01/30/2026
Yep, it's winter and it's COLD. I mistook the ice on the beach for snow I might go through at first. Glad I thought it through and still went to the edge of the water to sing to it 🥰 the ice on the water is forming quick. The way it moves with the waves is mesmerizing. The way the ice squeaks with the movement. It's almost like watching the ocean breathe. Seawater starts to freeze at -1.8° C but moving water doesn't freeze easily. This is the first year in many I've seen the ice starting here instead of floating in.
I love that I've lived here long enough to be getting to know it so intimately. My roots are growing for the first time in my life and I am so immensely grateful they extend right under the ocean and into the forest alike. I landed here by chance in one of my darkest moments. And was I ever lucky to land in the medicine of my grandparents' love. Am I ever lucky things kept falling in place the way they did so my roots got a chance to grow as they never had before.
And luckier still to feel a part of the community. To recognize faces and not feel the need to shrink from them. To be standing in my truth and realizing that I am still a valid being and to see that I am indeed supported. Even when everything was a whirl and I could hardly touch ground, let alone extend roots, I was credited with holding a calming presence. Now that I have calm for myself, I'm excited to see where I can go as a healer of sorts. Excited to be putting more healing offerings out there. For even when it's freeze your t**s off cold out there, I am holding peace and gratitude. I had that to share even when it wasn't mine to hold. But now that it is...
