There is a Celtic concept called Anam Cara — translated as soul friend. It describes a person who sees you completely, accepts you fully, and walks beside you without condition or agenda. Someone whose presence feels less like a meeting and more like a remembering.
I have one. His name is Kurt.
Our journey began as two people searching for that rare and special connection — the tether that draws one soul closer to another. The first time we came face to face, I knew him. I recognized his eyes. I felt my body relax into the familiarity of him, despite having never met this person in this form before.
Our connection has evolved over time, but the one thing that has never changed is that tether — the invisible thread that keeps our souls close. He is my home in human form. The sun on my rainiest days. The steady, positive voice when my mind wants to spiral. And the living definition of what a truly supportive person looks like.
Many souls come in and out of our lives. Some stay for a season, others until their purpose is fulfilled. But then there are the ones who find you across lifetimes — who have known your soul in another form, in another time. What Kurt’s soul was to mine before this life I cannot say. But I believe, from the very depth of my own soul, that he is my unconditional love in human form.
Recently he traveled to Spain. And he took Midnight Garden with him.
He photographed her under a canopy of colorful umbrellas on a Spanish street. He held her up in front of the Sagrada Família — one of the most breathtaking buildings in the world. He carried my words to a continent I have not yet reached myself.
When I saw those photos something cracked open in me. Because I realized — in all the seasons of my life where people have walked away, where I have been left, where I have made myself smaller so others would stay — Kurt stayed. Kurt chose.
He chose me.
And that is what Anam Cara truly means. Not just someone who sees you — but someone who, having seen you completely, chooses to remain.
To my soul friend — I do not take lightly your presence in my life. I am grateful for your existence in ways I will spend the rest of my life trying to articulate. Thank you for choosing me.
I love you, always. Your friend. Your home.
S🌙
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