Painting the light during nap time

Loneliness. Sadness. Pain. Happiness. Joy. It’s easy to experience these emotions alone. People feel they need to struggle alone. Jump-for-joy alone. They hurt alone. But when pain enters life and one still feels alone, it’s easy to fall into despair. It’s a dark place and one that Lauren Hokamp hopes to help others avoid – because she was right there too. “In 2018, in the span of 3 months, I left my teaching job, moved to a new town, and had a baby. I was trying to figure out this new identity as a mom as well as meet people,