Retreat
WOAH, BUNNIES. where have we been? Well, let me tell you. I have been working so hard, and I hope that you can feel it.
A week ago I was lucky enough to spend some time with Now Yoga’s Galen Fairbanks in Depoe Bay, Oregon. She lead a group of inspiring adults through a weekend of movement while I got to cook every meal for them!
This past weekend, I was even luckier by getting to GO to a retreat. I was surrounded by 100+ sober women who were all there showing up for this community & themselves. I know I talk about my sobriety a lot, but it’s a powerful thing! I feel so full of love & light as I settle back into the swing of normalities tonight. I’m finding myself counting all of my gratitudes twice, and God I have so much to be thankful for. When I think of what i’m thankful for in this life, the bunnies are at the top of that list. A whole year now. We’ve been enjoying food together for over a year. Wow. WOW. For over a year you’ve been trusting me with nourishing your family.
How are you relaxing through this transition? how are you leaning into your community and trusting them to hold you? As we transition through yet another seasonal change, I find myself sending you all so much warmth and care.
This will be a short one. A sentence that I heard this weekend for the first time was
The only way to keep what you have, is to give it away.
This sounded so strange and confusing. and then I heard story after story of women who wouldn’t have taken the turns that they did without that outpouring love and example of others in recovery. I was shown such love and trust by all of the bunnies that allow me to nourish them week after week. I’ve been shown such love by everyone who’s been on my sobriety journey. The only way to hold onto that is to pour it out into other cups that need to be filled. I am so surrounded by love that I actively nourish that my cup will continue to fill and I will continue to fill those around me who will fill those around them, and before we know it-
maybe we’ve made a difference somewhere.
I don’t know. but i’m pretty sure that this is all much bigger than us.
I love you. i’m grateful for you. I can’t wait for what the universe hands us next. So that we can continue giving it to our communities.
