on rest
Rest: it’s sacred time. Counter-cultural too. It comes easier on some days than others.
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Eliana’s birthday
Celebrating Eliana’s birthday this year, eight years out, came with, as it always does, mixed emotions — love and joy for this little human who made a mother, heartache and longing for not being able to celebrate with her today, and some measure of calm in between in where I find myself exactly today. Transitions, at heart, are thresholds, and standing in this liminal space this week was humbling.
Introducing, Just Visiting.
Introducing, Just Visiting, an audio project grounded in the idea of a “visit,” which for me growing up was sitting down to tea with my grandmother or mother, intended to be time to catch up and be with each other.
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Why not, try?
In October, when I launched eightstrong, I picked up writing for this community bi-weekly to reflect on this new journey and to connect with you all. This space has always been about sharing and finding truth in connection & storytelling, since I first started writing almost eight years ago, and this will remain true. And,
to the meeting of the dreamy, blue-sky days & the snow days, too: affirmations and intentions to guide you
In truth, the none of us enter the new year unscathed. And the distance between expectation and reality, even of this threshold time, can be deflating. Our intentions for this year are born of the truths of who we are and of our lived experience. And this – who we are, how we have survived and thrived – does not change with the turn of a calendar. Your intentions and your hopes and dreams for how you would like to show up and what you would like to reach for this year can withstand the winds of a day.
start here
“One thing is for sure, you are here And because you are here . . . anything is possible,” writes Kobi Yamada in his children’s book, Maybe. It’s true. The only certainty, I’ve found, is that I am here. It is possible that it tumble forward from there? That in being here, that in simply being, I am beloved. We’ll start with being here, and because I am here, why not – try?