Things That Make Me Happy

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Hello Again

I posted this one Instagram, but I thought it deserved to be posted here too. 

Hello! My name is Meegs, I’ll be 40 this year. I’m queer, and genderqueer (she/they). I’m a yoga teacher, doula, and Mapping Lead for a company that does digital mapping of cemeteries. Life, birth, and death.

I have an amazing pre-teen, Gwen, who is one of the best people I know. My husband, Trav, and I have been together for 21 years, and married for 15; and he is the most supportive partner one could ask for. He loves his “gay wife” very much. 

I love to hike and camp, travel is my heartbeat, and reading is my travel when I can’t travel. I love to change my hair color regularly, but consider blue my “natural color.” I’m a Leo, and a Welsh witch.

In this space Black Lives Matter, Trans rights are human rights, and people are people no matter where they come from or how they got here. If that doesn’t work for you: ✌🏽 out. We can disagree on pizza toppings, not human rights.

Welcome. Have any questions for me?

Ostara

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We celebrated rebirth this past Monday. The beauty that is Ostara, or the Vernal Equinox. Balanced day and night, if only for a moment, and the opportunity to use that balance to plant seeds for moving forward. 

I hope that you are enjoying the beginning of spring, and the promise that the faith it takes to plant now will reap so much growth down the line. 🌱🌸

On Being Human

Humans fuck up. I have fucked up. Not right in this moment, but many - many - many times in the past. I think one of the hardest things in the world is being in a space that doesn't allow for that. Messing up and learning from it, growing and healing hearts, that is the very essence of being human. So not getting to do that in a safe way, not getting to experience that side of humanness without being torn down or made to feel less then, is dehumanizing, degrading, and destroys parts of us that can take a lifetime to rebuild. 

I have been in those spaces. And I'm still repairing myself. 

Its my dream to be a human that repairs hearts, lifts others, makes a difference in this world, and honors ever bit of herself while honoring others. But boy is that easier said that done. Sometimes our intuition leads us in directions that we don't understand, and only when it is done can we appreciate what wasn't working in our previous place. Sometimes that slow degradation of our humanness is so subtle that we allow it to happen for years before its realized. 

Consider this your sign from the Universe. If you find that this resonated with you, here is your permission: go where you can feel celebrated, go where you can feel fully human, go where you feel whole, and its okay if that means leaving somewhere else. Its okay if you have to go. 

©Blcksmth

Life and Then Some

Isn't it funny the natural ebb and flow of things. This week I've actually been on top of sleep, feeling more well rested... but yet tired, because these past few weeks have been so busy. Family visits (Trav's parents were in last week, his brother with wife and our nephew the week before), snow, Hamilton for birthday gifts, 300 hour training work, more snow, job stuff, teaching, taking, snowwwww, Gwen's spring concert, Meow Wolf, etc etc etc!  [All of these pictures are in a completely random order because that's how they uploaded and 🤷]

So much fun and so much good, but whoo boy. I'm very ready for this weekend of rest.

Last week I found out that the 200 hr that I was going to be co-leading needs to be postponed. That made me sad. But I'm not going to lie, tackling a 200 in the Fall, when I'm not also doing a 300, sounds much more accessible! Today I found out that I got a promotion and a raise for my mapping job! I get to be a Mapping Lead, which is really exciting, and I get to adjust my focus to include a lot of new things that I really enjoy. Not going to lie, feeling proud of that! The Universe. It gives you what you need sometimes, even if its not what you want.

Next week is Gwen's Spring Break, and we are definitely both looking forward to that pause. We have nothing really planned, but we'll find little fun things to do.

 The week after that is Ostara, the official start to Spring, and I am so ready. I'm ready for more light, more space, more warmth, more ease. The winter months always feel more overwhelming, everything seems to take longer and be more work, but spring, spring is on its way. I could not be more ready.