Keshia Rice

11/10/2021

This past August I turned 35. That number is very much hella intimidating for me. As I watch new humans in their early twenties come into to this field of work, I often wonder if I’m too old to do what I do. I wonder “why didn’t you chase your dream a long time ago”
I have to remind myself that my path isn’t one that everyone has experienced. I dropped out of high school, had a baby at 21, got my GED at 22, and from there I worked to provide for myself. I didn’t have the time or money to stop working and start a small business. I did work as a photographer with Sears Portraits and Lifetouch, just not something that was all mine. It wasn’t until I got married in 2015 that I had a partner who believed in me to tell me to chase those dreams. He made sure I had what I needed to peruse photography. All of my life experiences molded me to be the bo***ir photographer that I am today. So yes, there’s younger photographers out here absolutely killing the game, I’m SO happy for them. My journey just happened to start later than them, and that’s okay. I often wonder where I will be in life when I turn 40. Will I still love what I do, or will the universe lead me to something new. That’s the thing about getting older, even more opportunities to be a newer version of myself. It’s never too late to follow what your heart desires. 🖤 take your leap🖤

11/09/2021

Renovate your life.

The new year is coming, along with that you will see so many resolutions. I want you to challenge yourself to renovate your life. Renovate your soul. Renovate your heart. Allow yourself to chip away at the years of toxic whispers that told you that you weren’t good enough to be simply yourself. Honey, pack it up in a trash bag and send it where it belongs. Then I want you to fill yourself with words and actions that bring you joy. Bring some light into areas that were once dark. In 2022 it’s time to reach deep and be selfishly unapologetic for yourself. You deserve to live this life without outside opinions on your body, your mind, your bank account, your plate, your home, your job, and so many more things. Opinions are simply that because they’re not a blueprint to how you choose to live your life. You create your own path of happiness.
It’s time for a renovation 🖤

11/22/2020

11/20/2020

This morning I called brandy and asked her if she wanted to go sit on the beach for a little while. I heard the ocean when I got out of the car and felt my shoulders relax.
I wore my bell bottoms and sandals. My polish was chipping off and for a brief second, I thought about painting them.

My feet have always been this weird thing for me. I remember someone once asked, when I was a teenager, why my little toe basically had no toenail. It’s small, and something I grew up insecure about. I’ve never been a huge fan of my feet. I remember growing up and getting the *Delias catalogs, there was a model, and they had to where the toe beside the big toe was a little longer than the big toe, I wanted that. I always thought that was so neat!

I have wide, chunky feet. I’m a size 10 and always felt super insecure about it. I sometimes have to order a size 11 depending on the shoe. I always felt like my foot was too huge, my shoes were huge, and that they were in attractive. Then there’s the color difference from the top of my foot and the bottom. I didn’t understand as a child why there was two different colors, why my foot didn’t “blend” and was one color like my white friends or what I seen in magazines. There’s also the newfound extra skin on the bottom of the heel? I think it’s skin, it’s white and feels dry. I’m not used to that, I don’t know where it came from and it makes me insecure. With all of this I pretty much made myself become adapted to wearing socks all the time to not look at them. Unless they’re in sandals, socks are on. It’s become a comfort thing.

But not anymore! I’m doing baby steps to becoming more comfortable with my feet! After showers I will walk around barefoot longer, to become more comfortable with the feel of not having socks on. I’m wearing sandals more, and painting my toenails more. I’m becoming comfortable with the size of them, the look, and the feel.

For so long I thought they were not pretty, but I was wrong. They’re good feet that keep me going from point a to b. They’re feet that helped me chase my children around, and that help me hike.

Don’t define yourself by what you have and don’t have. Not everyone has feet and toes, and it doesn’t make them any less fu***ng perfect. We’re all fu***ng perfect. The moment we stop picking ourselves apart, the moment we start seeing we’re astonishing humans.

11/17/2020

On the way back from the hike, I was HOT. I did something I don’t do. I took off my shirt and hiked in my sports bra. My skin felt so nice, and it felt so good to not have the shirt clinging to my skin.
Don’t hold yourself back from comfort because you’re afraid of how others will feel. Your body deserves to feel free and exist like everyone else’s. Get your sunshine on 🧡☀️

11/16/2020

I woke up wanting to talk about this photo. Yesterday I want on a hike. It was muddy, hot, frustrating, but it was also so incredibly beautiful, satisfying, fun, and challenging. I went with three friends, and had my GoPro with me. I did videos of nature and them. We stopped at the top for selfies, and lunch. I didn’t know my friend had this image of me. This is the only one of me hiking. It made me feel so proud.
There’s this stigma that fat people don’t hike. That we don’t get out into nature. That we don’t do physical activities.
We do. And we love it.
This was 5 miles in total. I’m sore today but so happy I have this picture of me to look back on.
Don’t judge a body from first glance on its abilities. Don’t assume fat people are lazy. We’re hour here living our best lives away from your judgement 👏🏽

11/13/2020

Waking up at 4:30am means you get to spend some time while the house is quiet, giving yourself some time to melt into the couch with cookies and hot cocoa while watching the new episode.
Emotions run high, life gets exhausting, you become drained. Please take time to do the little things that bring you sunshine ☀️
Take time to treat yourself to deep breaths and enjoy being with yourself 🧡

Oh and those cookies are definitely from the holiday cookie tins, and I’m definitely making it into my sewing tin 🤣

11/12/2020

Today I’m choosing happiness. I’m not waiting for the right time, I’m choosing me, now.
Choose yourself, choose your peace, choose self care. You’re worthy of being on a journey to self happiness 🧡

01/03/2020

Look. This ain’t fair, but I have to go with tacos!

01/01/2020

No more arguing in 2020 👏🏽🍑

12/29/2019