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Beautifully written Caryn. I felt I was with you through every sentence. I'm glad you penned this and had the audacity to be the agent in your life. Excited to keep reading your work!

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so beautiful caryn <3 i felt so many parallels throughout the whole piece and just kept nodding my head. It’s the encouragement people just starting on this path (like myself) need to keep going and the encouragement others need to start.

Also how you described foster is exactly what i experienced - it was all you promised in our mtg before Season 2, a community i knew i needed but didn’t know how to find: “I was surrounded by people who showed me how to not only accept my quirks but to experiment with the curiosities I felt called towards and most of all, to be proud of my unique self.”

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Caryn, this is beautiful. You are a gifted masseuse; I could feel your hands and spirit protect me. I could feel your genuine sense of care for my healing. You are you, and I'm overjoyed you are becoming the person YOU truly want to be.

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> The doubts I was told to have about myself started to peel away. And all the things that had been waiting to come out slowly bobbed to the surface.

That kinda sums up how I'm feeling, too. That you're acting on it now gives you a massive headstart over me in terms of age. Keep following that muse.

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Today is my day #1 of a 4-month sabbatical. Your piece was exactly what I needed to read this morning. I wrote "reconnnecting with Dan" as my big-picture intention for the sabbatical on the white board. I have things I want to do (dance, improv comedy, ice baths, clowning, exploring eco-villages...) on a post-it. Your piece is giving me the inspiration to make these things actually happen!

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