Growth

Oh, hi 👋!

Sorry it’s been a fortnight (ok, longer than that), since I’ve blogged.  I’ve been globetrotting, I mean, chaperoning my daughters in three states where they’ve danced from mid June until the end of July. I hardly saw them. But at least their heads hit pillows each night under the same roof as me.  So eternally grateful to work remotely. 

With August around the corner, it feels like a new slate; new chance to reset. At home. But wowsie, we’ve had a few interesting months… You too?

The nuances and details aren’t worth recapping, but the big picture stuff is. Lots of growth: in spirit, in faith, in dance, and in love. Here’s the quick and dirty:

Spirit

This one is fun because for me, character has everything to do with, spirit. Our character, our soul, the emotional us… and the last two months I’ve experienced a spiritual maturation. It started with putting my emotional needs and boundaries above everyone else’s. Everyone. I finally accepted that I can’t help or advise anyone if I’m not right as rain, first. The result = Less reactionary, more understanding.

Faith

Ok whoa. My daily devotions are EVERYTHING. My walk with God has never been closer. If I don’t start my day with these bible versus, by noon I literally feel the gentle tug of the Lord calling me to those pages. He’s close. And my faith and trust in Him has grown leaps and bounds! Especially during the trying times… and right now, these knees are giving me some trying times! Through faith, I can get out of the funks, and the feel sorry for myself vibes, much faster. 

Dance

Not a lot to say here, except that both girls have experienced robust growth in their craft and confidence but, more importantly they know what they want and what they definitely do not want from their training, their art, and for their future goals and evolving emotional well being. So happy for them!

Love

Not just in my marriage and special relationships with each of my kids… but the love between friends, colleagues and (most all of) my family members feels reciprocal, deeper, bigger, more interconnected, compassionate, and evolved. 

growth groWTH GROWTH!

Lessons and truth: the only reason I was open to this evolution was because my hair started falling out, in massive clumps. And then because, vanity… I knew it was time to change! The genesis of your transformation is irrelevant. Whatever gets you *growing* in the right direction is all that matters!!

I have some hurdles to overcome in the next few weeks, then some recovery. So I’ll be down for awhile, but never out!

More to come,

Tanya S.