Lift Magazine Summer 2017 | Page 6

A LETTER FROM THE EDITOR When I first scheduled this issue of Lift, knowing it would be published after our trek to the Annapurnas, I decided it’d be bout finding adventure as a single mum. But as I delved deeper into the stories that would fill its pages, I realised it wasn’t about finding adventure at all, it was about overcoming fear to live the life you want to live. As my midnight flight to Nepal rose into the cool autumn air earlier this year in April, I had a special piece of cargo tucked into my backpack. It was a letter. In that letter, I’d written down everything I felt about my divorce and how I wanted my future to unfold. After a week trekking in (or perhaps I should say ‘up’!) the Annapurnas, my fellow solo mums and I woke our kids at 4am and started our ascent to the pinnacle of our trip: seeing the sunrise at Poon Hill. At 5.17am, with a steaming coffee in hand (yes, they have shops everywhere on the treks in Nepal!), I took that letter from my back pack, climbed through a tangled web of prayer flags and hid it under a pile of rocks. And as I did, I heard a voice in my head speak clearly and calmly “Leave it in the mountains”. As I joined the rest of my trekking mates to watch the sun rising over the Annapurnas, I knew it was time for me to evolve again, to face my fear of letting go of everything I’ve held dear over the last three years and find the courage to start the next stage of living the life I truly want to live - and for me that’s a creative life. And so it’s with both sadness and excitement that I’m announcing that this issue will be the last issue of Lift Magazine. I’d like to say thank to you for reading, a big thank you to all of our contributors and advertisers and I hope this last issue inspires you to never let circumstance get in your way to living the life you want to live. Our private Facebook support group for single mums will still continue running. We’ve now got members from all over the world... Australia, New Zealand, the US, UK and even Canada, so if you do know of a solo mum in need of a lift, please send her our way. Naomi