This is beautiful. Thank you for sharing the healing that came with meeting your younger self. I had not seen this poem previously, despite it having gone viral. Thank you for sharing the original post here. This hit deep for me. I hope to meet with a younger version of myself soon as well and let the meeting spill onto a page in poetry.
So very touching Kristin. Those two you’s love each other deeply💕 I don’t always have the self-compassion I should be giving myself, then and now. I’m inspired by you to recognize this and figure it out.
I loved reading this! I haven't done this prompt but there is a prompt from The Artist's Way that I enjoyed: What would your 80-year-old self tell your current self? Some surprises came out of that! I've read all the books you recommend except The Mountain is You and it's been on my TBR for a while, so maybe soon!
Oh wow. So glad you wrote this. This line is magic, “I tell her we do wondrous, dreamy things, and some of them cost us very much.” Isn’t that the truth? You wrote this so beautifully that I felt I was there with you. 💕
I’m smiling and feeling all the feels. It was cathartic to read your process and then your prose. Can I do it? I’d like to think so. Will I do it? 🤔 Hmm…good question. TBD
Thanks for sharing the original poem and your unedited rendition.
I wrote my own version today. My 18-year-old self has so much to learn, and in the end “i watch her walk away and pray for the discernment her journey needs.”
I have a feeling I will have a coffee meet-up with young mother me tomorrow.
So much value in appreciating who we are now in the light of what we’ve learned along the way.
Kristin, this brought me to tears. Maybe it's the story work of my own I've been doing, realizing how much I still struggle to show up for my younger self. Or maybe it was the depth of compassion and courage you instilled in your sweet self--motherly and brave. But your honesty was gut-wrenchingly beautiful, and I'm inspired to meet my younger self soon, too. XO
This is beautiful. Thank you for sharing the healing that came with meeting your younger self. I had not seen this poem previously, despite it having gone viral. Thank you for sharing the original post here. This hit deep for me. I hope to meet with a younger version of myself soon as well and let the meeting spill onto a page in poetry.
So very touching Kristin. Those two you’s love each other deeply💕 I don’t always have the self-compassion I should be giving myself, then and now. I’m inspired by you to recognize this and figure it out.
I loved reading this! I haven't done this prompt but there is a prompt from The Artist's Way that I enjoyed: What would your 80-year-old self tell your current self? Some surprises came out of that! I've read all the books you recommend except The Mountain is You and it's been on my TBR for a while, so maybe soon!
Oh wow. So glad you wrote this. This line is magic, “I tell her we do wondrous, dreamy things, and some of them cost us very much.” Isn’t that the truth? You wrote this so beautifully that I felt I was there with you. 💕
I’m smiling and feeling all the feels. It was cathartic to read your process and then your prose. Can I do it? I’d like to think so. Will I do it? 🤔 Hmm…good question. TBD
Thanks for sharing the original poem and your unedited rendition.
I wrote my own version today. My 18-year-old self has so much to learn, and in the end “i watch her walk away and pray for the discernment her journey needs.”
I have a feeling I will have a coffee meet-up with young mother me tomorrow.
So much value in appreciating who we are now in the light of what we’ve learned along the way.
Kristin, this brought me to tears. Maybe it's the story work of my own I've been doing, realizing how much I still struggle to show up for my younger self. Or maybe it was the depth of compassion and courage you instilled in your sweet self--motherly and brave. But your honesty was gut-wrenchingly beautiful, and I'm inspired to meet my younger self soon, too. XO