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I’m writing this by screen light. It’s a few minutes after 9pm. There’s a cup of lemon balm tea on top of a pile of books on my desk and behind me, a white candle burns on my altar to our Holy Mother. It’s Saturday.
When this letter arrives in your inbox it will be Sunday and I’ll have been in bed four days. You will remember I said I haven’t been feeling well… I was fighting something when I wrote this post. I was aware too, that I was holding onto tension.
Then after an adventure in the backcountry I woke up with a rash on my right side, two fingers from my navel. An insect bite, I thought, because it looked ‘pimply’ and it was itchy. So itchy.
I ignored the fatigue. The feeling of cold fingers running through my hair every hour.
The rash spread to my back.
On Wednesday the pharmacist told me I had shingles. And, that if I had come in sooner she would have given me antiviral medication.
Now,
I’m a creature of the dark. I dare not expose myself to sunlight. The only time I am pain-free is when I lie on my left side or when I’m standing eating lysine-rich foods. (I’ve been craving pineapple and avocado for weeks and now I know why).
So friend, I don’t know when I’ll be back in your inbox. Hopefully soon, hopefully this month. I’m going to miss being here with you but what my body and mind and spirit require is Rest. The deep rest that I’ve never given myself over to… the kind that is not advertised as white sands and all-day cocktails but rest that fills you up while you empty out.
I don’t know if that makes sense. I hope it does.
I’ve come close to attaining this, I think, but there has been too much this year… too much despair but also so much good and I need to empty out more…
like an estuary - where the river meets the sea.
Thank you for reading. It means a lot to me that you are here. ❤️
Rest easy I got my first stint of shi glasses when I was 21 I get flare ups here and thetr chamomile saves my soul xoxo
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