14/04/2026
Landed in Chile ♥️🌹
Grateful to be back ✨
Every time I return to Chile, it feels like another layer of the onion has fallen away… and I arrive a little more as myself.
Coming back to the place where I was born brings a bit of nostalgia… I usually find myself crying on the plane as we land, like something inside recognizes before the mind does. There’s still a part of me that feels sadness for having left these lands, my family, and friends…
And then… hugging my parents, still here, still alive… there are no words for that moment. Just presence, love, and deep gratitude.
Coming back to my roots, to the Chilean culture that still lives strongly in me, especially in my accent 😅, I can feel how much of who I am was shaped here. The beauty, the warmth, the memories… and also many of my deepest scars.
And with that, I also notice the challenges that once felt overwhelming… now seen from a different place inside me. Not ignored, not erased, but met with more space. Something in me can witness them differently now, and respond rather than react.
And now I get to see it all with different eyes. With more softness… more presence… more gratitude for every part of the path that brought me here.
And somehow, it all lands as gratitude… for where I come from, and for who I’m becoming as I return.
Love,
Constanza Aphrodite 🦋🪶❤️🔥