Motherhood and Priesthood

[loveandpower]

I've been asked many times to speak about how I handle being a (sole-parenting) Mommy and a Feri Priest.  I am always a little stunned.  To me, it's a little like asking how I juggle being a Mommy and an adult.  Or how I handle being a Feri Priest and someone's friend.  To me, they are not and should not be exclusive in any way.  Each so deeply

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[anatketani]

And may I not only agree with all you said AND all that your commenters said, but add in that both of your children are amazing beings with intense power and love. There have been many times when I watched you with them and heard a voice in my head whispering: I wish my Mom had been that way with me.

Love you, sista!

[shi_rawi_wittem]

>I know my children have shaped and influenced me as a Priest and Witch at least as much as any teacher, book or practice. They embody Black Hearted Innocence. I have been serving at Nimue's Temple for the past decade.<

Food for thought... and now I will try to dislodge my daughter from the bathtub, where she has been using up my expensive Weleda pomegranate wash and try to get her to go to bed but dry her hair FIRST, which will probably involve a lot of shouting and carry-on, definitely on her her part, but likely on mine as well, but I will attempt to see it as an act of priestessing. Whew.

Bestill my sweet juicy black heart

[feri_hearted]

Thanks Karina what a wonderful message simple but so complex part of the paradox that is humanity not just Feri.

It seems so right to know that if I am sacred which we all are then everything we do is sacred be it parenting, shitting or balancing a check book. They are all one and the same thing.

I wear my labels all at the same time I cannot take one away to be another. I don't stop being a mother when I am a case worker or a priestess, or a spouse or any of the other labels I am

you rocked me this morning thanks

[starrthinks]

Well said Karina.

[warjustice]

"I am not saying that feeding the children is like a prayer. I am not trying to be poetic or romantic here. I am saying that feeding the children is prayer."

I resonated deeply with that statement for some reason. Thank You