Yesterday it rained damn near all day. It was not a fun rain, it was one of those cold and nasty rains that make you long for hot cocoa, fluffy pillows, and someone warm to curl up with a good book to read.

As I was sitting on the front step, swearing at the cosmos for dumping so much crap on my yard, I heard a voice inside of me chanting “mudpuddles! mudpuddles!” I have not heard that little voice in so long. You know the voice I mean, the inner child, the magical you who is still in awe of rainbows and sparkly gift wrap.

She went into hiding some time back, chased into her darkened corner by the sound of breaking glass and raised voices. She left out of fear, and only returned because fear is no more.

Welcome back, little one. Let’s go chase rainbows.

Somedays, you wake up, and you aren’t sure what you are going to do, but you sure as fuck know what you are going to say.

Today was one of those days. Saying words that have been held back for so long, expression… catharsis.

And then once it’s said, and you’ve been given the moment to say it, you realize that everything changes. Moment to moment, we live and breathe in a constant state of change, of motion, where nothing is static and everything is fluid. And what may have mattered yesterday doesn’t matter so much today.

You can think about having those years back, you can dream of doing this or that differently, but in the end, everything changes. And somehow, you know that change was what was needed all along, because you are still you, and life is still it, and you’ve managed to flow from one moment to another without getting your head chopped off.

It is then that you know you did it. The most mundane of magic. In that simple act of saying, and meaning, you changed your path and made it once again a path of your own calling. You took back what was yours and rejected what was not wanted. And you were whole.

Blessed be to the simplest witch who can do the most mundane of magic, because without it, we would all be lost.

I’ve been absent for awhile, and I suspect this will be an ongoing theme for the next several months.

Changes are afoot.

Funny thing, life. Sometimes it gives you exactly what you want, and other times, just what you need.

And sometimes it kicks you in the ass, hard. And sometimes, that push is exactly what you needed to take a look around and decide that some things are not worth your time.

Money, stuff, toys, cars, gadgets… who needs it if the price you pay is part of your self worth? No one. Not you, not me.

Life is too precious to waste on things that don’t matter.

See you on the other side.