09/30/2026
If you’ve ever asked me for grief or death advice, this is always the sentiment I come back to. Thank you Mommy Susan Matthews Wolfe (and yes, I spotted the typo too late 😘)
When I think of butterflies, I think of death.
I am reminded of my mom saying something to me when someone I loved deeply was passing away, and I was having a hard time thinking of their pain and suffering.
She said, it would be easy to look at the life cycle of a butterfly and, without knowing, watch it go from its caterpillar form into its chrysalis and think that such drastic change must only lead to discomfort and even death.
When in reality, the caterpillar is simply experiencing a rebirth into a beautiful butterfly, and moving on to the next stage of its life.
She said that we could think of our loved ones death as a chrysalis - a transformation into something else yet unknown to us.
May you be cocooned in Love, as you move through whatever lies ahead. 🦋
Rebecca Wolfe
