Greetings and Blessings, my friends. I decided to share something personal with you all today. In about November of last year, I noticed that I hadn't heard from my older brother in at least 6 months. I tried sending messages, but he had no access to any accounts, so I met only dead air. I spent the next seven months or so trying to find him. I honestly wasn't even sure if he was alive. I eventually made the decision to file a welfare check report in his last known location. I was put on the phone with an officer, who immediately put my fears to bed, saying that he knows Johnny very well, and sees him every day. My brother is homeless, without a phone, and one of his crazy exes changed all the passwords for all his accounts, effectively locking him out. He didn't know anyone's number, so he had no way of contacting family. I have since spoken to him a few times. He's doing ok, working on getting housing. During that year, I struggled a lot under the surface. He was always on my mind, a constant reaching with no response, and I did what I always do - I wrote. My soul is healed now that I've found him, but, for a time, all I could feel was the empty space. I wanted to share a poem that I wrote during my search. For anyone who has experienced the quiet fading of a loved one, or anyone vanishing themselves. Reaching For You I keep calling into the shape you left behind - An eternity of unanswered rooms Where your voice used to lean against the walls— Now only dust remembers the weight of you. The memory of you keeps its teeth in me. I imagine you in fragments: A light that never quite let you rest, A doorway you did not mean to walk through, Streets that swallowed your direction and did not return it. I have called into your distance, And stood in the strange faith of my own echo. I thought to bring other voices - Like sound itself might learn your name and carry it back home - But I am afraid what answers Might be forced by hands that do not know your shape. So I remain here,

Greetings and Blessings, my friends! 🤗 I thought it might be fun to offer a little WonderWander engagement challenge—an invitation to share a piece of yourself with the community. Below, you'll find three different prompts. Choose the one that speaks to you most (or answer more than one if inspiration strikes!). This isn't about finding the "right" answer; it's simply an opportunity to connect, reflect, and get to know one another through the many ways we experience and make meaning of life. As a small thank you for participating, I'll be offering a complimentary one-on-one reading to one member of the group. You're welcome to answer more than one prompt if you like, but each member will receive only one entry into the final drawing. Responses should engage meaningfully with the prompt you've chosen. Follow the thread that feels most genuine, interesting, or alive for you. Option 1: "The Museum of Ordinary Magic" If your current season of life had an exhibit in a museum, what object would represent it, and why? Option 2: "The Belief You Outgrew" What's something you once believed about life, yourself, spirituality, healing, success, love, happiness—or anything else—that you no longer believe? What changed? Option 3: "Curiosity Trial" You may ask one question of the universe and receive a completely truthful answer. What do you ask, and why? A little note: Everyone who participates in good faith and engages with the spirit of the prompt will have their name entered into a random drawing, which I will reveal on the next Community Connect live meet and greet on June 27th at 3pm central time. This isn't about having the "best" answer. WonderWander isn't a competition for wisdom. It's simply an invitation to show up, join the conversation, and share whatever this moment calls forth in you.

You made it here. Which is worth noting, because WonderWander isn't exactly on the main road. There are no billboards enthusiastically pointing the way. If you're here, something led you — and we think that's worth paying attention to. This is a space for the wonderers. The meaning-makers. The people who find themselves inexplicably moved by a symbol, a synchronicity, a line of poetry, a dream that refuses to dissolve by morning. The ones who ask questions not because they expect tidy answers, but because the asking itself feels necessary. We explore here. Together, and in our own ways. You might share a tarot spread that cracked something open. A photograph that feels like it's trying to tell you something. A philosophical rabbit hole you fell into at 2am. A poem that arrived unexpectedly. A strange and luminous moment that you haven't quite been able to explain — and aren't sure you want to. All of it belongs here. There are no prerequisites for wonder. No correct path, no required modality, no spiritual résumé needed at the door. Just genuine curiosity, and a willingness to sit with the strange and the beautiful alongside people who understand why that matters. Look around. Get comfortable with the uncomfortable. Follow what pulls you. Before you wander too far, we'd love to meet you. Introduce yourself in the comments however feels natural. Tell us your name, what brought you here, what fascinates you, what you're exploring, or simply what kind of wonder tends to follow you through life. There are no right answers. A simple hello is enough. This space will become what we create together, and every journey begins with someone taking the first step onto the path. This is WonderWander. We've been anticipating your arrival. Wander well.