Welcome, 2024. Can't Wait to See What You Hold

2023 was really something. I don’t have a highlight reel or things to list I just know this has has been one of the most informative and transformative years of my life.

I made new friends (historically not a thing I do well or easily). I learned a lot about myself and even more about other people. I put Garnet and the Moon into the world and stepped into a sliver of light and was unafraid to be seen. I wrote more than I’ve written in years (thank you @motherwortandrose for plant/grief/folk/mythology class).

I read more books than I read in years. I practiced discernment and composted shame. Returned her to the earth at every opportunity so she could be recycled and turned into love. I grieved and cried so many tears for so many things. I held the grief of others and felt the honor and privilege of being trusted with tender hearts on tenuous paths. A piece of my writing got published and that was an actual dream come true.

I am tired I am joyful I am grateful I am in despair at the world and all of these things can be true all of the time. There is space to hold them all.

My actual new year is the spring equinox but I’m ready to turn the page on this Gregorian game we all play and see what 2024 brings. There will be gifts and there will be horrors but wow, do we persist.

I guess that was a highlight reel with a bunch of great things listed after all. Thank you to all of you who have made Garnet and the Moon such a joy to grow into. It is one of the great loves of my life and I am full of appreciation for those of you who have seen me and supported me. My cup runneth over.