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Hi, -
A friend called this morning to ask how I was doing. "I'm ok," I replied--and it's true. For the time being, anyway, my family is healthy and secure.
But I couldn't help but reflect on how differently I would have answered that question just two months ago. I probably would have said "great!" even though that was a total lie.
The real truth is that I was overworked, burned out, trying to juggle all the things and in a permanent state of mom guilt.
But today, the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, "ok" doesn't adequately describe the sense of profound gratitude I feel, either. Not for the pandemic, not for the immense suffering it has caused...but for the incredible sense of calm and reassurance I feel each time I walk outside.
For the first time IN MY LIFE I don't hear the constant hum of a distant highway, the buzz of airplanes overhead. For the first time, I hear only the sounds of the Earth doing what she does--living, providing, bringing forth.
I'm grateful, too, for the chance to take a moment to really discern what matters to me, and to my family, and to my business. And to recommit to what has always been the heart of Beya Made, environmental stewardship and care for our home.
I am profoundly grateful for the privilege to write these words, and to you for reading them.
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