Harvest Time

Today is the pagan holiday Mabon. It is a time to reflect on the year's harvest and be grateful. It is also my 6th month 'anniversary' with my love. I could write of the little vegetable garden that has produced so faithfully for us over the summer but in truth, that garden has more of my lover's heart and hard work poured into it than mine. No, the truer harvest for me has nothing to do with turning the earth and tending green things. This has been a year of great bounty. I have had a stable job where I have gained useful experience. I have made great strides with my personal goals and I have shared wonderful moments with friends. Greater than all of these things are the gifts of my true love and the dog that I've pined for since I was 15. My life is bursting with love and gratitude and plenty. There is much yet to learn and discover and work through but for the first time in my life I feel confident saying I have a true partner who will be my strength when I need it and walk each step of the way together. It has been a year of many miracles. I am hopeful that because of the joy in my life, I have brought some measure of that feeling of peace into someone else's year. Blessed Be. Happy Mabon. Good harvest.