Fall Creek trail, Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park (photo by Anthony Lê)
My friend’s mom passed away suddenly this week.
She shared the date and time of her funeral services. Both fall on the same date and time as my dad’s 80th birthday celebration. Oh, the irony.
I recently learned a new Welsh phrase- “Dod yn ôl at fy nghoed”- which means “to return to a balanced state of mind.”
When translated, it means “to return to my trees.'“
Being here amongst my trees did just that. It returned me to a balanced state of mind. A place where I could simultaneously hold space for both celebration and grief. Love and loss. Life and death.
Nature, like our hearts, can hold it all too.