Today was one of those days when joy and sadness crash into each other, and create a place of softening and empathy and connection.

A family friend’s Celebration of Life(funeral) was this morning & will be one remembered for a long time; a friend lost her father after an eight month battle with cancer; one of my best friends & her family said goodbye to move 7 hours away; and the memories of Mom and childhood continue to bubble up through tears and laughter.

Joy & sadness become more & more interwoven as life goes by. Its crazy hard… and yet this journey is worth it.

Truly!