Lindsay K Kerr

My word for 2025 was RECEIVE.

Little did I know I’d be receiving an unexpected lesson in grief and loss. Thankfully the beginning of the year and our three months in Greece allowed the year to open with adventure meeting new friends, walking ancient streets, and visiting sacred ruins.

Upon arriving home in Spring I received the blessings of friendship, music at Sphere and Mother’s Day bestie time. That was also the last time I saw my friend, Katie. A wink from The Great Mystery provided one last hug when my flight arrived at the airport right as hers was leaving. She told me I looked beautiful, and I wish I had hugged her longer. When she passed at the end of May the remainder of the year was a cloud. I kept thinking I was crawling out of the fog, only to be hit by another wave. Grief is like that…life continues, summer happened, we continued to travel, I continued to work. Presenting at a conference, many hours sitting in reverence for the human story that unfolds in therapy, teaching, writing, dreaming, yoga. And then a second loss, the passing of one of my most cherished teachers, Lionel. The Fall came, still I awoke most mornings in tears trying to encourage myself, as I do my clients, to give space for my grief. I danced with it, partook in ritual with it, and let my heart feel broken by it.

Thankfully as fall turned to winter in these last few weeks of the year I received some reminders mostly in the forms of admiration as I saw how fiercely people can show up for one another. Some do this for over fifty years, others meet once and become cherished. To receive is to be in connection…connection with Soul, connection with the heart of others, the heart and Soul of Life.

It turns out living fully and deeply, being touched by and opened to Life is the medicine. I’m grateful for all the reminders, 2025. 🐍🐴