The Cycles of The Moon...

She gutted me
like a huntress guts her hunted
She gutted me...
Opening me up and pulling out my insides
exposing all the insecurities
the uncertainties
the challenges
the struggles
She exposed them all
So there was nothing left but to feel each one...
to experience the tenderness that lies within...
to allow the grief to wave over me
again and again
The grief of desire
The grief of longing
The grief of hope
and
The grief of Love
Exposed under Her luminous light
prayers poured from my Being
as I laid it all out like never before
I let go like never before
I revealed what lay deep within my heart
in a way I had never done before
With tear, dirt and sacred gift
I lay down the prayers of my desire
I placed the longing of my blood
I exposed the hope within my bones
and I trusted, once again
in the Love of my soul
and the Love of The Creator
and the Love of The Moon
and the Love of The Earth
the Divine Love
that
is
was
and
ever shall be
I trusted
and I allowed the moon to illuminate
all that was exposed
the beautiful and the ugly
and I saw that it was good...
all of it
was good.
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I desire healthy community
for myself and my family
I long for sisterhood
deep, rich and true
and am gratefulfor the sisterhood 
I am already a part of.
I hope for honouring
between all the human race
and I Love Life
I Love a life that is battered and worn
that is beautiful and broken
one that has fallen apart and been put back together
too many times to count;
One that is whole and complete
and fully thrives every day.
And I trust in The Great Mystery
that through it all
I am being held, loved, led and heard
I trust that my prayers of gratitude
and my prayers of grief
are heard
are considered
are important
I trust that all is as it is meant to be
and that there are something I can not
and will not see, nor will I understand
in my flesh bound ways
and that is ok
I trust that I do not need to understand all things
to believe they are real
I trust in the cycle of the Moon
and the season of the Earth
and in them I take comfort
that nothing remains the same
and there is a season for all things.

I trust what I am guided to do...
that I do not need to make things happen
instead I am meant to try less, trust more
to go beyond the normal
and to embrace the mystery.

and so...once again
I lay my Self and my Life down
to be a vessel for Love and Light...

...what is your prayer today lovely?

love and light

Monday Offering...Summer Time Views and Gratitude Prayers

My Summer Prayer

Guide me Mother

Protect me Father 

Remind me who I am

Open my heart To Your Love and Light

Keep Grace and Understanding

close by my side

Let me be slow to anger

Qucik to Joy

Help me see what I need to see

Help me learn what I need to learn

Help me be what I need to be

Speak to me

Guide me

Mold me

Make me

Jesus~

be my constant companion

as I walk this toad

Whisper your Wisdom

in my ears

Radiate your love

all around

And above all

Bask me in your 

Infinite Joy

May this Life reflect

All that You are

Great Spirit

The Great I AM

May it reflect your 

Abundant Love -your

Abundant Wisdom -your

Abundant Understanding

For without You

I am nothing

Without You

I am lost in the Abyss

Without You

I am not Me

I am grateful for this time

I am grateful for this space

I am grateful for Strength

I am grateful for Truth

I am grateful for Love

I am grateful and

I am willing to be used

by You

And so it is

Amen

(morning meditations by the fire)

This is

our home away from home

for the next month

the rains fell this weekend

but held off enough

for us to get 

The GordLord

(our travel trailer)

up to our creek side spot

in the wood...

Happy Long Weekend Canada!

Love and Light

Lost Prayers Found...

Last year

following our first

Sister of Light Retreat

one of our sisters

was given the gift

of an amazing

wishing/prayer amulet

Her sister in law had given her one 

during a visit home to Quebec immediately

following our retreat.

It was the chosen jewelry piece, of that year,

raising funds for breast cancer...

After the weekend we had just shared together

she could not resist buying us each one

and we were all thrilled...

Inside was a piece of paper on which you could write 

your dreams

your prayers

your wishes

which I did so

in fact I added another piece of paper to mine...

I treasured it

was honoured to  wear it

loved all it represented

and

then

I lost it

I was so sad

but at the same time I trusted that there was a purpose

behind this loss

My sister tried to hunt another one down for me

but to no avail

and I had all but given up on it and fall turned to winter

and the amulet became a treasured memory.

But

as with all stories of loss

something came back to me

while digging in my herb garden this past week

I found it!

One of the pieces of papers was missing

but the other was there in relative could condition

surviving the long, cold wet winter...

It all struck me

when I reflected on my "winter"

not only the earth season, but the spiritual season of winter that I had walked through

and I felt that there was no accident in that they would return to me

at this time

not that they had ever left

but that they would come back in the physical sense

during this new season

and also

that they would come back to me when I need a sign of Hope

such a gift

It was such a symbol to me that sometimes things need to be buried away

in the sense that there

 is a time for hibernation

a time for marination

a time for stillness

a time for exposure

a time for letting go

a time to just be and nothing else

a time for winter

Now in the season of Spring

my prayers are back around my neck

new ones will be added

old ones have been answered

a new paper will be placed inside

reflecting this new Season

that is blooming 

with in me

What is blooming inside of you sweet sisters?

Love and Light