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Can I just say how relieved I am that the Great Wheel has turned? Let's just say that Summer is often Unkind to me. The Solar energy is too much for my winter-born nature. I have yet to master riding that masculine/solar energy with aplomb. More often, I find myself thrown from the horse.
My family is gliding along on a somewhat sane and regular schedule. Note the word "somewhat." My son is taking lots of sports classes inlcuding swimming, Kung Fu and Sports (baseball, kick ball, soccer and football for kids like him) which all happen to be facilitated by men. This is a good thing! My boy picked out a baseball hat the other day and insists upon wearing it whenever we go out. He has No heterosexual male role models, so, exposing him to a few is, I think, a healthy thing! Imagine growing up in a world where heterosexuality is the spice rather than the main course. I think my son is mightily blessed.
My daughter continues to amaze and impress. She was invited to join the advanced gymnastics team at the local YMCA. So, we are in process of rearranging everything to get her to the extra practices. It's actully good--having to get her to the Y means I get there as well and can swim.
I am finally making some progress on projects I had shelved and am making a concerted effort to be more present to myself, my kids, my local community and dear friends here in the gentle green hills of Western MA. Someone actually said, "Welcome Home" to me a few days ago. I am more mellow than I can remember being in my adult life. Last night, three of us managed, with less than 24 hours notice, to meet at East Heaven for a long soak in the hot tubs. Three Witches with strong ties to Feri, all of a certain age, all with approximately 20 years in Recovery, who genuinely like and trust one another. No drama, snark, meanness, judgement or gossip--just an hour or so of intense honesty and respect. That hour really was spent a little east of heaven and I slept like a babe last night.
After having to cancel my trip to teach at Feri Camp in Germany due to childcare problems, I've been seriously reviewing how Parenting and Preistessing intersect, overlap and cancel one another out. I am seeding projects now that might keep me closer to home and give me a greater sense of autonomy.
People have asked if I'm deciding not to teach Feri any longer. Of course I will continue to teach Feri! It is such an important part of who I am and what I'm here to do. I love this path and my students with such intensity. I would not/could not turn from it. That said, Feri is an Edge unto itself. There are topics I long to teach which are more suited to less advanced seekers or seekers of Something Else entirely. I turn so many people away who I would love to teach--just not Feri. I am creating spaces for that work to seed and grow. (see http://soulalignments.blogspot.com ) for a very very tiny taste.
It's been 5 months since I've smoked. They tell me it really takes 7 months to detox all the chemicals and for the body to find its new balance without them. In the meantime, I am eating right and exercising daily but cannot get a single pound to budge! I never changed my eating habits since quitting cigarettes and yet my metabolism basically STOPPED. I am currently at a weight I haven't seen since carrying children in my belly. Frustrating! I am trying to convince myself (in all my parts, of course) that I am looking for strength rather than slim. Nobody in my gene-pool is slender and when we forfe ourselves into thinness we look sickly. I am getting older though and feeling how important it is to be physically strong both for the Long Haul ahead of me and for the amount of Life Force I generate and run through my physical being. Plus, I think it's much sexier to have muscle definition than it is to have floppy arm "wings."
Okay. So. There. That's all the homey news that's fit to share. I hope Autumn gently brings you what you need as well as what you desire.
My family is gliding along on a somewhat sane and regular schedule. Note the word "somewhat." My son is taking lots of sports classes inlcuding swimming, Kung Fu and Sports (baseball, kick ball, soccer and football for kids like him) which all happen to be facilitated by men. This is a good thing! My boy picked out a baseball hat the other day and insists upon wearing it whenever we go out. He has No heterosexual male role models, so, exposing him to a few is, I think, a healthy thing! Imagine growing up in a world where heterosexuality is the spice rather than the main course. I think my son is mightily blessed.
My daughter continues to amaze and impress. She was invited to join the advanced gymnastics team at the local YMCA. So, we are in process of rearranging everything to get her to the extra practices. It's actully good--having to get her to the Y means I get there as well and can swim.
I am finally making some progress on projects I had shelved and am making a concerted effort to be more present to myself, my kids, my local community and dear friends here in the gentle green hills of Western MA. Someone actually said, "Welcome Home" to me a few days ago. I am more mellow than I can remember being in my adult life. Last night, three of us managed, with less than 24 hours notice, to meet at East Heaven for a long soak in the hot tubs. Three Witches with strong ties to Feri, all of a certain age, all with approximately 20 years in Recovery, who genuinely like and trust one another. No drama, snark, meanness, judgement or gossip--just an hour or so of intense honesty and respect. That hour really was spent a little east of heaven and I slept like a babe last night.
After having to cancel my trip to teach at Feri Camp in Germany due to childcare problems, I've been seriously reviewing how Parenting and Preistessing intersect, overlap and cancel one another out. I am seeding projects now that might keep me closer to home and give me a greater sense of autonomy.
People have asked if I'm deciding not to teach Feri any longer. Of course I will continue to teach Feri! It is such an important part of who I am and what I'm here to do. I love this path and my students with such intensity. I would not/could not turn from it. That said, Feri is an Edge unto itself. There are topics I long to teach which are more suited to less advanced seekers or seekers of Something Else entirely. I turn so many people away who I would love to teach--just not Feri. I am creating spaces for that work to seed and grow. (see http://soulalignments.blogspot.com ) for a very very tiny taste.
It's been 5 months since I've smoked. They tell me it really takes 7 months to detox all the chemicals and for the body to find its new balance without them. In the meantime, I am eating right and exercising daily but cannot get a single pound to budge! I never changed my eating habits since quitting cigarettes and yet my metabolism basically STOPPED. I am currently at a weight I haven't seen since carrying children in my belly. Frustrating! I am trying to convince myself (in all my parts, of course) that I am looking for strength rather than slim. Nobody in my gene-pool is slender and when we forfe ourselves into thinness we look sickly. I am getting older though and feeling how important it is to be physically strong both for the Long Haul ahead of me and for the amount of Life Force I generate and run through my physical being. Plus, I think it's much sexier to have muscle definition than it is to have floppy arm "wings."
Okay. So. There. That's all the homey news that's fit to share. I hope Autumn gently brings you what you need as well as what you desire.