gratitude for this life

quick thoughts + a poem ♡

Gratitude for this life. I've touched on a handful of elements / themes this month, but it all boils down to a vast love for the life I've been gifted, the one I've created, the one I've journeyed, the one that's still forming like a vibrant mystery and exhilarating ride. It's been an immensely hard year, sure, but the beauty is bigger. The gratitude is louder. I am achingly thankful for my husband, my kids, my other loved ones, my adventures, my passions, the way each of my days has the capacity to open to me like a hug, like an old friend, like an unexplored field where light is settling like a blanket.

my cheek touching his skin
creates a whole new galaxy
that we slip into, laughing
while everything rearranges
while sensation is melody
while the spiral turns golden