These little purple flowers growing through the cracks in the wall are called ivy-leaved toadflax. I see them everywhere I go, at this time of year, thriving under harsh conditions, making a life for themselves in the most unforgiving places. I don’t think I need to know their name in order to connect with them. They greet my eyes and senses and make me smile, make me want to move closer and admire them, love on them.
These little purple flowers are probably classed as weeds by ‘those in the know’. An invasive species that needs to be cut back, curtailed and killed. What harm are they doing, flowering their purple goodness? Are they not providing food for insects, are they not another vital layer within this wild ecosystem? Are they not playing their small part in this thing called life and who are we to say otherwise?
I can identity with these little purple flowers. I too survive within the cracks, choosing to be at the edges of things as it is here that I centre myself. It is here that I thrive. It is here that I am free.
In my last newsletter, I mentioned my need to leave this platform. I haven’t found a platform yet where things are free, and remain free beyond free trials. But in the search, I’ve found a reluctance to come back here and write and share because of the hypocrisy I feel of knowing the problems here and staying here.
I’ve decided to make this my final newsletter from here and all I’ve done is migrate my subscribers from here over to my blog, where I’ll be sharing stuff moving forward. If this doesn't sit well with my current subscribers by all means unsubscribe, no worries. But I’ve got to continue to be true to me and I know I’ll be investing more time and attention into my website over the coming months as I lean into creating more blooming purple goodness from within the margins, the cracks, those small, slow spaces with the potential of making centre.
So I’ll leave this space open for people to find me and then come on over and see me on my website. Just like I’ve left my social media accounts open as an archive, this too will be an archive of a certain time in this process of becoming. If people really want to connect with me, they find me. All in god time. I trust in the process just as I trust in my decisions, actions and {being}.
Thank you
Until next time
She x
So good to hear you musing Sheree. Thank you 🙏🏾 Velda 💋