Aromatic Garden

💃 Meet Your Maker Monday:

Joanna Loves to Dance

From a very young age, Joanna fell in love with dance — and especially ballet/ pointe. 🩰

She remembers watching her dance teacher, Miss Susie, glide across the floor during a solo and thinking:

“One day, I want to do that. I want to be just like her.”

Little Joanna didn’t realize quite how hard that was going to be. 😂
Miss Susie made it look SO easy!

Joanna eventually made it pointe, but her time on pointe didn’t last very long. while she may not have been the best dancer in the room, that never really mattered.

She loved it. ❤️

that love eventually came full circle when Joanna went on to teach dance at the YMCA, helping introduce other kids to something they might fall in love with — just like she had.

Here’s the really sweet part…

Joanna’s love of dance didn’t start with Miss Susie the teacher.

She got it from her mom. 💕

In this photo, you can see Joanna, her mom Miss Susie, Miss Susie’s daughter, and another dance friend with her mom.

A whole little circle of women connected by dance. 🩰❤️

So maybe Joanna wasn’t destined to become a prima ballerina…

…but she absolutely became someone who passed the love of dance on to the next generation.

Now we want to know… what is something you loved as a kid that you still love today? 👇

🍎🍂 It’s not fall until…

…there’s homemade apple crisp coming out of the oven. 🤤

But really, it’s not fall until we’ve _________.

🍎 Picked apples
🥧 Baked something with cinnamon
🎃 Carved pumpkins
🍁 Gone for a scenic drive to see the leaves
🔥 Sat around a bonfire
☕ Had something warm to drink
🍂 Taken a walk through crunchy leaves
🥣 Made a big pot of soup
🧣 Pulled out the cozy sweaters
🎃 Visited a pumpkin patch
🍎 Made apple cider
🥧 Baked a pie
🌽 Gone to a fall festival or farmers market

And of course… eaten WAY too much apple crisp. 😂

What is the ONE thing that makes it officially fall for you? 🍂👇

Okay, let’s settle an important question???🍂

What is your favorite fall scent? 👃🍁

Is it…

🍎 Fresh apples or apple pie
🎃 Pumpkin spice
🍂 The smell of leaves outside
🔥 A crackling wood fire
🌲 Fresh-cut cedar or pine
🍪 Something warm baking in the oven
☕️ Coffee or chai
💜 Cinnamon and clove
🌾 Something completely different?

If you could bottle one smell that instantly makes you think of fall, what would it be?

Drop yours in the comments! 👇
if you see someone else’s favorite that you love too, tell them! Let’s see which fall scent wins the unofficial Aromatic Garden comment section. 😂🍂

Finish this sentence:

🍁 “It doesn’t feel like fall until ________.”

Is it…

☕️ A hot cup of coffee/Hot cocoa/tea
🍎 Apple everything
🎃 Pumpkin season
🧥 Sweater weather
🍂 The leaves changing
🔥 A cozy fire
🍫 S’mores
🕯️ Your favorite fall scent
🌲 Walking outside and smelling the crisp air

Or something completely different?

Tell us yours in the comments! 👇

Happy first Thursday of fall, friends. 🍂💜

Hey everyone, Charlie here. 💜

…Sorry for the little pause around here…

Sometimes life happens, and you just need to step away for a minute.

I was away, and Joanna needed some space to take care of herself. The holistic festival was a lot, and in the same week, she lost a family member and two close friends. 😢

Instead of pushing through just because there were social media posts that needed to be made, we decided it was okay to pause.

Honestly, I think that’s something worth talking about.

We’re always being told to keep going, stay busy, be productive, show up, and push through. But sometimes taking care of yourself means doing the opposite.

Sometimes it means stepping back.

Sometimes it means being quiet.

Sometimes it means giving yourself permission to simply breathe.

So thank you for being patient with us while Joanna took the time she needed. Thank you to everyone who checked in, sent messages, or simply continued following along.

We’re slowly finding our way back, and we’re really happy to be here with you again. 💜

I’d love to hear from you: what’s one little thing that has helped you through a difficult season of life?

DONT MISS OUT!!!!!!

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