So much gratitude for your words finding me tonight in Australia! I now understand more about the grief I am experiencing as someone emerging from a tough decade around oral cancer, grief and more, where recovery is slow but happening and I continue to "want things to be better" ... Now of course at 76 I am finally seeing/noting that what is happening now is "what it means to grow and change" with some sadness but also acceptance. Hard things these changes! Nice to read your words to help me better acknowledge what IS!
I'm so glad to hear that my words found you and brought you some understanding. Thank you for sharing about your journey this past decade. It sounds like tough changes occurred in those years. I'm glad you are here!
Thank you. I appreciate your words & work. This new-to-me information is helping but I also need to allow myself grace & time to heal into the next part of life as it is & can be.
This is a beautiful essay Michelle . It made me think about my own transitions and those I have witnessed on others journeys. The word faith came into my mind. Often we journey without knowing the end point. Knowing the right time to anchor and getting the balance between being still for the right reasons vs being still to stagnate is something I am exploring for myself this year. Often we do not know (like the caterpillar) when the last time is that we will be that particular version of us' in any particular moment in time - like the last time our children want a bedtime story or to hold our hand. Knowing what to let go and what to take with us needs that time in the chrysalis. Thank you again for sharing your wisdom 🦋🙏💖
Thank you for the thoughtful reflection about your transitions! Faith is an excellent word to describe what is needed during change. We have faith and trust that everything will come together at the right time.
Thank you for your insights, Michelle. This names something many people feel but struggle to articulate: the mourning that accompanies growth. Even welcome transformations can ask us to release relationships, roles, dreams, or versions of ourselves that once kept us safe. We rarely speak enough about the ache that accompanies becoming. 💛✨
So much gratitude for your words finding me tonight in Australia! I now understand more about the grief I am experiencing as someone emerging from a tough decade around oral cancer, grief and more, where recovery is slow but happening and I continue to "want things to be better" ... Now of course at 76 I am finally seeing/noting that what is happening now is "what it means to grow and change" with some sadness but also acceptance. Hard things these changes! Nice to read your words to help me better acknowledge what IS!
Thank you
Denyse
I'm so glad to hear that my words found you and brought you some understanding. Thank you for sharing about your journey this past decade. It sounds like tough changes occurred in those years. I'm glad you are here!
Thank you. I appreciate your words & work. This new-to-me information is helping but I also need to allow myself grace & time to heal into the next part of life as it is & can be.
Yes, definitely. 💖
This is a beautiful essay Michelle . It made me think about my own transitions and those I have witnessed on others journeys. The word faith came into my mind. Often we journey without knowing the end point. Knowing the right time to anchor and getting the balance between being still for the right reasons vs being still to stagnate is something I am exploring for myself this year. Often we do not know (like the caterpillar) when the last time is that we will be that particular version of us' in any particular moment in time - like the last time our children want a bedtime story or to hold our hand. Knowing what to let go and what to take with us needs that time in the chrysalis. Thank you again for sharing your wisdom 🦋🙏💖
Thank you for the thoughtful reflection about your transitions! Faith is an excellent word to describe what is needed during change. We have faith and trust that everything will come together at the right time.
Thank you for your insights, Michelle. This names something many people feel but struggle to articulate: the mourning that accompanies growth. Even welcome transformations can ask us to release relationships, roles, dreams, or versions of ourselves that once kept us safe. We rarely speak enough about the ache that accompanies becoming. 💛✨
Yes! We don't talk enough about the morning that accompanies growth. It's a relief even having a name to describe what happens.