Happy birthday dear Maria! I love how you write about reclaiming your authenticity. It’s okay to be misunderstood - as long as you’re true to yourself. Wishing you many more blissful years of honey & thunder ♥️
First things first, happy happy happy birthday dear Maria ! May this year bring you precious gifts that will serve you all the way !
Now I must say, congratulations ! You are my son’s age and have already figured out what I did only this winter, but have been breaking onto in waves for so long, that hiding behind a mask is too expensive in this life.
Apart from the age, I could have said every word. A lifetime of decoding human behavior on their faces. Masks. And I was a comedian, I really wore them. And discovered that I became myself on stage when a mask was put on. So strange. I love your honey and thunder metaphore.
And what it feels like to be inside myself in front of the world. You said the word, raw. And honest. I have to feel safe yet to let the mask fall. I am still learning how to navigate being me in some circles. That is why I stay at home, my sanctuary. That is why I need the ocean and birdsong to restore my strength. I was quiet so long, I will not be hushed anymore !
As you felt perhaps, sister, we are alike in this duality.
I have suffered for being like this, misunderstood, hushed, crushed, a very long time. I barely understood what was going on. The suffering shifted when I realized that this was my beauty. I bear art in my soul. I am truthful and I seek truth and purpose. I am loving and generous to those who don’t crush me. That is who I am, different and sensitive, different and intense.
Sending you waves of love and music to your ears for your birthday and for your beatiful discovery about your sacred self 🫶🏻🌿🤍✨🎂🥂🎁🦋🌊⚡️🐝🍯🎼🎹🎻🏆
Not only for your beautiful birthday wishes, but for sharing all of this with me.
It’s so touching to hear how you found yourself on stage, through a mask. There’s something paradoxically beautiful about that. Sometimes, it’s only when we “put something on” that we feel safe enough to take the real layers off. The stage becomes a sacred space where you get to be more “you” than anywhere else. I find that so powerful!
I’m truly grateful that our paths have crossed. I see you. I admire your strength, your truth, your intensity - and I believe in you. So so much. The way you’ve embraced your sensitivity, even after being misunderstood and hushed for so long, is deeply inspiring. There’s such a rare beauty in who you are when you allow yourself to just be. Pure, raw, unmasked. That’s when you shine the brightest <3 You're such a beautiful constellation lighting up my night sky.
Thank you for being you. I’m honored to walk this path of honey & thunder alongside you.
(writing this on my computer, so I'm in lack of all the wonderful emojis, but just imagine that they're all there!!!)
Your words have brought me to tears, my dear Maria ! Not sad but grateful ! Your beautiful words have made me feel so seen and so right to be on my little journey back to myself. I know you know, I know you understand. That loving power makes any mask crumble to dust !
Hope you had fun publishing this essay and a good birthday too !
Happy belated birthday!
Thank you Stephanie! 💖
the happiest of birthdays! and I'm so proud of you<3
Thank you so much Jack <3
Happy birthday dear Maria! I love how you write about reclaiming your authenticity. It’s okay to be misunderstood - as long as you’re true to yourself. Wishing you many more blissful years of honey & thunder ♥️
Thank you so much dear Christine <3
"honey and thunder" - LOVE THAT. And happy birthday!!
Thank you so much Elizabeth!!
First things first, happy happy happy birthday dear Maria ! May this year bring you precious gifts that will serve you all the way !
Now I must say, congratulations ! You are my son’s age and have already figured out what I did only this winter, but have been breaking onto in waves for so long, that hiding behind a mask is too expensive in this life.
Apart from the age, I could have said every word. A lifetime of decoding human behavior on their faces. Masks. And I was a comedian, I really wore them. And discovered that I became myself on stage when a mask was put on. So strange. I love your honey and thunder metaphore.
And what it feels like to be inside myself in front of the world. You said the word, raw. And honest. I have to feel safe yet to let the mask fall. I am still learning how to navigate being me in some circles. That is why I stay at home, my sanctuary. That is why I need the ocean and birdsong to restore my strength. I was quiet so long, I will not be hushed anymore !
As you felt perhaps, sister, we are alike in this duality.
I have suffered for being like this, misunderstood, hushed, crushed, a very long time. I barely understood what was going on. The suffering shifted when I realized that this was my beauty. I bear art in my soul. I am truthful and I seek truth and purpose. I am loving and generous to those who don’t crush me. That is who I am, different and sensitive, different and intense.
Sending you waves of love and music to your ears for your birthday and for your beatiful discovery about your sacred self 🫶🏻🌿🤍✨🎂🥂🎁🦋🌊⚡️🐝🍯🎼🎹🎻🏆
Thank you so much, my dear sister artist <3
Not only for your beautiful birthday wishes, but for sharing all of this with me.
It’s so touching to hear how you found yourself on stage, through a mask. There’s something paradoxically beautiful about that. Sometimes, it’s only when we “put something on” that we feel safe enough to take the real layers off. The stage becomes a sacred space where you get to be more “you” than anywhere else. I find that so powerful!
I’m truly grateful that our paths have crossed. I see you. I admire your strength, your truth, your intensity - and I believe in you. So so much. The way you’ve embraced your sensitivity, even after being misunderstood and hushed for so long, is deeply inspiring. There’s such a rare beauty in who you are when you allow yourself to just be. Pure, raw, unmasked. That’s when you shine the brightest <3 You're such a beautiful constellation lighting up my night sky.
Thank you for being you. I’m honored to walk this path of honey & thunder alongside you.
(writing this on my computer, so I'm in lack of all the wonderful emojis, but just imagine that they're all there!!!)
Your words have brought me to tears, my dear Maria ! Not sad but grateful ! Your beautiful words have made me feel so seen and so right to be on my little journey back to myself. I know you know, I know you understand. That loving power makes any mask crumble to dust !
Hope you had fun publishing this essay and a good birthday too !