As our Minnesota winter has been very spring-like it is actually hard to believe I still have to wait so long for garden season. Each year my unofficial first sign of spring is the Acme tomato catalog showing up in my mailbox. Last week, it happened. As I opened the mailbox the intense orange of the paper almost jumped into
The tricky thing about manifestation
If you had asked me two years ago about my plans for the future, I would’ve told you that in 5 to 7 years Clarence and I would be moving north. I had a plan to grow my business in a more remote direction for the next 5 to 7 years while we prepared to relocate north. I wrote it
From the place of healing
I believe that basically everyone has an inner child with some woundedness. We all had moments when we were made to feel bad about ourselves, or had situations that were out of our control. The varied degrees of these things is not to be debated, but we all have a little something tucked away deep down inside, that when it’s
Learning to love “us”
“I can’t meditate. I hate sitting there waiting for my mind to get quiet. It never works. I know I should, but I just hate how I feel. I feel like a failure”. There. She said it. As honest as a new born baby. She was trying so hard to do what she thought she “should” the way that she,
Putting the pieces together- learning from our past…lives
“I had one past life that is very loud and I keep dreaming about her. She wants me to know how uneducated and sad her life was and won’t seem to shut up about it. I have never thought of how important an education is. I think my creativity and love of learning must have been the lesson I needed
A new view of Discipline
I recall clearly Spirit saying to me that in 2024, nothing will stay the same. I won’t lie, at first I was a bit put off. Being skeptical by nature I was suspicious the moment the words arrived and comprehension clicked in what had been said. “Nothing will stay the same.” As I asked “what the hell does that mean,”
Welcome to the New Year, now DO mostly nothing
Greetings and welcome to 2024! My family will tell you, I am a celebrator. I love to celebrate. All the things; birthdays, anniversaries, promotions, life changes of all sorts and degrees, holidays, non-holidays, a sunshiny day, you name it. On any given day I can be found walking out my front door and exclaiming “HELLO WORLD!” to the sky and
Saying Good-bye
I’ve always had a saying, “the only reason I get up at 5am is for a plane ride”… until today. Today I got up at 2:30am, not to make a plane ride but to help my son make a plane. They say that parting is such sweet sorrow. After 2 ¾ years of military mom life, I’m still not quite
A Christmas miracle – Something about home
“I think we should put up Christmas lights!” He said it with the enthusiasm of a child. I stared at him with a look and an inner dialog somewhere between “Who is this man and what the hell happened to my husband?” And “will the aliens who abducted him bring him back, or keep him for entertainment,” and “Did he
A holiday reminder – Holding space for others in sorrow
She held them up, and in a voice that had a distinct tone of ‘these are going no matter what, or how’ said, “Would YOU have any use for these?” She was talking to my husband, not me. We all stared at her for a moment, standing there with these obviously used bib overalls in her hand. My husband gave