21/06/2026
Midsummer memories.
I was feeling very nostalgic this weekend, missing the nightless night. The sun that never goes down. Missing the food, the people, my family.
It is hard to explain the importance of Midsummer to people who are not Finnish. How special and magical it feels. How all the food somehow tastes better, and that yes, even when it’s hot outside, we still warm the sauna and go between the sauna and the lake all night.
I am missing the fact of how many ”Juhannus” I missed with my family because I temporarily stopped seeing the importance of it, especially as a teenager. I don’t even remember the last Midsummer that I spent with them.
You should never take family for granted, but I for sure did.
And then, I already lived between Spain & Portugal, and now in Switzerland.
I could make all the excuses why I just don’t go back. But it is difficult to leave even for a few weeks when you are building up your clientele, your practice, your events.
For next year, I made the promise that I will.
And I hope the universe grants me the possibility to wait, while keeping everything as it is, as it was, a little longer.
A wish that is goddamn rare to get these days.
