Newsflash: Tribe Found in South Pacific!

Hello there! Sorry its been a while, but something very exciting has been happening..

I was just reading through some old blog posts and found a post about desperately missing my “tribe”. And I still do, very much. But the very exciting and lovely thing is that I have found another. Another group of people who really care about me; who I am, what I think and how I feel. And, what is more, I have felt the joy of simply being myself with reckless abandon again.

Of course the curse of it all is that by its very nature this tribe is transitory – I am always having to let someone go, and soon enough they’ll have to say goodbye to me and the grief I already feel at some day having to leave this place will become palpable.

But for now, I love that people laugh with me, and occasionally at me; that my social calendar is almost too full; that I have several people who will gladly give me full body hugs n the street; that I have platonic husbands (and wives!) willing to go away on weekends and shoot the breeze for hours at a time about the kind of stuff that floats my boat.

Friendship is truly transformative and I have a renewed perspective on life that I am entirely grateful for.

So if I say this is wonderful, believe me when I also say that my heart longs for my friends and family at home who get me and love me in a way that has provided the strength and foundation for this experience as well.

It strikes me that my cup of friendship runneth over – and I can only hope that I can give back to the people I love – the rich gifts I receive.

In short. I love yous all.