Oh Carly. How real and raw and utterly beautiful. I have read both parts of your early birth stories. I see you. I honour you. And I acknowledge all that you have gone through and worked through. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you Stacey, for receiving and reflecting. Huge times in my life and catalysts to many ways of being now… including being so excited to one day become a mother myself!
I just want to say now that I am hardly reading on Substack these days because I writing looks like typing on my phone for chunks of 5 minutes at a while in the bathroom, but this stopped me on my tracks. I had to. And I am so glad I did. I am crying with all sorts of feeling gushing in waves inside of me (as I am sure you know), leaning into the concept of elemental babies and reading and re-reading the same sentences in your letter. If I could see you in person right now, I would ask for your permission to share a hug.
Oh Carly. Such a honest and moving story. A huge journey full of depth you have been and are on. Being a student of death in this way is never easy, and your ability to be with it and continually process and learn, inspires me. Babies as elements was a beautiful read, also. Thank you.
Nothing I can say would be enough in response to the vulnerability of this letter, so I’ll just say thank you for the honesty and bravery you shared here ♥️
Oh Carly. How real and raw and utterly beautiful. I have read both parts of your early birth stories. I see you. I honour you. And I acknowledge all that you have gone through and worked through. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you Stacey, for receiving and reflecting. Huge times in my life and catalysts to many ways of being now… including being so excited to one day become a mother myself!
I just want to say now that I am hardly reading on Substack these days because I writing looks like typing on my phone for chunks of 5 minutes at a while in the bathroom, but this stopped me on my tracks. I had to. And I am so glad I did. I am crying with all sorts of feeling gushing in waves inside of me (as I am sure you know), leaning into the concept of elemental babies and reading and re-reading the same sentences in your letter. If I could see you in person right now, I would ask for your permission to share a hug.
Goosebumps across continents reading your words Julia. Thank you so much for receiving, right now it’s all pouring out of me and I’m letting it flow
I took the biggest break from both reading and writing here - it’s good to be back but also honouring your slowness right now.
A big squeeze back to you xxxx
This stretched my heart to be a little bigger, sweet sister, thank you for sharing your heart and the story of your little soul ❤️
Thank you for receiving! It was an incredibly stretchy experience
Oh Carly. Such a honest and moving story. A huge journey full of depth you have been and are on. Being a student of death in this way is never easy, and your ability to be with it and continually process and learn, inspires me. Babies as elements was a beautiful read, also. Thank you.
Thank you for seeing me - experiences I will continuously integrate for the rest of my life (probably) as all births do! x
Nothing I can say would be enough in response to the vulnerability of this letter, so I’ll just say thank you for the honesty and bravery you shared here ♥️
Thank you Kerani 🤎 it’s been a long time now but the layers of understanding and healing are timeless x