Shorter Posts and an Upcoming Announcement

A small Friday PSA before heading into the weekend

Alyssa, Grant and I have the opportunity to travel back to the Midwest in the coming weeks to be with family, but also for Alyssa and I to attend a retreat in Northern Wisconsin at Faith’s Lodge.

We were directed towards Faith’s Lodge by numerous sources after the loss of Lucy, and when we started searching for similar offerings out in the Pacific Northwest to make logistics easier on us, we realized what Faith’s Lodge has to offer is unique in the nation.

Additionally, it’s in a part of the country that is near and dear to both Alyssa and I. We were married within 20 minutes of the retreat center and we grew our relationship spending time at my parent’s cabin in the area as well. It all seemed to perfect to pass up, so we signed up.

We have no idea what the four days spent there will be like, but it does feel like an appropriate time in our healing journey to check in again. We’re about to enter into another season of change in our first year of navigating life after the loss of Lucy so the timing was perfect.

After the time in Wisconsin, we’ll be coming back to Idaho and I am then going to depart to a special mountain range for about a week. Last year in September, I spent five days alone in the backcountry in the weeks following Lucy’s diagnosis preparing myself for what was to come. It was there alone in the mountains that I committed to God that I accepted whatever was to come, and to myself I committed to do anything and everything that I had control over to put my daughter and my family in the best place for all of us.

Now that everything has played out and the vast amount of unknowns have become knowns, I feel drawn to go back to that same mountain range to see what happens and to see what I can discover.

All of this is to say, I am at a point where I am open to exploring what is next for Chapter 3 Stigma. Having so much time away I have to prep for will likely make the posts and podcasts shorter. Maybe that’s a good thing, who knows. We’ll see what happens, but I have a vision and direction I want to point my energies towards that I am hopeful to announce towards the end of September.

Until then, thanks for sharing and for keeping along on this journey. I wish nothing but the best for you and your loved ones in life, and if the lessons and perspective that Lucy has provided us as a family can make one small moment a little more manageable and enjoyable for one of you, than this effort seems worth it to me.

All the best and all my love,

Kyle