Keeping it Real...

Keeping it Real with the lovely

Monica over at Ink and Chai

Every Friday 

Monica invites her readers to

"Share your own ups-downs, lows-highs, hits-misses, dark-light,
peaks-valleys, plus-minuses,
as we keep the blogosphere real."

The Ebb and The Flow

this past week these two entities have intertwined

such a thin delicate thread separated them

it was difficult to tell them apart

*

a week of commune as friends stayed with us

as there new home underwent renovations

they brought the pitter patter of little feet

 a little girl voice

sweet smiles and shy looks

and I was reminded, once again,

 of how 

though I love the solitude

I equally love and embrace a full house

a reminder of a life gone by

a childhood home full of noise and activity

an open door where visitors and lodgers where welcome
were ebb and flow lived out loud

*

a day with a soul sister did my heart good

speaking of deep things

life and death

communications with God

hopes & dreams

laughter & tears

personal reflections

wine down by the river

a visit to a most peculiar village

(more images found here)

and the freedom to express with no thought of judgment
as the ebb and flow danced in the grass
and sparkled in the sun

*

bear cubs in the trees
there has been a mama living in the ravine with her 3 cubs
for the most part they have kept
to themselves
but as the cubs grew
so did their perimeter
so when they all found themselves
trapped up a tree
by a busy road side
precautions had to be taken
for the wild and civilization
have their own unique version
of ebb and flow...
a delicate dance
between the two
(they were tranquilized and moved to a safer location in the mountians)
*
more work was done on my tattoo
(before)

(after)
colour and snowflakes 
will be put in  sometime in August
it was another 3 hours of being under the needle
this was a moving session
I went into a deep meditative state
this tattoo is changing me
growing me
I am unable to put to words
at this time
what it all means to me...
the ebb takes me
as the flow leads the way
*

I have found myself in a deep place of spiritual reflections
a deep contentment in the path I am on
Gods hands unfolding truths within
as I watch in wonderment
embracing this time of break
break from school
break from the norm
break from schedule
this is quiet now in this space
as I enjoy the month to come

we are parking our little travel trailer
for the month
by a creek in the forest 
right off the beaten path
we will be commuting back and forth
working
while we enjoy the presence of summer
I look forward to this time with my youngest
and letting the summer sun warm my bones
and freckle my body
*
something awaits me there
I am not sure what
perhaps the completion of my book
perhaps the birth of something new
perhaps more unveiling of my life purpose
whatever it is
the flow carries me
and I feel a deep peace
within
*
I end with this quote
posted by a dear soul
and sister-friend
Amy


"Come, come, whoever you are. 
Wanderer, worshipper, lover of living, it doesn’t matter 
Ours is not a caravan of despair. 
Come even if you have broken your vow a thousand times, 
Come, yet again, come, come."

 ~ Rumi and His Sufi Path of Love

Indeed
"Ours is not a caravan of despair"
Ours, 
my Lovelies,
is the caravan of Life






Love and Light 


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