Over the last year, my heart and soul have been shifting.
If I am being totally honest, it started the second I became a mother.
But when my dad had his heart attack last year… that is when it really hit me.
It was one of those moments that stopped me in my tracks.
The kind that makes you pause and start rethinking everything.
The fragile realization that our time here on Earth is so fast, and we are never guaranteed a tomorrow.
The knowing that every moment could be a last time… and every new day is a blessing.
It’s this ache for time to slow down when we are with the ones we love,
while also knowing that time needs to move forward for more growth and more beautiful moments to take place.
Yeah… I know.
That’s a lot. It’s heavy.
But it’s the truth about the thoughts that have been going through my head almost daily.
Just as I felt like I was starting to really process those fears—the idea of time and how fragile life is…
life threw me a curveball.
One I definitely was not expecting.
Words I never thought I would hear for myself:
“Unfortunately, you have melanoma.”
When I heard those words over the phone, I froze.
I knew what it meant.
But I paused for so long while processing what my doctor had just said that she followed up with:
“That is a form of skin cancer, so we want to start treating this immediately.”
Cancer?!
Me?!
Before I even knew about this diagnosis, I had already been working on getting back to feeling rooted.
Through my faith.
Through trusting God.
Through learning to trust myself again.
Through small, intentional shifts to make each day feel more purposeful.
Because the feelings I had after my dad’s heart attack…
those were the very feelings that led me to crave grounding.
To want to feel stronger on my feet.
To slow down.
And at this point, I had already been doing that work for months.
But when I heard the word melanoma…
something clicked in a deeper way.
“Rooted” wasn’t just a word I had chosen.
It was something I was being called into.
This wasn’t about slowing down just for the sake of it.
This was about returning to a firm foundation.
Getting back to what truly matters most.
For me.
And for my family.
I don’t have all the answers yet.
But I do know this—
There is no point in rushing through the life we’ve been given.
I want to be here for it.
Fully.
Presently.
All of it.
Standing tall and strong.
Rooted in what matters most.
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