March 14, 2025 - Life and Death and Life Again

Hello Friends,

I am up in Quilcene, Washington at the moment looking over Dabob bay with the Olympic Mountains rising up behind us. This land was being tended to by my children’s papa who unexpectedly died 4 months ago. As death goes, he is now gone but his dreams and plans lay spread out on this land, in the ethers, in our hearts. Now, we are here picking up the pieces and attempting to nurture his dreams into reality in honor of him. Our future changed when he passed and we are processing the uncertainty of this new path.

All this has made it difficult for me to keep up with the offerings connected to my work and passion. This has given me pause, reflecting upon this reimagining of the future.

The vagueness of grief is a challenge to navigate. I have spent many days with a sorrow that dismantles any motivation I may have each morning.

I just spent three weeks in Mexico. A group of women joined me on retreat and we had an inspiring, healing, life affirming time. Weaving this back into the life I live here was not as straight forward as I hoped. The heavy needs it’s time to be heavy. It takes time, it takes community, it takes acceptance.

I am so grateful to still have the opportunity to write you a note sending my love, sharing my thoughts, and hoping to connect with you as time and faith heals us all.