Julie Luzarraga

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A birthday (or anytime) practice

November 21, 2022

“Another trip around the sun” people say. I imagine this like an infinity loop cycling through healing, grief, inviting/welcoming and celebrating. This seems a fitting journaling practice on your birthday, an anniversary date or really any time it speaks to you. Let us remember we cannot have healing with suffering or grief and we cannot…

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Goodnight my love

October 2, 2022November 12, 2022

Good night my love I wish you peaceful sleep And for me too Without having to cry myself to sleep Stunned in the tears Awake in the grief I would like to curl up in a ball Make a soft nest of my own fears To comfort me and soothe me until I could once…

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The Summer of Dragonflies

September 19, 2022November 12, 2022

Peace and odd clarity came watching the dragonflies at dusk Circling amongst tiny specks of white against the green and the sunset You talking, explaining They swirl in perfect patterns Shush, The dragonflies are dancing. This was the summer of Mountains Climbing Sweating Walking Not running. A sigh A release A whisper of wind I…

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Gratitude for the night

September 15, 2022November 12, 2022

I was slurring my words before the wine And over time, fell into a cadence Me, you, me, you This and that is what we are negotiating This is what you are holding This is what I am navigating Gratitude and release Thank you. Now I am home Sinking my bare feet in the grass…

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Keeping the dust

September 9, 2022November 12, 2022

“Give her a challenge” is what he said. “Accepted” is what she said. Some steps took little effort, as if flying a few centimeters above the ground, listening to the wind whirling through the tops of the trees so far away. Even big, bounding steps felt gloriously invigorating; pushing me onward and forward. The cool…

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