Tag: community

Unseen Community Connects Us All

I appreciate the family across the street who welcomed home a baby daughter the same week I moved in. As she grew up, I knew that was how long I had lived in my house. We’re not close, but I know we watch out for each other. 

Sometimes it’s important to think about the people outside our first circle who do care about us. They may not be our best friends or our blood relatives, but they are our community.

Then there are those we form a sense of family with, even if each person is not a part of our core support.

This weekend I’m going to the coast with my costume troupe. The regular members know my ups and downs, my worst and best parts. They are my chosen family of weirdos who dress up in odd outfits together. (See photo) The new guest artists get to see me in that authentic self, even if they don’t know me yet. 

Then there’s this unseen community that I have learned about through being a tarot reader.

At the start of every reading, I call in our guardians, guides, angels, and ancestors…