It has officially been one week since six years of dedication were suddenly taken.
Six years of community, connection, trust, laughter, challenge, and shared growth were shaken in an instant. Six years of showing up every single day, creating a safe space for diversity of ideas, fostering conversations, and witnessing people evolve alongside one another.
Six years of roots intertwining in ways that felt steady and deeply human.
And still, here I am, choosing to begin again.
There is sadness, yes. When something you’ve poured so much of yourself into is abruptly uprooted, the loss is real. It lives in me and in the questions that keep me awake at night. But beneath that, there is something quietly powerful.
Starting over does not erase what was built; it proves it mattered enough to recreate.
I keep returning to this truth: communities are not held together by platforms or posts, but by people. Real people who show up with open hearts, with curiosity, with willingness to learn and connect. People who are real and vulnerable. Platforms can falter and systems can fail. Accounts can be taken and data lost. But the relationships? The shared experiences? The impact? Those live in the people, not in the place.
The roots we planted didn’t disappear. They simply need a new place to grow. And growth, even when it's painful, is still growth.
The roots we planted weren’t fragile. They learned to grow around many obstacles over the years and to stay steady even when the ground shifted. They didn’t give up simply because the path wasn’t easy—and neither will I.
Sometimes it’s the forced replanting that teaches us what we’re really made of.
So today, I am breathing and honoring what was. Acknowledging the grief without letting it define the path forward. I am choosing to trust what can be, to stay open to possibility, and to move forward knowing that anything rebuilt with intention is often stronger, clearer, and more aligned than what came before.
Because what is rooted in heart cannot be taken.
It can only be replanted and when it is, it often blooms in ways we never expected.
Here’s to the next chapter, to fertile soil, and to the community that refuses to disappear simply because its container did.
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Reading your blog is like listening to you talk to me. Beautifully written, makes one think about things we may have taken for granted, and the things we put in and on our mouths and bodies.
. Thank you for sharing yourself with us all. 💕
Love your brain. The blog is put together beautifully. I love the website all around. I can’t wait to see how it continues to develop! ❤️ The roots are grounded a d going to flourish beautifully. I know it.
Such an incredible read. I can truly feel all of your emotions here. I know it was such a difficult loss but I am so proud of you. Every day you choose to be the good in the world, the positivity and love that you show to everyone, regardless of their beliefs, is admirable. I don’t just believe in your products, your group/platform, I believe in you. YOU are the force that brings everyone together.
It’s fine. I’m just sitting here crying. ❤️
I keep thinking about aspects of what was lost that I hadn’t thought of before. I can only try to imagine how this loss feels to you. But how beautifully said. I’m not at all surprised that you are taking this hard and hurtful experience and turning it into something good. It feels to me like when a forrest burns. You take away the brush and it makes way for fresh plants and creates fertile soil for new growth. I am so hopeful that this will be a positive change for you and this community you have fostered. ❤️ I am looking forward to what grows out of this mess.
Thank you for being you! You are a blessing to those around you.
This is so beautifully written and such a great way of looking at everything that’s happened. I was thinking, as I was doing my postpartum shift, how you worded this and it really makes me think of how you care for your plants vs how you’re moving on from this situation. You take good care of plants that need moved/replanted and they continue to thrive. I think this is a way of replanting Bumble and it will also continue to thrive ❤️.
I love this post. I don’t love the things that happened. But this wording fits so many scenarios in life