Soul Sister

"Here is the deepest secret nobody knows. Here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows higher than soul can hope or mind can hide. And this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart. I carry your heart. I carry it in my heart." --e.e.cummings

As my cousins and I spend time together this week, I am amazed at the tug of a bond I feel that has been resting deep inside of me all this time, remaining quietly in the background until they arrived and it began to hum like a tuning fork. Some connections are like that. When you make them initially, they forge tightly, like a living steel that settles its layer inside of your make up. When you "separate" from those people, for whatever reason, years may pass before you see them again...and yet the moment you are rejoined in the same space, it's like no time has passed. With my cousin Scott, this is exactly how I feel...but his wife, Yvette, that's a totally different experience.

At rare times in our lives we meet people for the first time who already feel like old friends or family. I am always caught a little off guard (happily so) when this happens and the very moment Yvette walked into my life, this was the case, the bond; she is my "soul sister" (this is the word she used for it this morning, and it's absolutely spot on). She is a part of me that is new, and yet familiar. Her kindness gives her a radiant glow and her spirit is warm and open, non-judgemental and healing. I am honored to be able to bask in the beauty of her light, but even better, I find myself at a safe harbour in her heart. I am happy to be able to reciprocate this for her. Some people we meet just feel like "home". She, her husband, and the sweet little boy they brought with them to visit are that for me and always will be. Welcome home, Aldrich family. You will always have a home in North Carolina...one waiting for your return!

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