Cynthia McQuade

04/11/2026

Today it’s overcast and rainy.
Not the kind that makes me wonder if the sun will ever come out again,
but the kind that feels like a needed cleansing….nourishment after a long, quiet season.

A big spring rain. Thunderstorms.
Comforting, to me.

It feels like the perfect day to reflect on the wins, and the opportunities left behind a few weeks ago at Elision Playhouse.
The latest batch of edited photos coming through is such a reminder of how powerful it is when people come together to bring more hope into the world.

And how this work touches so many parts of my own story.

A part of being a witness to someone else’s story.
A part of how I make a living.
A part of how I continue to grow—stretching my capacity.

More capacity to live out love.
And at the same time, more awareness of how much more there is to grow.

Rain does that for me—it makes me reflective.

I’m so grateful to be learning how to hold both in my life.

It really is an honor to do this work.
As I continue to refine it, define it, and walk it out…

I’m reminded—
the small beginnings make the biggest difference.

02/16/2026

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I love how coming together with something that unites us holds transformative power.

I believe there will be spaces and places where everyone feels that they belong, together.

קולולם הינו מיזם חברתי-מוסיקלי ששם לעצמו כמטרה לחזק את החברה שלנו על ידי חיזוק הקשרים שבין האנשים המרכיבים אותה. קולולם מזמין אליו אנשים ממגוון הקשת החברתית ...

02/15/2026

I listened to this today and found the self-reflection incredibly powerful. The Screwtape Letters has long been one of my favorite books, and hearing this excerpt reminded me of its layered nuance.

Last night, I had a dream about layers in conversation. In it, someone repeated back to me what I had said—but in the form of a new story, as if I had never heard it before. Later, she reflected, “I think maybe you’ve told me this many times. It was just so layered that I must have taken something different from it each time.”

I’ve done this myself—blind to my own ability to listen well, so excited about what feels like new insight that I forget I’m speaking to the very person who tried to tell me the same thing before.

To truly love myself—my whole self—the good, the brilliant, the ugly, the shame-inducing and embarrassing parts—that, to me, is the journey of internal growth and self love. By practicing on myself, it allows me to be more quick to forgive others and to see the good in them. Knowing I have my own shortcomings that need forgiveness, I try my best to love beyond the irritant. I have plenty of my ow behaviors that can be annoyances to others; well beyond poor listening and ignorance of my own blind spots.

I hope today, after a day that encouraged us to spend quality time loving the romantic partner in our lives, you also spend some quality time loving every part of yourself.

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