Happy thankful Thursday, sisters! I am currently in Sweden with my family, and I have very little or no time to myself. I find that really draining since I am used to spending most of my time on my own. In addition to my mum’s early stages of dementia and my dad’s nerve damage in his back, I have a very strained relationship with my brother, and I find his resentments towards me very hard to deal with. So today I am very grateful for a reading a friend shared with me, which made me look at the situation from a different perspective, which I wanted to share with you. -------- “We could spend our whole lives waiting for someone to apologise or take responsibility for how they hurt us before we decide to let go. But the problem with that scenario is we’ve made someone else in charge of how and when we heal. If we truly want to break a cycle and heal, we have to forget what the other person is or isn’t doing, and focus entirely on our own process. When you forgive, you heal. When you let go, you grow. “ --------- Does it resonate with you as it did with me? Have a blessed day ☀️💛🙏🏼

Today I got reminded how blessed I am to have this place to go home to. A place where four generations have worked the land and the forest, like the times I spent picking blueberries with my nan, making blueberry crumble pie together, creating memories I cherish. This evening I put a scarf over my hair like my nan always did, put on my granddad's old jacket to protect me from the mosquitoes, and walked into the woods in the evening sun. All of a sudden, I was filled with so much gratitude that my heart felt like it was about to explode. I could hear myself saying 'I love you, nanna' cause I could feel her presence. It is wild that I had to almost lose everything to addiction to find out what really matters. It is the small, quiet moment that makes being alive a blessing. Beaming love and light across the pond all the way from Sweden!

Something is always better than nothing… Show up for yourself especially on the days you don’t want to!

Special shoutout and thank you to @Alethea Catapano @Malin Maki and @Leah Westby who are Sunshine community top contributors for the past few months. Thank you for showing up for yourselves and our communities ladies! WE LOVE YOU!

Let’s share some of that July sizzle this month… Drop some glimmers ☀️ in the comments