sometimes these two go together in ways you wouldn't expect


hey, bloom.

yesterday i encouraged a client to do this during our YEAR AHEAD spread — to “celebrate + grieve”

i suggested that a deeper honoring of what wants to be celebrated may in fact come through honoring the things that want to be grieved as well

when i saw the first post about the ceasefire in gaza today, my instinct was to keep scrolling, to find more evidence that it was true

when i was convinced it was, i turned to searching for corroboration that it would likely be followed through on, that it wasn’t just a slick-sounding statement to satisfy + lull

afraid to trust it, afraid to be fooled

and then wanting to celebrate. REALLY wanting to

but finding it impossible to do so without thinking of so many lives lost, so much destruction, so much unfathomable indecency + injustice for so damn long

how to celebrate it taking so long to get here?

on a personal level, sure… we can speak of things like divine timing + peace with your pace around things like hitting a milestone, accomplishing a goal, leaving a job or an ex or the like —

but there’s nothing divine about a timing that results in so much criminal loss of life

no peace with a pace that hides behind manufactured fear + systemically-perpetuated greed

crushed by the irreconcilable heft of so many for whom the unthinkable proved so easily negotiable —

i felt stuck, at a loss

i thought the videos of palestinian kiddos joyfully jumping + wooping in celebration might help me access a bit of that joy too

instead it unlocked a deep well of sadness + anger, a wailing i wasn’t able to contain

and too a not knowing how to not burst at such simple human goodness in the face of so much devastating inhumanity

how to comprehend such unbridled hope in so much darkness?

and then i remembered this call, to celebrate + grieve

and i remembered my own damn directive, to claim joy like it’s your job, because it is — even when it’s really fucking hard

and i remembered that our celebrations can look how we need them to

that we can grieve our way through them, just as we can celebrate through our grief

that life is sometimes as beautiful as it is hard

that being with both is as tough as it is a gift

and that's what feels important to share right now

lots of love, sweet bloom

xxoo, cc
​

​

​


you are receiving this email because you opted in through social media, directly at thriveandbloom.com, or you attended an event or purchased a product or service from crecia cipriano - thriveandbloom. thank you so much for allowing me into your inbox + life!

know someone who would dig this email?

forward it to a friend so they can sign up below and get blooming, too!


$5.00

tips for lattes + other joy-bringing treats

listen, if your personal path to claiming joy happens to be paved with treating a gal like me to a latte or some sushi... Read more

​

curious about working together?

sign up for a FREE possibilities call + we can explore what's available

​

ready to claim joy like it's your job, trust yourself at LEAST as much as everyone else, and put yourself on your own damn list?

come work with me! explore your options here.​

​


copyright © 2016-2024 thriveandbloom, all rights reserved

266 west hazel street, 2nd floor, new haven, ct 06511
​Unsubscribe · Preferences​

crecia cipriano - thriveandbloom

i help passion-powered small + scaling business owners learn more about the power of intuition-driven decisionmaking in their lives + biz, through my weekly-ish newsletter

Read more from crecia cipriano - thriveandbloom

hey, pickled parsley. beyond the ultra-coveted win-win-win, why not set yourself up for a kaleidoscopic win? a win that can’t help but glisten with gorgeous facets + easefully multiply with your curiosity, attention + engagement when you get grounded, intentional + intuitive in your pursuits, you open up the doorway to kaleidoscopic wins because you become deeply invested on a holistic level — your essence woven into the very fabric of your desires the other day on a call for the inner...

hey, lavender latte. who doesn’t love a sample? when i was a young kid growing up on cape cod, i would spend summers in CT with my grandparents while my mom did what the working class does in tourist towns — worked so many hours that hiring child care would have eaten up all the money made so over the bridge + off to waterbury i went my grandmother (who i called nonny) was an avon lady, and i used to LIVE for mid-morning every other wednesday, when her order would come in i’d diligently...

hey, cookie crumble. if today is a happy day for you, i wish you the happiest of days, whatever that looks like for you + your fam right now if it’s not, i’m sending you buckets of love for whatever’s weighing on your mind, heart + soul — may you feel held, heard, heart-seen + healed and i invite you to consider the following: in what ways + spaces do you show up as a mother? whether or not you’ve got kids who call you that, i want to honor + love up on that mothering part of you today who...