Hello There Elyse,
I just wanted to take a moment to say something I’ve thought a hundred times but never said out loud: thank you.
I first found your videos sometime during the post-pandemic haze — that weird stretch of days when everything still felt heavy, uncertain, a little upside down. And there you were. A bright, hilarious, original spark in the middle of it all. It felt like stumbling across a light left on in a room you didn’t realize you needed to find.
You stood out immediately — not just because you’re funny (though you are, brilliantly so), but because you’re real. Your energy, your storytelling, the way your whole face and spirit move when you talk — it’s magic. It’s the kind of thing you can’t fake, and it’s rare. You made heavy days feel lighter without pretending the weight wasn’t there.
As someone who’s struggled with anxiety on and off my whole life, I can’t tell you how much it meant — and still means — to see someone show up the way you do. Brave. Honest. Still funny. Still kind. Still human. On days when it felt like the dark was winning, you reminded me it wasn’t. Sometimes just by being you. Sometimes just by posting anything at all.
And there’s something else you said once — something that rooted itself deep in my heart and stayed:
“If I’m too much, go find less.”
That spirit — that fierce, funny, beautiful refusal to shrink — lit something up in me.
Thank you for showing us that it’s not just okay to take up space — it’s necessary. It’s needed. It’s powerful.
I’ve also been inspired by you as a mother. Watching you walk through hard seasons — like your son’s heart surgery — with courage and love has been incredibly moving. You manage to hold hope and humor and honesty all in the same hand, and it’s beautiful. It matters. It shows.
And while I’m at it, I have to say: your Office-themed pregnancy announcement? Absolutely fantastic, just perfect. Totally impressive!
In a world that sometimes asks for polish over truth, you keep choosing truth. You keep choosing light. You remind the rest of us that it’s okay to be a little messy, a little awkward, a little human — and that there’s still so much joy to be found in all of it.
So thank you, Elyse. Thank you for being a light when it was hard. Thank you for being a reminder that even when the world feels heavy, it’s still a great day to be alive.
You’re one of the stars people find when they need to remember that.
Keep shining. We’re so glad you’re here.
With lots of love & light,
Lauren
