09/27/2026
This morning I stepped outside to gather my full moon water, because that's a thing I do now.
I felt the cool damp air against my skin, listening to the light drizzle hitting the trees, and at the exact moment I picked up the jar, a large goose flew over my head, honking loudly.
That ordinary moment spoke to me, as ordinary moments often do these days.
I love geese, I think they're beautiful. I love how they fly in a V formation and it makes me smile when they honk, as though there's traffic in the sky.
They don't get enough credit in my opinion. A fixture of the landscape, how often do we just look right past the goose?
If we pause and look a little closer, we will see so much...
Not only do geese mate for life, but they fiercely protect their families, as anyone who's gotten a bit too close to a nest can tell you. They show great courage to defend what matters to them.
They support each other within their geese community, working together to travel long distances. A living example of a collaborative spirit, "together we go farther".
Across time and cultures, geese have held many different symbolic meanings, but the goose reminds me of my own fierce loyalty to those I love, my willingness and desire to contribute to my community and the world around me, and they also remind me, that like the goose, I'm resilient. I am always moving forward in life.
No matter how long the journey, I can trust that I will arrive at the destination in my own time.
Just a few years ago, I wouldn't have been stepping outside to gather a jar of moon water, and I wouldn't have sat down with a steaming mug of a tea I blended myself, on a chilly Autumn morning, to write about Geese in the Iowa landscape. But that's the kind of life I always desired, even from the time I was very young.
It might have taken me almost 50 years to get here, and the journey was often treacherous.
But I made it.
It's in small, ordinary moments of presence like these, that gratitude lives in my whole chest.
I hope that wherever you are, you can take a few moments to step outside, notice the changing season, and look for the messages you need to hear within the world around you ✨
