There Is Still Magic

My daughter is one month old today. I am still landing in the steady belief that she’s really here, she’s really my daughter, and I get to keep her. Becoming a mother has been a lifelong dream of mine. I walked into it with no illusions. I knew it would be hard. I knew I’d need a lot of support. I knew I wouldn’t sleep much. But there really are no words to prepare you for what happens to your heart when your make a whole human, and they look up at you and smile in the early dawn light.

MotherhoodAri DalyMarch 27, 2021motherhood, bees, fertility, swarm, baby, pregnancy Comments

Honey Bees as Heart Healers

We women of the bee work in cycles of six. Six-sided, six threads, six sisters, six revolutions. Six years. On this day, six year ago, I found out I was pregnant. It’s a old story really, one that’s been told before, in different words by different women, but it’s also my story with the bees, and therefore, it has a place here. I found out I was pregnant because of a dream. Not my own; that of a friend.

feminine, honey bees, natural beekeeping, Women's HealthAri DalyFebruary 22, 2017honeybees, beekeeping, natural, miscarriage, motherhood, baby, grief, PTSD, nature-deficit disorder, postpartum, fertility Comments