Intro to Brigit's Flame
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I just learned about this community and thought the writing prompts - as well as it's competitive nature - would help me break the block I'm experiencing with writing. It's actually been a writer's block of very long duration. More like fear, I'm thinking. Anyway, I'm giving it a try, as my goal this summer was to write something rather than just thinking anxiously about it.
My name is Mary, and I am, astrologically, a triple scorpio (Sun, Moon, and Ascendant). I actually love that, although it causes me to be a rather tortured soul inside. But I'm likeable! I cover up the inner angst with a fairly optimistic spirit. Particulars about me? Well, I've been divorced for the last 10 years, am still in the process of raising 5 children (now 17-28) and work as a middle school counselor for an urban school district. Which I love. I have a boyfriend - Lou - with whom I have an amazing amount of fun. Like riding behind him on his motorcycle, which, alas, my kids hate. They want me to "just be a mom." I just recently got a tattoo of a rose on my upper back near my right shoulder, and am ready to get another of a dragon (my chinese zodiac sign) entwined with a rose near my ankle. I'll have to wait on that one until I have the money, though . . .
I'm rambling.
I believe in a Higher Power, but have no traditional religious beliefs. I think we are here to grow toward spiritual enlightment, and that we keep coming back until we achieve it. I visit a psychic occasionally, who has told me of my most previous life, which was an unhappy one, and to which I can link many of my current life's difficulties. It has helped my understanding of my path.
Anything else?
I guess I could say that I'm crazy enough to be interesting, but not enough to be committed. It's actually kind of an endearing quality, I'm told.
I'm looking forward to meeting other Brigit's Flame members and participating in the writing contests.