *click to purchase
Just Being-Feb 2020 *click for full story
Befriending Chaos
My Wild Soul
Snake Does What He Love-Aug 2020 *click for full story
Otter Spirit-Feb 2021 *click for full story + available for purchase
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Hard Things-Jan 2021 *click for full story + available for purchase
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My Examen-March 2021 *click for full story
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Rejection + Acceptance-March 2021 *click for full story
What's Your Heart Say?-Jan 2021 *click for full story
Something Different-April 2021 *click for full story
Cobbleworks: Love + Hope story where Hope is ready to grow, but also kind of wants to stay the same. *Click to read
*Click to purchase as a greeting card
A Love + Hope Story where Hope gets a bit overwhelmed remembering stuff outside of the day *Click to read
Wow, Fear...you really make mountains don't you?
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I post stories regularly on Instagram @cobbleworks. I’d love for you to join me there! We chat about life, empathy, falling down, getting up again, and finding Love in all things. We laugh a lot too.
Newsletter
I often share Stories of Love + Hope in my newsletter that aren’t anywhere else. There are also free downloads and short essays on life + everyday spirituality. At sign up, I’ll send you a FREE Illustrated Examen Mini Book!
Etsy Shop
Examen and Compassionate Question Cards are always in my shop to support your spiritual path with Love. And there are also postcards, prints, zines, and limited time offers featuring popular stories!
Everyday, you and Love are writing a beautiful story—it’s called your wondrous life.
So use everything to listen to your heart and to Love. Use your dreams, hopes, fears, and doubts. And see how you are more than metrics and account numbers say you are, more than your past says you are, and more than the world may say you are.
You are more.
Some Words on the Stories:
“Jen writes and illustrates stories that go straight into your heart. She helps us notice the wonder of the world, the existential suffering we all face, the joys of tiny delights, and the bigness of our feelings and the soul. Always, she brings us back to Love's presence, which never wavers, always invites, and ever dignifies. Our lives are all the richer for the special stories Jen so generously illustrates and shares with us.”
— Christianne Squires, Founder, The Light House Community
“I still remember the first time I really read through one of Jen’s illustrations—not even yet knowing what meaning I’d assign to the characters present—feeling the chills spread over my arms and neck as I thought to myself, ‘This is me! This is my story! I think there’s an invitation here.’”
— Carly Corinne Lynch, Campus Minister for Religious Diversity, Santa Clara University
If you’d like stories, prints, or zines for your home or office I invite you to visit my shop!
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