Coming Home Is the Practice of Letting Go

"Now I see that the journey was never meant to lead to some new and improved version of me; that it has always been about coming home to who I already am."
― Katrina Kenison

Last weekend I had a chance to retreat for my soul – what an amazing experience curated by my dear friend Steph Smith Founder of The Listening Field: Spiritual Direction at Birdwing Estate owned by another dear friend Joanna Engstrom. It was a time to really practice what I’ve been blogging about this month, slowing down! And I got to do it with a group of wonderful women some of whom I knew and others who I know now and I’m grateful to call my soul sisters. My heart is still full and I see now that the fullness is all about the coming home moments I experienced and still hold close. So what does it mean to come home? That’s what I’ve been wondering about this month.

​Home is a word that I often associate with the space I live in and it's actually so much more than a location. When I think about what makes home home for me – it’s not the building itself or even all the things held within this structure I call home. It’s who is here and that includes me. Together my family (our pets) and all who spend time with us and I create home together in this place that I live. I know it’s possible to be at a house and not feel at home and I’m incredibly grateful that my house is my home. So what is home if it's more than a space? It's connection to ourselves, to each other, and to the world we live in. And connection is all about being present right now. So basically the whole idea of coming home begins and ends with presence.

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