The uncertainty of my younger self is settled. I’ve achieved a milestone than is more than just age-it’s a lot of things…a sacred transition, an awakening, and a new beginning. Recently it has felt like a gentle, firm closing of one sacred cycle and the opening of another. I’m grateful every day of the year but today is a big reminder of how far in my journey I’ve come and how brave I’ve been to lay down the armor of the past, the struggles that shaped me, the doubts that taught me, and to step