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Heather Sparks's avatar

Beautifully said! It's been a delight to read about your journey through 2025. Thank you so much for sharing it.

Jane Finette's avatar

Thank you for always being a champion of my work dearest Heather. I hope this new year will be a good one for us all. A big hug for you xoxo

Sherri R.'s avatar

Dear Jane, this has been a beautiful blessing in so many ways. Let me say once more “brava!” I can’t wait to see how 2026 unfolds for you! With love.

Jane Finette's avatar

Bless you dearest friend. It was a good year for me and I’m more like myself as I wrote than in a really long time (since maybe before the accident even..). Thinking of you and the soon birthday of Lelia. Thank you for always being there for me xoxo

Maggie Schroeder's avatar

"The parts of me I buried, the ones I thought were gone forever, they came back. Not perfectly, not completely, but breathing. Enough to feel whole again."

Jane, thank you for sharing your year long journey of healing, with nature as your tool. Your writing uncovered many valuable insights (for all of us). And It made my heart sing to read the conclusion of this last essay :) So happy your journey got you to a good place. May 2026 be a wonderful year for you in the wild world of nature.

Much love, Maggie

Jane Finette's avatar

Happy new year wonderful friend, and thank you dearly for walking alongside me all these months. Your sharing with my sharing has been a deep highlight for me.

Sending you always a world of love. I hope this will be a kind year for us all xoxo

Melissa Lee's avatar

This is so beautiful. Will you still be writing on Substack this year? Or are you moving on to new adventures? Either way, thank you for sharing such wonderful work here over the last year x

Emily Woodbury's avatar

We are only as good as our word and you kept yours, Dear Jane. You have deep satisfaction with that as well you should. May you find something equally satisfying to bring to the world and yourself in this new, artificially designated year ahead. (Some cultures do have different times to mark the new year, especially ones based on the moon not the sun) All My Love and sweet kisses to you 🤍🤍🤍