I sense there is a lot of spiritual hurt and pain among us resulting from religion. I want to lift up this community for healing from the damage done to our psyches and our souls by well-meaning and not-well-meaning religious figures, doctrines, dogmas that have shaped our lives.
Creator is love and in Creator there is no darkness. I think it's the only thing we need to know to gauge if something is good or bad, right or wrong.
May we be free and transformed!
@impassionate @cc21 @journeyWithMe2 @lowtide @FEBby23 @tybin @freya
Thank you for the kind words. They were things I needed to hear particularly on Saturday. A friend shared with me a post from an intuitive she follows about the eclipse and how it affects us both in the lead up and aftermath and some of what she said resonated with how I was feeling that morning. I ended up spending a chunk of the day outside in my yard working with my new electric power tools. I used the new battery operated lawn tractor we took a small loan out for to mulch the leaves we did nothign with last fall. I used the new battery blower (250 MPH winds!) to move everythign out of the ruts and corners. I used the new string trimmer to catch the sides of things, and then I mulched the garden to prepare it to plant. Post surgery I won’t be able to lift for a long while so that part seemed essential. Spending several hours in the sun was what I needed.
@tesseract. Preop is this thurssday and that will top my list with the dietician and pharmacists. I’m guessing tea is absolutely fine but they made me stop my probiotic (😫I swear that’s what’s been keeping me healthy all these years!) so anything goes.
@cindy Thank you for the kind words as well but never smack your hands away from writing me if you feel the need (And Jeanne can share with you my email address if you really want it!) I have a countdown clock ticking away and I chose to fill it each day with a post on social that is both reflective and designed to help move me to the next phase of my life here post transplant. Please let me know in particular if you enjoy your Disney cruise because we’re taking our third trip for Thanksgiving 2025 (we’re on a 3 year plan with our trips to the mouse!) and we’re thinking we might mix the next one up.
All, particularly anyone I missed tagging - thank you. What a roller coaster :-)
I'll add here for anyone needing a pick me up themselves - ALSO Saturday evening we had Boone's last Canine Good Citizenship class and it ended with their "graduation" - we tried to get a picture of him and his class all looking at the camera at once. That went about as well as one would think it would. Here's my favorite of the bloopers. Notice how Boone is literally on the Red Lab, and his tail makes the Red Lab look like he's wearing a floofy hat. The Bernese (the black dog) would not stop turning around, and the corgie was just fit to be tied that she was even having to do this thing.
Please let me know in particular if you enjoy your Disney cruise because we’re taking our third trip for Thanksgiving 2025 (we’re on a 3 year plan with our trips to the mouse!) and we’re thinking we might mix the next one up.
I've not been on this particular ship since 2007. This will be my 8th Disney Cruise. I started cruising when my youngest was little. I knew they could fly after Monica's accident, but the thought of flying over water used to make them panic. So, to get them to see the world, I started cruising with the mouse. It made even more sense as a single mom. If something happened to me, there would be lots of adults around to look after the youngest. When they took the Magic (ship I'll be on this go round) to Europe for the first time, as a repeat cruiser, I got advance notice. Youngest was 17 by then and really wanted to do it, so we got them on their first plane over the ocean to catch the ship out of Barcelona.
When they grew up and moved out on their own, my cruising stopped. However, after a particularly bad day at work five years ago, my friend and work partner Trish said she needed a break, would I consider taking a cruise with her? I jumped at the chance. We figured her hubby wouldn't go-they have no kids, and he didn't seem like a Disney fan. Surprisingly, he joined and was a bigger kid than the rest of us. We told another friend, Suzy, who had just returned two weeks prior from her family's first Disney cruise. She was ready to go back out for more fun. So now, we have our cruise group, me, my two girlfriends, their hubbies and three kids. We had our 4th cruise together planned, but Covid hit. Then, being a military family, Suzy's hubby was stationed in Japan. No cruises for the last 3 years. Two weeks ago, my phone was chiming at 5:30 am. Suzy's hubby had gotten his stateside orders, and in the middle of her international move to the west coast, she wanted to get in a cruise-from the east coast. We had a cruise planned by the time I went to work with Trish, who had to call home and tell her hubby the news-we're cruising in 2.5 months, adjust your schedule. We're already throwing around ideas for next year's destination. LOL Disney is a little more expensive than other lines, but it's like the parks-the attention to detail is always there.
I also got to our local theater yesterday for a wonderfully done production of Beauty and the Beast. It was Monica's favorite Disney movie before she passed. It was the first Disney story where the female lead was smart, strong and independent. Made me smile, and yes @dannyboy, I thought of you and sent good thoughts as I was waiting for the curtain to rise.
@dannyboy, I see you down the road giving an inspiring talk, maybe a TedX or even a TED, to an audience about your giving experience. Your talk takes the action you made to so many levels we need inspiration to do in this world. You rise and rise and rise, my friend. Thank you for letting us be on this journey with you. We are sending you healing for the best journey of your life. We are sending Kevin healing for the best journey of his life.
Anyone else feeling kinda clobbered by post eclipse joy into sudden doldrums? Good grief.
This too shall pass and I’m sorry I didn’t have the usual positivity and gumption to join our Intuitive class last night. We got back late from my husband’s oncology appt where we got the usual good-but-not-good-enough news. I always think handling these regular visits (the Dr reminded us it’s been since 2010) won’t affect me so much after all this time. Then I get home and realize my jaw and neck hurt from teeth clenching. The tension blossoms and fades each time but somehow I still think I’ll be impervious. HA!
I offer up a gift of healing to All of us during these tough transformational times. Going to use this beautiful bright sunny but cool day for a small dose of self-pity, -care, and a good cleansing cry. Then I’m going to climb back on my wild horse and let the wind carry my real and perceived troubles away. Giddyup! See you on Zoom soon.
p.s. I’ve never ridden a horse but love the imagery. Lol