He spent the winter with me in dispause—resting in his chrysalis for months, waiting out the cold until spring’s warmth and bloom gave the signal. From the very beginning—as a tiny egg—he carried the blueprint. Not just for the chrysalis, but
So many lessons for us in such incredible creatures. Are your basic needs met in a way that helps you grow into your best self? Are you resting enough to receive that growth? Do you know the brave discomfort of becoming undone to
Because often the only thing in our way of the flight is our own undone to discover we had everything we needed inside us always, we simply had to surrender and do the work to receive it.
Before Pelia joins this world as the black and orange butterfly everyone loves, she first must surrender to the butterfly soup of her own chrysalis, which she's had inside her whole life. Life as a caterpillar is finished, and yet,
Mothering these monarchs the last month has meant more to me than words can express.
