Izzabelle has been on the stair landing all morning, head propped on the step above her, staring up waiting for me to finally come downstairs. Zero self-doubt. Full commitment. Happy National Dog Day to the ones who never shrink. 1/3 (Thread) #NationalDogDay #WomensEqualityDay

It's National Waffle Day and I'm starting the week slowly on purpose. Rest isn't laziness. It's how you make sure you've got something real to give when someone needs you. #MondayMorning #Kindness 1/3 (Thread)

Be an Angel Day. Long political party meeting. I brought snacks... cracker sandwiches, gluten free pretzels, crackers. People who don't even need gluten free got excited. I ordered Little Caesars to keep hangriness at bay. #BeAnAngelDay #Monique4HD35 #HD35

Marched in the Kearns Hometown Days Parade yesterday. Handed out Otter Pops. Said hi to everyone I could. Outside my district. Showed up anyway. 1/3 (Thread) #Monique4HD35 #Utah

My shirt today said "Be a decent human. It's not that hard." Wore it while frosting a sunflower and fruit cake I made for no reason except it felt right. Turns out that's reason enough. #Kindness #LeadWithIt 1/3 (Thread)

My kitchen one morning. Fresh herbs, iced tea, cherry blossoms going wild outside the window. Small things done with real intention. That's the whole practice. 1/3 (Thread) #Monique4HD35 #Utah

Spent a Sunday on a trail in the mountains and remembered something I keep having to relearn. The view from the other side of hard things is always better than you expected. 1/3 (Thread) #Monique4HD35 #Utah

Someone once shared their strength with me when I had none to spare. Not advice. Not a speech. Just steadiness, handed over quietly. That kind of generosity is what community actually looks like. Who did that for you? 1/3 (Thread) #Kindness #Community

Happy National Workaholics Day! If the job market has you grinding 24/7 with little to show for it, this one's for you. Rest isn't quitting. It's how you stay in the game. 1/3 (Thread) #WorkLifeBalance #MentalResilience

Took this photo on a walk in Murray and couldn't move on. Sometimes a path says everything. Kindness isn't a weakness. It's actually one of the bravest things you can put out into the world. 1/3 (Thread) #Monique4HD35 #Utah

We're halfway through 2026. Take a breath. Look around. What have you actually built since January? Don't rush past this moment. It matters. #Midyear2026 #HalfwayThere 1/3 (Thread)

It's National Take Your Dog to Work Day and my girl is already judging my work setup. (Kidding. She never judges. That's literally the whole lesson.) #TakeYourDogToWorkDay #Gratitude 1/3 (Thread)

We've been told that toughness is the mark of a real leader. But the strongest people I know lead with warmth, and it never once made them smaller. 1/3 (Thread) #Leadership #Empowerment

On the days when I can't find confidence anywhere else, I try to go back to the record. Every hard day so far, I've gotten through. That's not nothing. That's a pattern. 1/3 (Thread)

June 19, 1865. Freedom had already been declared. But the people it belonged to didn't know yet. That gap between truth and delivery is a wound and a warning. We're still learning from it. #Juneteenth #NeverForget 1/3 (Thread)

Professional development that sticks is often the quietest kind. The research done late that nobody assigned. The skill built through personal projects. The thinking refined through writing no one will see.

Full presence is genuinely rare right now. Not just physical presence but actual attention, the kind that makes someone feel like they're the whole conversation, not a tab you've got open. 1/3 (Thread)

I've learned more about myself in hard seasons than in good ones. Not because suffering is inherently instructive but because pressure reveals things comfort conceals. 1/3 (Thread)

June is here and I'm showing up for the uncertain things. Not because I have all the answers, but because waiting for certainty is just a slower way of standing still. What are YOU showing up for this month? Empowerment starts with presence, not perfection. 1/3 (Thread) #Empowerment #ShowUp

The earth keeps showing up for us. The least we can do is notice.

I've stood outside enough closed doors to know that my first interpretation, that something is wrong with me, is almost never the right one. 1/3 (Thread)

I've let go of the idea that strength means not struggling. That's not what strength looks like from the inside. From the inside it looks like struggling and building at the same time. 1/3 (Thread)

Gratitude that requires everything to be fine first isn't really gratitude. It's relief. The real practice is holding the weight and the gift at the same time. 1/3 (Thread)

The gap between where we are and where we could be together is often bridged not by policy or strategy but by someone choosing to lead with kindness when they didn't have to. 1/3 (Thread)

Someone told me recently that watching me stay in this has helped them stay in something they were about to walk away from. I didn't see that coming. 1/3 (Thread)

Most of the work that matters most is invisible. Nobody sees the early mornings, the quiet tending, the discipline before anything is ready to show. 1/3 (Thread)

Memorial Day. A day I try to sit with rather than just observe. Because the weight of it is real and deserves more than a moment of quiet. 1/3 (Thread)

The most sustaining people I know aren't the ones who think everything is fine. They're the ones who see clearly how much isn't and still haven't given up. 1/3 (Thread)

I've spent a lot of energy trying to have things figured out before I move. But the things that have mattered most in my life started before I had it all mapped. 1/3 (Thread)

I can't always see when something small is becoming something significant. That's the nature of slow-building things. You don't see the current while it's still a trickle. 1/3 (Thread)