Dear Michelle ...
In all your hardships, challenges and life experience writing has been your tool to see you. With a year coming to a close, I hope unlike any other year that you see who you have become and are becoming, have achieved and lived into with much gratitude in your heart. Indeed that you my have a deep knowing that you have inspired many through your words and action as you battled through the remnants of stage three breast cancer, to continue working through the next stages of that journey.
A journey that has been the very test of your mettle, your heart, your soul strength. A space of new discoveries and learning. Learning that for moments you doubted, what you understood as truth, as divine understanding given as a gift to propel you through.
Getting through 2023 had been your hallmark because in the through you have found joy, hope, new strengths, courage and a great light of who you are. Along with that light there was darkness that tested your truth, your capacity and capabilities and yet here you are today, with an aptitude of gratitude discovering connection, wisdom and a filled cup in the most unlikely of places each and every day by sharing your truths.
You have felt the tinge of fear and long suffering as your body adjusted to the reality of the after affects of your cancer treatment. The new normal brought an opportunity to grow again through those inner passages of negative self talk, frustration and unexpected darkness. These you knew, although at times would not acknowledge were sign posts driven from your diagnosis. Ignorance for you was not bliss, however being a student of life drove you to find greater understanding for conversations with those familiar with the cancer plight.
I am so proud that you found your voice, that you sought to grow through being silent. I am proud that you keep working at finding new coping skills on your cancer journey. The most relatable for you is writing with new levels of creativity showing up. I applaud you for sharing your story this year in the Imperfectly Perfect Campaign Vol 1. I shed tears thinking about the monumental task it took to put the words to paper in the right frame, so others can experience you. Well done - - hold on to that with all you have.
As you step into 2024 I know you will explore and magnify your soul through the written word, leaving no conversation or stone unturned. This will be your expression of every day experiences as you reach toward your goal of 365 days of writing . I have heard you express that no longer will you linger in the shadows of fear that leave you lifeless and alone. That when music and words are found, you will muster strength courage to use your voice with words so others can hear the song of your story everyday.
I commend your bravery in the wilderness of life, taking hold of every ounce of faith God and trust in yourself so many can "Read all About it" till your words ring out and shout unapologetically soulfully being you have said all that you are inspired to say, I know you will listen to the whispers that come so the gift that follows will fill space soul heart and mind for others.
In all your imperfectly perfectness, I know you are at a place to be honest, authentic and true to you. With those words I will wish you the best, the strength the courage to keep going when you have not strength. That you will connect to music that moves your soul and fills you up every wit. This is your season, without reason to share a life journey, determined to leave a footprint of writing, your voice and art.
This life is yours to live and that each moment is something you have an opportunity to make meaningful moments that matter. As I close out this letter, I send my love, my appreciation. It is my hope and call to action that you will return to this letter often to remind you who you have become and that there is more of you to grow and learn about. I add some wisdom - in a meme you shared, remember this
- May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears. I add to this ... May your hopes be energized by the knowing that you are a beautiful soul filled with light, love and wisdom. Trust what you know, find the quiet and return inward to that place you are familiar with that brings you the answers, the perspective, the instinct, intuition and divine guidance.
- May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears. I add to this ... May your hopes be energized by the knowing that you are a beautiful soul filled with light, love and wisdom. Trust what you know, find the quiet and return inward to that place you are familiar with that brings you the answers, the perspective, the instinct, intuition and divine guidance.
