It’s Been A While…

Photo credit: Kacey Jeffers for the Golden Rock Hotel, Nevis.

April 2024, wow. It’s been a while friends.

How are you doing? Where are you? So many questions.

You have been on my mind, I have been meaning to reach out, but. life.

I hope that you are caring for yourself, that you are offering yourself the grace and tenderness which you deserve. I hope that you are thriving, that despite or even in spite of this continued global heaviness that you have been able to tap into little pockets of joy, ease and rest along the way.

Home for me is now a tiny island in the Caribbean. In fact, we ( St Kitts and Nevis) are officially the smallest country in the Americas in both land area and population. I have spent the last two years transitioning into being re-rooted or even re-routed here on Nevis. An island that holds many magical and also traumatic memories for me. It’s been a reckoning of sorts. An invitation to face my shadows whilst opening my heart to the healing of the light.

I seem to be in a constant state of shedding and releasing. Shifting into new versions of myself which simultaneously excite and scare me. Who am I if not my previous selves.? Who am I without the familiar identifiers of me to point towards and reach out for ? I don’t know. That is my truth and also what shows me my growth.

Previous versions of me would be demanding to know what’s next and how do I intend to get there? This version, well - I am ok with the not knowing. I find myself more and more open to trusting that I am taken care of, that I am supported by the love of my ancestors and guided by their wisdom and knowing.

Trusting.

Believing.

Letting go.

Becoming.

I will write more when my heart calls me to. I love this space which I am still creating and I also love this new fluidity that has found me. It feels softer.

Take care of you

Chantal x