I love you impermanence

Just beginning to reflect on the last year and a half. I haven't really had time to reflect lately and there is nothing like this time of year that puts me in that mental state. Last summer I was driving out west  to California to visit Julia and go to a massage workshop at Esalen. It was a great trip. Julia went on her first date with Steve the day I got there, and strangers then, they are now married as of yesterday.

Last summer I fell in love with Esalen(I can really only handle loving places at this point) during my workshop and I had to go back there as soon as possible and got lucky enough to get into a Buddhist  work study program and stayed two months. Although it was grueling and challenging, I know it was the best thing for me and I now have many new friends and connections and we can continue forward on this road of life, learning from and supporting each other.  Speaking of, I am going back next week to do a songwriting workshop, which terrifies me to sing in front of others or expose myself, but these are the things I want and need to do. I can't wait for Halloween!

 So there we were a decade ago, in Baltimore at the inner harbor, slinging cheesecake. Just a group of clueless kids from Maryland hoping for better things. Now Molly(who actually did the marriage ceremony) just finished acupuncture school, Julia's wed,  and me-well I'm just glad that I am not slinging cheesecake and loving my nomad incarnation.

I am truly grateful for the cycles of change, the life that I have and that the people who are important to me are doing well. The wedding was beautiful and I loved seeing Julia's family(she has a brother that's the male version of her) and Steve's family come together. It was so cool to connect with Julia's other lifelong friends. I really felt extremely welcomed and appreciated. Someone actually wanted me in their wedding party.

Now here I am cat sitting for the newlyweds, back in Redondo, with an ocean breeze blowing through the window and my only responsibility is to not kill a cat, I mean to take care of a cat and a baby tree.