celebrate this. the lovely constants (11/12/23)

Happy Sunday evening 💜

As I sit down to write this, one of my cats is feverishly interfering with signals that she wants pets — RIGHT NOW 🐈‍⬛

And it occurs to me how very real life this moment is, and always is. As soon as I sit at my table (every morning and whenever I’m working), there she is — fully expecting all else to stop for pets. Because she knows she’s worthy and that I will stop what I’m doing, no matter how hard I struggle against it at first 🤷

There will always be pets. One of my life’s lovely constants.

And that’s what I want to celebrate this week: all the lovely constants that have become comforts.

Sometimes (a lot of times) we take these for granted, but they show up in so many forms: there is always morning coffee, the pets want pets, the kids want hugs, work demands our time and attention, schedules are routine, and I always love mexican food 🌮

If you’re like me, you’ve spent a good deal of time and energy curating whatever comforting constants are in your life, and that really says quite a bit about us — what we enjoy in little moments and how we handle things on a meta level. And each one is a little love letter 💌 to ourselves, carefully crafted to fit just right.

This past week there were some unexpected things that came up, and I found it nice that those constants were there — very typically unnoticed, but very grounding. They helped me maintain my good headspace and a calm breath when I needed it, and they gave me things to look forward to when I felt like I was just trudging along. 

What about you? What gave your week a little extra oomph?

I’d love if you’d share with me in a comment or email 💌

🪄 May this week dazzle us with small reminders that the universe is for us ✨

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