Just Put Pen to Paper…

I’ve been stuck about writing here again. Full of … angst? Fear? The general ick of knowing that people who wish you ill might be reading?

I’m frustrated with myself for caring so much about what those types of people think!

But such is life as I’ve come to understand it: life is the AND

grace & magic feels like home to me

AND

I’m feeling self-conscious writing here

AND

I’m frustrated with myself for letting fear of other people’s judgments get in the way – especially when they are people I wouldn’t take advice form!

AND

Yeah, there’s always another AND in life, isn’t there?…

So here I am, beginning again here on my beloved grace & magic after a little over two years of letting these fields lay fallow. Two + years is a long time. Perhaps this soil has rejuvenated itself and is fertile ground once again…

Why here though? Why does grace & magic mean so much to me?

Because I believe that it’s through grace (which includes self-compassion, self-care, self-love and also the offering of these to others as well) and magic (finding joy and enchantment in our own lived, lovable lives) that we can not just heal our lives, but begin to heal our world.

We need each other in so many ways.

My return to grace & magic is focusing on Hope, Resilience, Radical Acceptance, Curiosity, Creativity and Community. If these are topics that also speak to you, please consider subscribing by clicking here.

Even starting this first blog had me stuck for nearly two weeks now. I was lamenting this to my partner last night and *he suggested that I simply put pen to paper and start writing with the fact that I don’t know what to write but I know that grace & magic feels like home and so here I am, writing just that.

So, yeah, here’s to a rough, rocky, uneven, but very much hope-filled restart!

Thank you for reading.

Love,

Kat

*it was fairly humbling to have him offering my own advice about how to get started back to me when I lamented feeling stuck. I’m grateful I’ve helped him and that he then helped me in return. This is one of those AND moments I love most – the ones where humans help each other.

p.s. I’ll be importing some posts from the Substack blog I started last summer and my previous Medium blog. These will be dated to reflect there original publication date.