Friends, you know the song! You can go ahead and pull up the Beatles now on your phone and listen. Then sing it with me, Little darlin, it’s been a long, cold, lonely winter. Little darlin’, it feels like years since it’s been here…..

Here comes the sun, doo-doo-doo -Here comes the sun, and I say, it’s alright You are going to be ok! You are going to be better than ok. You are going to find your joy sooner than you think. I am not going to lie, change in any form, especially when it catches you off guard, is HARD. My friends, you were made to do hard things!

Maybe the top picture is you, the messy middle. You can feel the sun shining on you. You are not where you used to be, but you are not where you want to be. Or, maybe you are the picture on the left, broken. I remember vividly the day I took this picture. A friend told me the sun would rise tomorrow and I would be ok. I believed them, just a little bit. That little bit was enough to give me hope every morning. Maybe you are the picture down below. You fully feel the sun, you have found joy, healing, and life is good again. It’s not easy; easy and happy are not the same thing. You still have moments of grief but they don’t hijack you anymore. You believe wholeheartedly in your future again, and you like it. Wherever you find yourself today, here’s a secret. You are EXACTLY where you are supposed to be!

I don’t know the circumstances that have brought you here, but I do know this: we are better together, and you have a place here. Dr. Brene Brown calls us the brave and brokenhearted, and I will share her manifesto with you. I am on my journey to becoming my best self. I would love for you to join me. This is a deeply personal journey and I am leaning into vulnerability, which is not easy for me, but it’s worth it. I will be sharing my healing journey, parenting adult children, going back to college, overcoming complex childhood trauma, menopause, finances, and much, much more. It’s is a beautiful life I get to live, and I would not be where I am today without my tribe. I will repeat it: we need each other.

I will leave you with one last quote from my dear friend, Kate, who wrote a book on healing from divorce. This quote applies to all of us.

“ The butterfly never knows the strength AND beauty in her wings. Others do! Dr. Kate Bohannon

So, remember friends, we are better together!

Here comes the sun!

Here comes the sun, doo-doo-doo-doo
Here comes the sun
And I say, it's alright

Little darlin', it's been a long, cold, lonely winter
Little darlin', it feels like years since it's been here

Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun
And I say, it's alright

Little darlin', the smile's returning to their faces
Little darlin', it seems like years since it's been here

Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun
And I say, it's alright