What does it mean to let our grief shape us into elders, choosing wisdom over bitterness? I’m certain the answer is in the circle of welcome: the magic of our fragile hearts holding one another’s fragile hearts, and how, somehow, in this uncertain carrying we honor each other’s experiences, loves, and sufferings. We learn to be vulnerable together, which just might be the hardest thing of all.

 

Links: 

• Here's a link to The Wild Edge of Sorrow
• And here's a link to One Long River of Song.
• I announced my new book and cover a few weeks agoon Instagram. So excited to share it with you!
• This reflection and practice were also published this week in The Slow Way Newsletter.
• Find a transcript of this episode here. 
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• Micha's other (award winning!) podcast, The Lucky Few, is all about Down syndrome advocacy. She cohosts it with Heather Avis and Mercedes Lara. 

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