10/18/2023
"This car saved our family's life.
Ya'know, it got us out of danger, from the fire, and got our family to safety.
We owe it so much so it's finally read for a service check of its own."
That's what came out of my mouth yesterday as I pulled up to the Honda dealership to get our pickup truck serviced.
I knew this truck helped save our lives, but something about talking through this and then sitting through it, really created a profound pause for my heart. I found myself sitting in the gratitude and pausing, pressing, thinking through all the steps that led us to get this pickup truck that would be (one) of the vessels and ways we survived the fires.
It meant losing Chris's last truck to a flood a few years ago.
It meant my business grew over 100% last year and identifying we needed a company car.
It meant hosting clients for retreat, again recognizing the need for a company car.
It meant talking to my wonderful accountant, friend, and client Fiona about making a smart decision.
It meant shipping our truck over from Oahu last November.
It meant paying for literal shipping of the truck...I can go on.
But there is this tenderness I feel as I look at this truck and realize how it's helped us, saved our lives, and got us to safety.
As I was driving over to get our truck serviced, I paused and noticed I was wearing bracelets I'd tried to replace or have been gifted since the fires since we lost almost all our possessions.
Again, appreciation: deep appreciation.
All this on a week where my creativity came back to me, and I felt more thankful and alive in knowing what the next steps are.
All this on the week where we announce the Leap Year Retreat NOT on Maui because, it's still heavy over here and we're just beginning to heal.
I want to thank you for your ongoing patience and support in this transition.
I want to encourage you to appreciate the small things around you that are miracles in the making.
Value those miracles, see those miracles, celebrate that the small stuff is the actual stuff and memory-makers that matter.
Big hugs