408. How to Become Enchanted With Your Life (10 Things Enchanting Me Right Now)

We're kicking off a whole series on the art of enchantment today, and I'm starting with the word itself. It comes from Latin, and at its root, it actually means to sing. That's exactly what I want to be: a woman who still hears the song, who notices the change in the September air, who gets a little obsessed with baby cheeks and poetry and the yarn in her hands.

This has been such a hard year for us. And I've learned something true in the middle of it: you can be devastated and still enchanted with your life at the same time. That's not denial. That's emotional wealth.

So today, ten things enchanting me right now:

My brand new kitchen journal — recipes, handwritten notes, and tiny printed photos of the grandbabies eating whatever I just made

My current knitting obsession, a squishy red sweater called the Lakes Jacket by Ozetta

Tom's middle school football games, knitting in the stands and hunting down his number for video

A new diffuser blend I'm creating, appropriately called Enchanted

Reading poetry again — Wendell Berry and Mary Oliver, after Wendell Berry's passing last week

Baby cheeks. All six grandbabies' baby cheeks. No further explanation needed

The first whisper of fall in the air

Being a total beginner at English horseback riding, and loving what that humility teaches me

Something brand new I'm creating for the program that I can't fully reveal yet, but that feels like a dream come true

My actual, ordinary, everyday life — my porch, my kitchen light in the morning, watching Stevie get stronger

If you want to keep being enchanted with me this month, I'm doing Enchantment Diaries on Instagram, documenting all of it in real time. And if this resonates, I'd love for you to join us for our upcoming workshop, The Art of Enchantment: How to Make the Last 90 Days of the Year Matter, September 23–25 at noon Eastern.

Links Mentioned:

Register for The Art of Enchantment workshop (September 23–25): https://www.ediewadsworthcoaching.com/enchantment

Subscribe to the House of Joy Substack: https://ediewadsworth.substack.com/

Follow along with Enchantment Diaries on Instagram: @ediewadsworth

The Lakes Jacket pattern by Ozetta: https://www.ozettaknitwear.com/patterns/p/lakes-jacket

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