"All nature, all formations, all creatures exist in and with one another..."
~The Gospel of Mary Magdalene, 4:22

My basest- truest- deepest belief, is that everything is connected. That there is a brilliant spiral that we all journey upon... that all are part of one another.

I have been acutely happy in recent days. It's a passion of joy that has gripped me from my very being. Yes- I am stressing in the extreme... it seems that my entire life is due at the end of this week. But- I am making absolutely certain that I take each moment with a sense of deep grace and gratitude...

Everything is a gift.

Last year at this time- there was no hope that I would be with my sweetheart in the immediate future. I scraped myself through the holiday season with the aching knowledge that I was not with her- and that I could not be. It was painful beyond any words... And it tore me apart.

Fast forward one year. A single year. One year. I am living out my Happily Ever After with the most amazing woman in the world. We spent a year and a half apart- and suffered greatly... and now- those aching moments are but memories. I am going home to my sweetheart, tonight.

What is Fate? Is it a set of sequences we are promised in this life? Is it a thread of destiny that ties us together... or apart? I do not believe that- as mortals- we can ever comprehend the magnanimous concept of Free Will intertwined with a predestined life... But I also believe we can be grateful for it.

No matter what you're going through- no matter where you are... you are held by something so much greater...

I am so grateful for the difference one year can make.

I love you so much, my beauty.