From an early age, Elisa Maggio has been in love with the natural world. Spending moments in her mother's flower gardens, pinching the faces of snapdragons, picking and eating sour cherries, and cooling off in the summer's heat under the boughs of pine trees. Tuning in through the natural world became a daily adventure to release the sadness of an early childhood year's worth of trauma and abuse. The natural world of the divine mother filled with her enchanting colors, heavenly scented blossoms, and strength found within the branches of the trees became the sanctuary of life that could heal...more