Good morning dear friends

I am still on a roller coaster ride of peaks and valleys with both anxiety and chronic pain. But just now my daughter has made a fire in our wood-burning stove and I am basking in that glow…and also the glow of simply hanging out with her today. I am treasuring each moment with her as she has decided it is time to move on.
Her time here with us in farmland has been such a joy but was always meant to be a temporary stop on her way to the rest of her life. I know in my heart that this is exactly what she needs to be doing. Her life is not here in this rural area where my husband and I creep closer to our full retirement years. She belongs in the city with other young 20-somethings. I’m excited for her new adventures (whatever they may be…she’s still trying to figure them out!) but will miss her terribly. She is just so much fun…this surprise miracle baby!

I am grateful for the opportunity to live fully present in each moment with her….and to practice letting go of the anxieties I have about her still uncertain future. I am trying to remember that there are things of which I can be certain…that she is surrounded by the light of God, enfolded in Love and that the Universe is leading her towards something wonderful.

Thank you all so much for this beautiful community where I can share my heart thoughts so freely. And I would be so very grateful for prayers for my daughter……she is struggling with getting needed professional support for some mental health issues she is experiencing. And with securing a job in a place where she can be her happiest and healthiest self.
I wish you all a day filled with simple pleasures and peace

~With grateful love 💜

Good morning faithful friends

On this our common prayer day, I have lit a candle in my special “hope” candle holder….with an awareness of how blessed I am to be a part of this sacred community.

Thank you, each one of you, for gracing my life with hope. Hope that the world is indeed filled with kind and loving people who reach out to others with love and compassion. I am deeply grateful to know this because of all of you.
I offer up my prayers that each one of us will know deep in our hearts how eternally we are loved and that we each have something special to offer this world.

My brother did a reading of the Desiderata at my daughter’s wedding this fall. I share a portion of it with you now with my grateful love.

~Have a blessed day my friends ♥

“You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.”

(from the “Desiderata” by Max Ehrmann)

Dear friends:

I’m about to crawl into bed after a quiet day staying put indoors as the snow and sleet has blanketed our surroundings. My muscles are yelling about the cold and damp but I give thanks for the fire in our wood burning stove and the soft blanket that covered me for most of the day.
As I drift off to sleep, I will be offering up nighttime prayers for each one of you with gratitude in my heart.
Mary…I was so happy to see you here, fellow teacher and brave, faithful woman. God bless you and your husband as you continue your journey together to health and wholeness.

May we all sleep well knowing our angels are watching over us.😇🧡
~Blessings

Good morning lovely friends.

I am very weepy this morning and the anxiety is bubbling underneath the surface. Perhaps it is the rain making me feel this melancholy. I am learning to be grateful for times like these. They serve their purpose I am sure of it.

This morning during my meditations I was reading about synchronicity…and how it is such a vital part of our spiritual journey. The author suggests that synchronicity happens all the time….but we don’t always recognize, appreciate, or even rejoice in it. I find that I love this word!! There are no coincidences…I have always believed this.
So today I will open my heart to the “meaningful coincidences” that may be speaking to me. 🙂 Perhaps my melancholy will help me with this intention as I draw inward.

I’m grateful to be a part of this sacred community……where I can share my musings….in a safe and loving place. Thank you dear “soul friends”.

~With grateful love ♥

Thank you for your sharing dear Ursula. Today here the sky is grey and full of snow. It has just started to come down and I am grateful to be inside by the fire in our kitchen’s wood-burning stove. I will also take your advice and remember that our Brother Sun is still shining even though we can’t see him right now 🙂

My anxiety and fibromyalgia pain levels have been high as of late….but I am so encouraged that you see my recent posts as positive. This is my goal in living gratefully….to focus on the positive. The blessings are many and I am learning to welcome with a grateful heart whatever has decided to visit me.

~Sending you wishes for continued “lightening” of soul and spirit. With grateful love ♥

Dearest Anna…thank you for sharing this hope-filled news with us. Prayer is indeed so powerful…sometimes in ways we don’t expect or imagine. I do believe this.

I am sending you this prayer that I just recently learned. I have been saying it daily for my little family…..and I say it now for you, your father, your sister, loved ones, and all those who are taking care of tuo padre..
~With love ♥

“May the light of God surround you.
May the love of God enfold you.
May the power of God protect you.
May the presence of God watch over you.
Wherever you are, God is.”