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HeatherAsh, This is one of the most beautiful things I have ever read. This has touched me more deeply than I'm able to express. Feeling, feeling, feeling. Love and thanks. And more love.

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Cheryl your words made me cry.. so glad the words touched you. I'm tearing up every day as we get closer to the two year anniversary of the fire, and I'm spending more time up on the land. It is so soothing to plant flowers and trim trees around the core which was spared, and to see and know the immense loss and scar that is right out the window.

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Thank you for this profoundly beautiful story. I’m deeply moved and walking through my grief as you do with yours. Thank you.

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You are so welcome, Brooke. May we all keep holding hands and dancing with our grief and joy.

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Thank you for sharing. Someone very dear to pasted away last May and I'm still cycling through anger and acceptance of his passing. Mostly I just miss his presence, but your words and story give me hope and insight on how I can process and move forward. Blessings.

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So sorry for your loss, Arilyn. The process and journey of grief is so unpredictable and wild, and underneath it all is that ache of missing the physical and energetic presence of someone. May you keep honoring your dear one and feeling their imprint in your heart.

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Tearing up singing and holding with all the broken hearts who connect here. May our sweet song be a balm of love for ourselves and each another.

Like a ship in the harbor,

Like a mother and child,

Like a light in the darkness,

I′ll hold you awhile.

We'll rock on the water.

I′ll cradle you deep

And hold you while angels

Sing you to sleep.

~ 🎵🌹 Cris Williamson

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May we sing to each other sweetly, human people and tree people and rock people... Thanks for sharing the lyrics to Cris's healing lullaby

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You have the deep grief I’ve been feeling this week moving again 😭❤️‍🔥😭 you’re bringing me the same answer I keep getting from the burn scars over here in the Jemez. Just be with us. Just love us 🌲🌲🌲

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Sending you love from one burn scar to another... the land continues to remind us to begin again, to honor the scars, to plant new seeds. I just discovered a hidden apple tree in the scrub oak by the community kitchen; I'm still in awe that it hid out and survived! Just created a rock basin and fed it good soil and water, we'll see how it does!

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How wonderful! Cheers to nurturing new seeds ❤️🌲

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♥️ great lesson thank you

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You are so welcome, Viridiana.

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Thank you for teaching me.

Thank you for singing to the trees.

Thank you for all your love.

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Gratitude to you Zaza for your heart and letting the song soak into your bones...

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