August 9, 2024

Ooh. Y’all. Italian Summer (l’estate italiana) has sunk her sweet little teeth into me and it feels so good ☀️

I’ve not been writing very big captions recently because: I’ve been enjoying and in flux and digesting all the little moments. I’ve been learning and growing and shedding and changing. I’ve had hard moments and ridiculously easy ones. I’ve been watching myself in my summer skin, I’ve been letting la dolce vita sweep me away. I’ve spent long days in air conditioning, seeking solace from the brutal stickiness of Rome. I’ve spent more time in nature.

I’ve danced. So much. Literally and metaphorically.

And perhaps, what feels most important to share is this: We live in a world with a million sets of completely different cultural rules and there is simply no way that we can rank the rules or decide one society is better or worse or right or wrong.

As my sweet friend @_annafries reminded me yesterday, quoting Rilke:

We live into the answers.

Amen. Allow each season to be each season. Allow yourself to live into answers. Trust the timing and timeline of *your* life.

That’s all 🫶