FIELD NOTES with Meghan J. Ward

FIELD NOTES with Meghan J. Ward

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FIELD NOTES with Meghan J. Ward
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Letters Home #21 ๐Ÿ’Œ

Letters Home #21 ๐Ÿ’Œ

Writing from: Banff Alberta

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Letters Home #21 ๐Ÿ’Œ
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Dear Ones โ€”

This morning, I gaze out the window by my desk and I can see sunlight illuminating sheer, rocky cliffs on which snow has clung to ledges and trees grow in impossible patches. Itโ€™s a springtime sun, the kind we notice because weโ€™ve been longing for it during the dark days of winter. I can tell just by looking that itโ€™s at least 10 degrees warmer in the sunlight. Later, Iโ€™ll stand in that warmth, face looking straight to the source (eyes closed, of course), to take in the Vitamin D my body has been lacking. It feels that much sweeter after months of shadow here on the mountainside.

In the past few weeks, I can feel myself living out something Iโ€™ve known to be true โ€” that life unfolds in seasons. Some are teeming with life, growth and blooming; other seasons are quiet and filled with endings. The good news is, in that dormancy, we can still feel a pulse. Life goes on even when we canโ€™t see it.

But it leaves me feeling listless and uncertain during those times when I canโ€™t see wโ€ฆ

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