Lately, I have been feeling a little stagnant.
My herbal studies have paused while we are on the road, and in that pause I’ve found myself reflecting once again on what the Grove truly is.
I am in a season of transition – a threshold, if you will.

We are on a month-long sojourn, exploring where we may next place our roots. In many ways, I have been removed from what I once called my Grove.
And yet, in quiet moments, I am reminded:
The Grove is not a place I left behind.
It is something that lives within me.

As we travel, as we exist between homes, I am beginning to understand just how little I truly need to feel at peace.

Not the perfect space.

Not the full routine.

Not even the structure I once relied upon.

Only the simple things:
myself,
my family,
and the small moments in between.

Today, I pulled an oracle card.
In the days leading up to it, I had been noticing cats appearing in the most unexpected ways – fleeting glimpses, quiet crossings, and even a stray who wandered into our temporary home as if it had always belonged there.
Each moment felt like a quiet nudge.
A reminder.
Of who I am.
Of who I am becoming.
Of who I am meant to be.

Sometimes we carry expectations of what our lives should look like – what our path should be, what our space should hold, what our routines should feel like.
But often, those expectations are shaped by the world around us.
When we step away from them, even briefly, we begin to see something else entirely.
We begin to see how little we truly need to feel whole.

The oracle I pulled today reflected that truth back to me.
Bagheshur – a presence of quiet strength, awareness, and instinct.
A reminder to trust what moves within me, rather than what is expected from outside of me.
A reminder that even in uncertainty, there is a steady thread guiding the path forward.
So here I sit, in this in-between place.
Not fully rooted,
not fully settled,
but not lost either.
Simply… becoming.

Quiet Reflections

• How do you move through seasons of transition or uncertainty in your life?
• What expectations might you be carrying that are no longer truly yours?
• What are the simple things that bring you back to a sense of peace and wholeness?