Here in Alaska, we had a lot of snow this winter and spring. Fortunately we’ve had temps in the upper 40’s to low 50’s, which has been helping the snow melt and give way to spring and upcoming summertime feels.
To better help my vision of the 2024 gardening season, I really wanted to see the soil beneath the leaves and some composting that lay on the surface. With the snow all being melted on the garden, I used my metal rake to scrape away the top layer and reveal the beauty of the black dirt below.
As I tended to the garden, all I could think about was how therapeutic it was preparing the soil for the seedlings that will be planted in May. There is still frost in the ground, cold and icy. Regardless, My soul was so delighted that the snow melted and gave way! I was provided with an opportunity to become one with nature, be in the moment, take it all in!
This space, my happy place, my kind of blacktop for sure!
Hello and welcome,
I am so glad we have crossed paths!
It’s no accident you are here!
Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by, notice and read.
As a wife, mother, grandmother, teacher (and so much more), I see the world through my lens. From the way I was raised, to every experience, moment, and circumstance in life, has shaped the way I think and see the world.
For several years now, I have been walking more closely with God, getting to know Him, how He speaks to me and through me. He has given me the ability to write, a way to express how I am feeling and what I am going through. This has been a beautiful, crazy kind of journey where much healing is taking place. A time where I need to offer myself up some grace and appreciate the hard work, dedication, and commitment to creating a better version of myself.
I am learning how to work through and release old trauma, healing, shedding old layers of myself, accepting and embracing my true and authentic self. Getting to know the new me has been quite foreign, especially when the old wants to cling to what is familiar, old habits and mindsets.
Writing has been my saving grace (and photography is right up there too). An outlet, a way to release, a way to pause, reflect and see there is more than what my mind is leading me to believe. God’s word, His voice is there. When I keep Him first, above all things, I’ve realized things work out for my greater good, my higher purpose.
I hope you enjoy and find words of wisdom you can relate to!
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