Category: Words For Hard Times
Surviving the End of a World
Itās been a week full of every feeling, every pain, every depth of muck and every kind of love since I last wrote to let you know about theĀ destruction of our apothecary, and our entire town, in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.Ā At the end of the day, most days, I feel like I’m on…
Our Apothecary is GoneĀ š
First of all, deep and profound gratitude for everyone who has reached out since last week to inquire about me and my familyās wellbeing. It was been a shattering few days here in the wake of Hurricane Helene. But thankfully we are all well, safe and whole. That said, it has taken me some days…
How the Earth Sees You
Several years ago I found an angel in the woods outside my house. Or, more accurately, I foundĀ a whole host of angels. When I first moved into my house it had been years since the garden had been cared for. I had my work cut out for me. One day in May I was up…
Humans are Water Moving Downhill
I was sitting by the creek the other day watching the last of the oak leaves fall, brown and sturdy, into the water. As I sat, I contemplated all the hardship in the worldāthe pain, the grief, the disconnection. And I found myself asking, as I often do, why? Why in a world of so much…
How I Healed from Lyme disease
Chronic illness has been a part of my journey in this life. Itās been my greatest challenger, the genesis of my darkest nightsāand my greatest spiritual teacher. I was in my late teens when I first developed a set of strange, nebulous symptoms my doctors couldnāt piece together. Chronic yeast infections, terrible migraines and…
What it Means When You “Fail”
This time last year I was in the first few days of postpartum. Snow blanketed the earth, its white light entering our home like a soul while I nestled in bed with my daughter. It was a time of profound, newborn joy. I remember lying next to her, cheek as close as I could get,…
Bring your Twinkle Back
The world is opening up. Like a soft pink sky glimpsed after a storm, we are beginning to enter the time called āafterāāĀ and yet a lot of days itās hard to know just how to be in this new-old world. Lately Iāve had more dinners, parties, and adventures than Iāve had in the…
The Spirit Guide That Never Leaves You
Itās hard to do life alone. The toughest things Iāve been through were so painful, not just because of the challenges, but because of howĀ aloneĀ I felt in meeting them. Since time immemorial humans have looked to wiser beings during hard times for companionship and support. Today, we often conceive of these guides as off-planet…
