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I had to sum up what the wild has taught me, it would be this: everything changes, and that’s okay.

When I was younger, nature was all adventure—riding horses on my grandfather’s farm, climbing trees, disappearing into the woods until dinnertime. It was freedom, pure and simple.

Later, it became escape—long hikes to clear my head, solo walks to process grief, the quiet steadiness of the trail when everything else felt uncertain.

Now, it feels like home. A place that holds all versions of me—the fearless kid, the searching adult, the woman who has finally learned that she doesn’t have to fight so hard, that she can just be.

The wild has been a teacher, a refuge, a mirror. And if there’s one thing I know for sure, it’s this: no matter how many times life shifts beneath me, nature will always be there—unchanged in its changing, steady in its rhythm, welcoming me back, again and again.

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