01/02/2026
The ending of 2025, I acknowledged all that I have honored and cherished and given reverence to:
The women, the ancestors that came before, the darkness and all of its teachings, warmth, gratitude, nourishment, joy-always grasping it when it arrives-even in the dark and desolate times, friends old and new, rekindled flames of connection and the vibrancy of my community, the safety and warmth of my home in winter and all times, my neighbors and the village of protection surrounding me & my family, the warmth and grounding Mother Earth provides, animals and their medicine-the teachers and the lovers of them, the blessings abounding and my appreciation for them.
I believe it is equally as valuable to look back on the pain and the gain of the year as is it to look at the hope for prosperity in the coming year.
We can’t fully process the pain and the honor the growth without looking at it, recognizing it, and honoring it as a teacher.
“We’ll take a cup o’ kindness yet
for auld lang syne”
Cheers to the years. Blessings to all. ✨