Thank you. Our summer celebration has come to an end. Our studio is (relatively) quiet, mixers slowed, inbox cleared, the settling of our months of buzzing energy in preparation tangible in the air like the drifting cinnamon dusting our mixers. It feels soft in here, and my heart is spilling over. I’m leaky a lot these days. Tucking a surprise gift into packages has been a tradition of ours since we were a baby of a company in a different decade, blending and packing orders in our guest bedroom, running them to the post office during my newborn’s nap time. We've come a long way from when a single Vitamix blended every batch of The Clean Dirt - and my darling girl turns TEN later this month - but our tradition of gifting remains. We began with just me, my recipes, and a small cupboards of raw ingredients. And then it was me and one client. Then two, three, four. A hundred. I found help. And then more. And now there are 26 of us from the sourcing of our ingredients to the blending and filling and shipping, visual storytelling, and Care Bear-ing. Together, we have had the honor and pleasure of lovingly preparing and delivering more than three thousand (!!!) entirely free fresh bottles of The Clean Dirt all over the world over this promotion (and more than double that many meticulously-filled bonus minis!). Picture it. That happened inside these walls, from the effort of each of our hands. I’m in awe. I’m in total gratitude. My sincere hope is that this act of 'extra just because' on our part, inspires the same within you in a million small ways every day. I hope you say yes to an extra 2 minutes in a steamy shower, taking time to marvel at the sensations of your skin. Yes to a backyard picnic, to a phone call with a treatment mask on, to a walk under the stars. Yes to seconds. Yes to listening, and then softening, into your desires. Yes to whatever it is that feeds YOU. Thank you for feeding us. We are ever grateful to be of service and to have you here. 💛