Today I send you sixteen sunflowers, standing tall.
I send you the woman crying, who says, “It’s okay that I am crying; talk to me anyway.”
I send you a scrub jay, a lemon, a fresh bar of soap, a single cypress tree.
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I am scheduling this LoveGram for you in advance because I will be traveling to attend a funeral this weekend.
This is a repeat audio from several years ago. I listened to it again just now and didn’t remember any of it! It felt brand new.
Sometimes, like now, when life throws me a curveball, I give myself permission to let go. (I hope you do the same for yourself.)
This is one of those times. I wanted you to know you are on my mind, but I don’t have the bandwidth to create and upload a whole new LoveGram.
I chose this specific audio because it talks about grief and celebration being two sides of the same coin. As I think about the person who has died, I am filled with that mixture of emotion.
There is so much sadness in grief. And swirled in with all that grief is also the gratitude.
In this case, I am so grateful that I grew up across the street from this person. She was an amazing mom to my best friend. She welcomed me into her home, always. She was generous. She never said anything negative about anyone. She was kind. Good-hearted. And she always offered me cookies. I’m lucky I knew her.
I am also lucky to know you. Thank you for being by my side.
Thank you for giving me the grace to be human this week.
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In today’s LoveGram, we are talking about how sadness and celebration are two sides of the same coin.
We’re human beings. We get lost and we lose things. We are beauty and we see beautiful things.
And everything in between.
(To listen to the audio, just click over to this page, scroll down, and hit “play” on the audio player.)
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If we want to have deep, meaningful, and connected relationships in our lives, we have to learn how to be together in the hardest of times. And also the happy times, too.
We have to be willing to accept that it is all a part of being human.
But most of us weren’t taught how to do this!
Today, I talk about the practice of allowing ourselves to feel the whole range of human emotions and not to judge ourselves for any of them.
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I think we do ourselves a huge disservice in our lives when we think that life needs to be black and white, or when we think that our emotions need to be this or that.
We’re wonderfully complex.
What if we stopped fighting it?
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Thank you for being here and showing up for all of it — for the ups and downs and everything in between.
When we are open to celebrating ALL of life, it allows us the spaciousness to find connection and meaning in the hardest of times and also in the happy times.
Flip! Two sides. Same coin.
Listen to your audio LoveGram now.
Thank you for your beautiful heart.
Thank you for wanting to love and be loved as best you can.
I’m grateful to be on this journey with you.
Seek celebration — even in dark corners,
xo Sherry
💖 P.S. I love this podcast on grief by Anderson Cooper. It is tender and filled with love for humankind.
💖 P.P.S. Just a reminder that any loss in your life can be filled with grief — death, illness, divorce, miscarriage, empty nest, job loss, alienation from a friend, etc. If you are feeling sadness or grief, I hope you honor it, seek support, and let it move through you.