It was sunny when we left Jiminez, but you could see dark storm clouds right where we were headed. But the captain continued along, they’re trained for these things? Right? Sure enough, about 10 minutes into the usually 30-minute ride, we had entered the storm.

I vividly remember being 4 or 5 years old and looking out of my bedroom window thinking "why me?" What that meant is a story for another time, but I always had a sense of the greater structures & spiritual meanings to this life.

I’ve lived out a pretty wild few years — Costa Rica, Alaska, Thailand, yoga retreats, you name it. I told myself I was chasing freedom…

I tried almost every pharmaceutical birth control - from the pill to the ring to the IUD. I always experienced negative side effects.

“And remember - the universe will never give you more than you can handle.”