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we're moving!
posted 12/01
change is good....is that what they say?
well i think this is a good change....
tho a little scary....
my little sanctuary in new london
is moving to niantic, ct
and i'm nestling in
with an old friend
who has a center called
The Source of Light.....
a beautiful place of light energy
and a great source of spirit in full force....
do come visit after the first of the year....
at 321 main street....downtown niantic
right across from the water
and close to unique and interesting
shops and events that go on all year round
Alan Cohen says, "It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power."
so i'm going with it....
a new adventure and new movement in life!
and on we go......
soldier's heart - special workshop!
posted 12/01
"War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children." ~ Jimmy Carter
Soldier’s Heart, a term coined at the time of the Civil War to describe Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PSTD), is a grass-roots healing project for at-risk veterans based on Ed Tick’s book, War and the Soul: Healing Our Nation's Veterans From Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (Quest Books, 2005).
The key to healing, says Ed Tick, is in how we understand PTSD. He redefines PTSD as an identity disorder with radical implications for therapy and presents ways to nurture a positive, passive warrior identity based in compassion and forgiveness.
The Source of Light and I are planning a special workshop in March in Holyoke, MA. It is intended to educate communities in how to offer support services for veterans and families in their own hometowns. It is open to active duty, veterans and their families, counselors, therapists, healers, and members of the clergy and other pastoral care professionals. Soldier’s Heart also sponsors a mentor program for seasoned veterans to mentor new returnees.
This workshop prepares communities to support troops returning from war and all other veterans with an emphasis on tradition, psychology, and spirituality for their homecoming and healing. It offers a series of experiential veterans’ return retreats to address the unique needs of veterans and at the same time train professionals and clergy to help returnees. Areas to be addressed are identity issues, homecoming and integration back into society. Retreats are open to all veterans and their support networks.
Through this project, a fundraising is also underway to sponsor 20 veterans free-of-charge! Could there be a better way to give the gift of healing this holiday season than to sponsor a Veteran's healing? Our goal is $16,200 which will send 20 Vets - all expenses paid! Every penny donated will go towards sponsoring a veteran and is tax deductible.
cards for troops
posted 12/3
xerox is doing something really fabulous....
cards designed by kids
printed and sent off to our troops
on behalf of us all.....
go to their web site, pick a card and send
fabulous! thanks Haz!
Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need. ~ Khalil Gibran
hugs
posted 12/4
Surround Someone With Wings
"Occasionally in life there are those moments of
unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely
explained by those symbols called words. Their
meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible
language of the heart." ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
It might be awkward to hug a stranger. Still, any
form of gentle touch, especially hugs, has the
potential to promote a calmer, less anxious society.
Of course, you wouldn't bear-hug the person next to
you in a movie theater, but you could try giving him
or her a "mental" hug by radiating positive energy in
that direction.
Doreen Singer writes: When I'm in a restaurant, I like to pick someone out. Then, I imagine myself unfolding wings from my back and wrapping them around the person to give them a hug. It is always heartwarming to see the person turn around, looking for someone.
i love this idea and have used it many times....
sending reiki with it even better....if you can....
who's your next love recipient?
hugs and peace to all
special workshop!
happy chanukah
posted 12/4
chanukah began at sundown tonight...
the Festival of Lights, is a celebration of the victory of the Maccabees
and the rededication of the Jerusalem Temple...
it also commemorates the miracle of the oil that burned for 8 days....
the menorah
one candle is added to the menorah each night
the first night, the shammus (the one at a different height) is lit and by that candle, one Chanukkah candle is lit each night......
by the eighth night, all of the candles have been lit
using the original shammus each each night....
candles should be added to the menorah from right to left (like Hebrew writing).....
the following blessings are recited (usually sung)
blessing over candles
Barukh atah Adonai, Eloheinu, melekh ha'olam
(Blessed are you, Lord, our God, sovereign of the universe)
asher kidishanu b'mitz'votav v'tzivanu
(Who has sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us)
l'had'lik neir shel Chanukah. (Amein)
(to light the lights of Chanukkah) (Amen)
Blessing for Chanukkah
Ba-ruch ata, A-do-nai E-lo-hei-nu, me-lech ha-o-lam, (Blessed are you, Lord, our God, sovereign of the
universe)
she'asah nisim la'avoteinu bayamim haheim baziman hazeh. (Amein)
(Who performed miracles for our ancestors in those days at this time)
Shehecheyanu (first night only)
Barukh atah Adonai, Eloheinu, melekh ha'olam
(Blessed are you, Lord, our God, sovereign of the universe)
shehecheyanu v'kiyimanu v'higi'anu laz'man hazeh. (Amein)
(who has kept us alive, sustained us, and enabled us to reach this season) (Amen)
For a special link to music, click here:
happy chanukah my dear friends
L'Chaim! (to life!)
love
posted 12/5
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.
What is essential is invisible to the eye."
~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery
way past my bedtime.....going to bed with love in my heart for you all....peace
check out the candidates
posted 12/6
i don't know about you, but each time a new election year comes around, i am eternally confused about which candidates i resonate with....
what are their REAL plans...
who do they support REALLY...
what can they do to turn the country around....
what's their stand on the war.....
etc., ad infinitum......
but most importantly...
are they telling the TRUTH!
well ONE.org is helping me with some of the questions we face today and how our candidates are responding to them....
i found this quite helpful....
watch the videos.....
listen to their voices....
feel their words......
use your own intuition.....
compare them side by side......
thank you mr. worcester
posted 12/7
for those of you who had the chance to watch our christmas video (above)
you will have seen this picture of
arlington cemetery....
what i didn't know is that the wreaths laid so
carefully and lovingly there
were donated by one single man who owns
the worcester wreath company.....
MR. MERRILL WORCESTER
these wreaths -- some 5,000 -- are donated by his company in harrington, maine....
he not only provides the wreaths, but covers the trucking expense as well....
and has done this since 1992. A wonderful guy....
groups of maine school kids combine an
educational trip to DC with this event to help out....
making this even more remarkable is the fact that harrington is in one of the poorest parts of the state.
and thanks to my sis for bringing it to my attention....
revival of the spirit
posted 12/8
i admit to feeling a little depressed today...
yet why
when all around me
i see the beauty of this wonderful season?
bright and colorful lights
even a little snow last night
pretty red bows on everything
inspirational music
everywhere I go
and joy fills the air...
joy for the birth of a savior
to save us
from ourselves.
i am acutely aware
that I join many others
in this feeling of sadness...
sadness for loss
sadness of separation
of loved ones who have left us
of loved ones who live far away
of loved ones who have passed away.
so what is there to do
to bring ourselves out
of ourselves
to join the human race again
and smile with wonder
along with others
at the beauty that
surrounds us?
we remember to
give thanks
for all that we have
no matter how small
and we remember that
there are others
who need our smiles
and our love
and our spirit.....
so we lovingly
try to let go
of all those
who have left us
and look toward
those who
are here
in the present
and
loving us
in return.
and we pray....
pray for ourselves
and for others....
we pray to the heavens
to hear our pleas
for peace in the world....
and then we rest
knowing that
no matter what
our prayers are
always heard
happy 84th birthday aunty joan!
posted 12/8
the creche
posted 12/9
our nativity scene is finally up! now i'm content....
something
posted 12/10
"I am only one,
but still I am one.
I cannot do everything,
but still I can do something;
and because I cannot do everything I will not
refuse to do the something that I can do."
~ Edward Everett
good thoughts to sleep on!
night all...peace!
morning has broken
posted 12/11
"Always new. Always exciting.
Always full of promise.
The mornings of our lives,
each a personal daily miracle!"
~ Gloria Gaither
and there's always a miracle
waiting for us
just around the corner......
happy 21st birthday emily!
posted 12/10 2
i love you
posted 12/13
"For if you give, you will get! Your gift will return to you in full and overflowing measure, pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, and running over. Whatever measure you use to give -- large or small -- will be used to measure what is given back to you." ~ Luke 6:38 TLB
of course we're not talking about gifts wrapped in pretty paper!
tho that's nice too...
what about the gifts within you that the world needs to see or hear...
like a soothing voice saying i love you...
it's beginning to look a lot like christmas!
posted 12/13
whooohooo!
playing hooky today...
it just so happened it's really snowing....
and i love it
original post can be found in photos
well that is if i don't have to drive!
5-10" they say....
we'll see what tomorrow brings
maybe the sun will be shining
and it will look a little less dreary
than in these pics
but oh
is it pretty already!
peace out folks
stay safe!
choices
posted 12/15
wellll......
the snow didn't last
we had about 3"
and so no sunny snow pics
for now....
but maybe tonight
after we've had our so-called
nor'easter
spoke with my son today
they're expecting a foot!
jiminy!
he promised he'd stay safe...
no foolish treks to work if needs be...
he promised...
Philip Yancey says, the remarkable truth is that our choices matter, not just to us and our own destiny but, amazingly, to god himself and to the universe...
it is about making the right choices...
and then sitting back and having faith...
have a happy sunday....stay warm!
a laugh a day keeps the doctor away
posted 12/18
i thought long and hard about this one...
whether to post or not to post....
i needed a laugh
and i'm sure many of you
do too!
so, sorry if you find this
a little off-color....
can't help it
it is soooo funny!
just turn it off
if it offends...
oh!
and also
turn off the music
video above too...
it kinda conflicts
with one another! lolol
shirley goodnest
posted 12/19
A mom was concerned about her kindergarten son walking to school. He didn't want his mother to walk with him. She wanted to give him the feeling that he had some independence but yet know that he was safe.
So she had an idea of how to handle it. She asked a neighbor if she would please follow him to school
in the mornings, staying at a distance, so he probably wouldn't notice her.
The neighbor said that since she was up early with her toddler anyway, it would be a good way for them to get some exercise as well, so she agreed.
The next school day, the neighbor and her little girl set out following behind Timmy as he walked to school with another neighbor boy he knew. She did this for the whole week.
As the boys walked and chatted, kicking stones and twigs, Timmy's little friend noticed the same lady was following them as she seemed to do every day all week. Finally he said to Timmy, "Have you noticed that lady following us to school all week? Do you know her?"
Timmy nonchalantly replied, "Yeah, I know who she is."
The friend said, "Well, who is she?"
"That's just Shirley Goodnest," Timmy replied, "and her daughter Marcy."
" Shirley Goodnest? Who the heck is she and why is she following us? "
"Well," Timmy explained, "every night my Mom makes me say the 23rd Psalm with my prayers, 'cuz she worries about me so much. And in the Psalm, it says, ' Shirley Goodnest and Marcy shall follow me all the days of my life', so I guess I'll just have to get used to it!"
isn't that just precious! love it! thanks Deb xox
may shirley goodnest and marcy follow everyone here all the days of your lives!
great days of christmas
posted 12/20
"For these great days of Christmas
thanks and song.....
These shining, glimmering boughs remind us that
The knowledge that we we stole was freely given
And we were sent the Spirit's radiant strength
That we might know all things.
We grasp for truth
And lose it till it comes
To us by love." ~ Madeleine L'Engle
christmas is for children
posted 12/23
christmas is almost here
shopping, wrapping, baking
cleaning house....
and looking forward to
a much needed break....
this year we are visiting
with my Damian, Angela,
Kaitlyn, Jacob and Nathanial....
it's a first for christmas day!
bless them....
they've always come to us
now it's time to go to them....
i remember dragging my
parents to our house when
the children were born.....
the kids must be home on
christmas morning
i remember it like it was yesterday...
seems only fair
and we're excited!
count down begins
how are you all doing?
peace and love to you all
glad tidings my friends
posted 12/24
this is a poem that i composed
oh so many years ago...
funny how that goes
it keeps its relevance
year after year.....
and so here i am....
humbly offering it to you
as my annual greeting
at this sacred time...
i hope you are being good to yourselves
loving yourselves and each other...
may you find peace and contentment
always.....
Yule logs, pine and lots of fine
tapers and pretty Christmas papers.
Smiling children, women and men, when
they remember this same December
many, many years ago.
On Christmas morn a child was born
in all the same festive joy, a boy
beside the candles burning so low.
They say he had such eyes of blue
such beautiful eyes that we just knew
he was no ordinary man.
Spreading love sent from above
the message it was so clear
Love those who profess to be your foes
and bless those who are so dear.
So on this holiday, I say to you
my good, sweet friend,
be blessed, content
and to you I send
good will, good fill,
many doves bringing love,
yule logs, pine and always
peace.
But most of all I wish this too —
may your
happiness
never ever
cease
and may
you always
be good to
you!
love and light,
Deirdre
Nathanial
my little warriors three
posted 12/27
what a wonderful christmas
we had
with our
little warriors three
nathanial
with his
special warrior face
although to me
he looks sad
but no, that's his warrior face
i'm told....
jacob
oh so intense.....
actors both
they are going to be!
and dear little kaitlyn
who picked up
mom's colander
somewhere along the line
thinking perhaps it might
help in her kitchen
cleanup duties
and grandma disappointed
'cos she missed a great shot
of her walking around with it on her head!
Kaitlyn
Jacob
flat stanley
posted 12/28
i've been given a special project that comes in the form of a little guy called flat stanley
nathanial made and colored him all by himself (didn't he do a great job!)
flat stanley has to accompany
grandma for a week
and help her with whatever she does....
here he is in the car heading up north for christmas with the family....
he helped nathanial and jacob and
me with some special clay sculptures
a pig and a raptor! great fun!
stay tuned....
we'll let you know what stanley is up
to until grandma has to file her report......
sculptures
posted 12/30
here are some more of the figures grandma made with nathanial and jacob.....
neat huh?
grammy's piggy
flat stan's and nathanial's "4 eyed monster"
and grammy's raptor!
we're at the gate! almost 2008....
get ready, get steady........
