Happy HerStory Month!!!

March includes the anniversary of my mother's birth, her transition back to Heave and it's Women's History Month. This seems to me like the perfect time to shake the dust off of this space and become active here again. This past year has been huge in healing and transformation for me and I have oodles and oodles to share with you.

The first yummy tidbit that I have for you is this siimple observation as I grieved, not my mother's transition but her pain in this lifetime: "Sometimes, the people with the brightest smiles have the deepest pain." I'm going to leave you to mull that over until next time. ;)

Happy Mother's Day ... to me!!!

Mother's Day has always been about celebrating and honoring the woman that gave birth to me. Seven years ago, I gave birth to a darling little girl and even still, Mother's Day was about MY mom. This year, with my mother adn grandmother in Heaven, I am firmly in a position where Mother's Day is all about me.

Music is an integral part of my everyday experience. I ALWAYS have music playing from New Age Instrumentals to NeoSoul to Gospel to ... You name it, I LOVE it. So, for this Mother's Day, I celebrate the mother within and dedicate this song to myself, my mother (who is the reason that I am the woman that I am) and all mother's.

Your job is the most important job on the planet. This song's for you!!!

We are Never Alone

Happy April or rather I should say happy New Year since this is my first post of the year. Over the past 5+ months, life has been shifting and changing and I have been learning and growing. I'm going to share some of the things that I have learned about how very powerful we women are in the posts of the coming weeks. The biggest thing that I learned is that we are not ever alone because Life (or God or Spirit or however you define the Lord of your life) is everywhere. I chose to use the word Life there because it is the perfect descriptor for what I am about to share with you.

One month ago yesterday, my mother died in a hospital 75 miles from our home where she'd been in a nursing home for the month prior to that. I had last seen her in February. Due to how far away she was and the fact that I was sharing a car with someone who worked 12+ hour days, getting over to see her was challenging. Finally, I'd worked something out where I would go and visit her on Thursday. She died on Wednesday morning around midnight. I was ... almost devastated. Almost because I know there is a Divine plan and this whole experience was apart of it.

The devastating part was not her death. She was sad and in pain for over 20 years. She was more than ready to go home and get some relief and I was prepared for her to go. I'd felt, since I was a child, that it was my job to take care of her. For her to die alone in a hospital in a city 75 minutes away from me was simply NOT ok with me. A couple days later, I called a friend to ask her if she had any of a specific essential oil blend that I thought would help me and my children through this time emotionally. When I told her that my mom died and was in a hospital in the city she lived in, she told me that she'd been there when my mom coded and that she'd prayed for her and for our family. The yummy part is, this friend didn't know at the time that the woman she was praying for was my mom. I hadn't known that my friend was a nurse or that she was working at the hospital that my mom was in. It was a HUGE relief for me to know that not only was my mom not alone but she was with a familiar spirit who prayed with her as she transitioned.

My youngest son's birth was similar in that I was cared for in the hospital by 'total strangers.' That, however is a story for another post. :) We are never alone. Life is all around us and is supporting us at all times. I couldn't have orchestrated those events had I tried.

Butterfly Book Club Update

So, our 11/12/2011 discussion of "Why Is God Laughing" by Deepak Chopra &  Mike Myers was rescheduled for 12/10/2011. The GREAT news is that this gives you plenty of time to grab your copy, read it (I read it in an afternoon) and join us for the discussion. It's bound to be loads of fun! Go visit HerBookSpace to read the review and if you haven't already, sign up NOW! Don't feel you'll have time to read it with Thanksgiving coming up & all? Join the discussion anyways. It's ALWAYS fun & transformational. *smooch*

It's that time again: Book Club time!!! Our next pick is "Why Is God Laughing" by Deepak Chopra &  Mike Myers. It's bound to be loads of fun! Go visit HerBookSpace to read the review and if you haven't already, sign up now so you can join us for the discussion on 11/12/2011. It's ALWAYS fun & transformational. *smooch*

Song of the Week: Blessed - Jill Scott

I chose the live version of this song from her performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live because she's such a dynamic singer & seeing her really opens me up to getting into the feeling place of this song. As you listen, remember that you are just as blessed as she is. The true blessings in life are those things that are irreplacable: joy, laughter, good friends and healthy, happy family. Yes, the material is important as well. That all comes from really getting into the feeling place of those immaterial blessings, though. ;)

Relish Your Genius

Recently, my friend Idil posted something on her FB wall about a mistake that she'd made. She was really hard on herself for not initially seeing how simple the solution to this challenge that she'd been racking her brains over all day long. The challenge she was having was a computer challenge and though she explained both the challenge and it's "simple" solution, I am still unclear on exactly what was going on in her computer world. LOL! I am a point, click and type computer user. Anything more challenging than that is beyond my comprehension. To me, Idil is an absolute genius. (This is not Idil's only area of genius. You'll hear more about her genius in times to come;)) I'm certain that if you don't speak HTML, she's a genius to you as well.

I happen to have been able to do Reiki before my first attunement. I remember explaining the sensations that I'd feel in the palms of my hands as I'd pass by a car accident and pray for the victims, to a friend. She was amazed and then began to explain to me that it sounded as if I was practicing Reiki thought I'd never heard of it before. Since then, I've been attuned twice and I still forget that this is a genius of mine. Whenever I practice, I receive great feedback about how relaxed the participant is.

This brought me to the conclusion that we tend to ignore our genius. Just because it's second nature to you doesn't mean that it's not valuable or magnificent. Whenever I practice Reiki, I receive great feedback about how relaxed the participant is afterwards or how great the energy was. Whenever Idil does something computer related for me, I am simply amazed and extrememly grateful. So, what genius are you ignoring? Honor it and see how life changes for you.