A celebration of all the wonderful things men are and do — every day.
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Dear all the wonderful Men in my life,
THANK YOU!
Thank you for being the wonderful kind generous creatures that you are.
Thank you for bringing so much to the world.
Thank you for bringing balance, power, soul, and completion.
Thank you for bringing adventure and hilarity.
Thank you for your generous providing hearts.
Thank you for your courageous strength.
Thank you for your tender vulnerabilities.
Thank you for showing yourselves to us.
Thank you for loving us and caring for us with your huge hearts.
Thank you for providing so generously for the world.
Thank you for being MEN.
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Thank you to my love for knowing my strength and for knowing how capable I am.
And thank you for allowing me to put my sword down and wield one for me at times.
Thank you for protecting us with your heart and your sword.
Thank you for holding the community so strong.
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Thank you for holding me when I loose my shit and can’t cope.
Thank you for allowing me to cry it out.
Thank you for supporting me through it and not judging me.
Thank you for letting me hold you when your heart is wobbling as well, it’s an honor.
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Thank you for seeing my beauty and for ravishing me.
Thank you for beachside immersion.
Thank you for telling me I look beautiful on the bed in the morning before having a yummy connected ocean side breakfast, this brings sparkles to my heart.
Thank you for opening my heart through your presence.
Thank you for opening my body to pleasure through the presence of your heart.
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Thank you for always holding an essence of the playful, adventurous boy that you are.
Thank you for seeing the essence of the girl that I am.
And thank you for playing with me – it is fun.
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Thank you for fixing things.
Thank you for connecting the power to the caravan and helping us put the tipi up.
Thank you for fixing the car and helping me change the tire.
Thank you for the little details you think of to make our lives easier.
Thank you for thinking of us with your heart so beautifully.
Thank you for your practicality and generous providing of help as every turn.
Thank you for showing up so consistently.
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Thank you to the men in my family for keeping an eye on the kids while they’re running free.
Thank you for holding my sisters so solidly through their journey of childbirth.
Thank you for being courageous in your depth of love and honor for these women in their courage and strength.
Thank you for helping them find the sanctuary of a breath, by holding the little ones, so they can recalibrate to their own center with deepened presence upon return.
Thank you for being such incredible partners in this journey with new life, I look forward to this experience for myself someday.
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Thank you to my Dad, for raising me with a real life example of what it is to be in the presence of a kind and generous man.
Thank you for sharing your golden heart with the world and with us.
Thank you for being on the sidelines at every hockey match and for believing in me.
Thank you for making me hot toddy when I’m sick.
Thank you for putting the lights on when you know I am coming home.
Thank you for thinking of me.
Thank you for thinking of us.
Thank you for the inheritance of your astute intuition and perceptive nature.
Thank you for being such a wonderful Dad.
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On this day, I would like to dedicate my day to celebrating MEN.
Today, and every day, I sit in a place of deep gratitude for the Men in my life and all that they bring!
Sisters let us hold this energy strong today and shower our men with this respect, gratitude and appreciation for the Men that they are, for the gifts that they bring, and for how they provide for us and help us to create such wonder together.
THANK YOU, Dear Men, for being YOU!
With respect, gratitude, appreciation and love
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