It feels like forever in half that I blogged about anything and yet everything has happened! Here we are, and it is already November 4th! There is so much I want to say but that would not be easily explained through words, so I suppose I'll be be brief in saying that this has been a truly life changing year. There have been many shifts and turns, some heartbreaking moments and yet some moments that have also been some of the most beautiful. Lessons surrounding new life and a renewed perspective as we welcomed our littlest family member, new lessons inside a new classroom, new passions and interests that have risen again in the midst of life's busy nature. Life is never perfect but life always works out exactly as it should, and I do believe this very simple lesson (especially after the past few months.) So cheers to an ever-changing and ever evolving thirty-year old me, a journey towards becoming a better human and a better advocate, a better educator and a better aunt, a better version of a better me. Sometimes we feel ourselves evolving and changing but we dont' realize the evolution until much later and sometimes life is evolving and changing so quickly that we can feel our souls shifting and spinning. This kind of change takes patience, a critical eye and leaning into discomfort. We are elated over what lies ahead, maybe slightly apprehensive but know that where we are placed is also part of life's greater purpose. You can't always see the full picture, but we trust, in time, the greater picture will emerge exactly the way it is supposed to. Cheers to being alive, for new miracle life and for a renewed meaning of the definition of "success" and "joy."