# @veenacrownholm on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DU6vSEOksLP
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- **Posted:** 2026-02-18T23:37:47.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Veena Goel Crownholm (@veenacrownholm) — https://gondola.cc/veenacrownholm

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Happy Year of the Fire Horse 🔥🐎 Gong Hei Fat Choy 🧧✨

The transition into a new year can be really challenging and the shedding of the snake was nothing short of that for sure 🤍

Last year truly tested me. I walked through some deep depression after my miscarriage — it started in January and, almost symbolically, lifted in January this year. A full year of just trying to keep my head above water. Of surviving and truly no thriving.

The Year of the Snake stretched me in ways I didn’t expect 🐍 Shedding, growing, breaking (it truly almost broke me), rebuilding. And honestly… that transition into this new season wasn’t easy either.

And then we went to Hoi An ✨

Vietnam gave me something I didn’t even realize I was desperately missing — lightness, color, joy in life. In that little pocket of artisanal bliss in HoiAn, walking those lantern-lit streets, eating yummy food, making jewelry, drinking egg coffees…I felt like myself again. This photo was taken there, and when I look at it I see the moment I started coming back to life 🌿💛

Now stepping into this new year feels different.
After a year of surviving, I’m ready to run toward joy instead of just enduring life. 

Wishing everyone a prosperous year in all the ways that truly matter —
In mind 🧠
In body 💪
In spirit ✨

Growing up we always connected with our ancestors during LNY…hoping my mama in heaven continues to look out for us and continue to bring joy and peace to our lives. I used to ask for wild dream and wishes to come true and now I just wish for peace, health and doors to open that are meant for me to walk through ❤️

Here’s to healing, new beginnings, and finding ourselves again 🤍

#happylunarnewyear #yearofthefirehorse #chinesenewyear

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