14/02/2026
Thank you, my love, my friends, my colleagues and my family, for the beautifully heartwarming messages today.
40 turns around the sun. Walking many paths you learn; to find the bravery to reject things that no longer sit well in your bones, to re-embrace some because you realize, in your spirit, that that is who you were all along. And to long for those your body has never experienced— for your soul craves those licks.
As I step into this new decade, I am filled with a profound sense of gratitude:
•for another day to pursue spiritual growth, bodily health, & human connection.
•for my love who has walked beside me with grace, care & presence these past two years; for the family I was born with, & the family I have chosen.
•for the friends, now in spirit, who left me beautiful gifts to build worlds of wonder upon the human spirit and our incredible capacity for change.
I am in awe of what I have achieved & what I have been enabled to do. I am in awe of the ancestors and Musikavanhu, who know how to locate a soul even when she has drifted in a miasma of confusion and self-immolation—guiding her back toward her center, giving clarity and balance.
I hope I don’t lose this new streak of being present with myself & embracing who I am. That I get to see many more suns. While this life is not easy, it is meant for living—for us to take as many turns as possible until we become who we were truly meant to be. I hope for strength, kindness, & love continue to find me, both within & without.
For me, 40 is about permission to lean into making my own rules—to breaking them while following them fearlessly as I forge my own path, just as I have done since the day I was born. There is no blueprint for your life; you draft the blueprint as you keep moving.
So, even when I don’t feel a hundred percent, I smile for the little girl within who has survived so many battles & carries scars no one sees. She triumphs over her own shortcomings to continue becoming. She is the one who leads herself through thorny paths to emerge into new lights.
40 is being the Queen of my own universe—and running with it.
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