I love my son. We have had a few rocky spots in the road in our relationship but ever since he turned 32 and his life has completely turned around; we have grown quite close.
He posted something on Facebook last night about some good fortune had had come into. He has been going to church with his sister and is enjoying the ministry as well as the minister. He was gifted with some things and also said he became saved.
I know the other day he posted that he was spiritual rather than religious and I think he can marry the two quite nicely. He is talking about starting his own ministry. He has always loved being around children and I envision him having a youth group of some kind.
I remember sometime after he was born, my friends asked me when I was going to get him baptized. I smiled and said never. The other person was quite shocked by that statement so I explained. "God gave him to me so therefore I don't need a ceremony to give him back to God."
I think he has given himself back to God because as soon as he changed his thinking and began to believe in himself and everyone around him, his life changed for the better.
There were still challenges, but he has been a way shower to me to be thankful and positive about everything that is going on in my life, no matter what the appearance is.
The gifts in their many forms that he is getting right now are an out picturing of his positive nature in the face of adversity.
He now has tools, most of which he has discovered for himself. He gives inspiration to others as well as himself. He told me people refer their friends to his Facebook page because of the positive statements he posts on a daily basis.
I am so very proud of him because he has grown into the kind of man I had always hoped he would. He is in an industry where he is respected and has knowledge of that industry that most don't have.
He has an entrepreneurial spirit and I know that sooner rather than later, he will have his own business and be very successful.
He is an amazing cook and I also see him going to culinary school some day, if for no other reason but to be able to cook extravagant dinners for his mother (lol.).
He has made some life changing decisions in the past few weeks and I applaud him because he pushed through the fear (once again showing me that it can be done if you put your mind to it.)
I love you, my darling son.
Happy Traveling
Monday, May 17, 2010
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Spirituality vs. Religion
For me being a spiritual being differs from being religious. Religion for me is much more structured with prayers, songs and other types of rituals that take place both in private and in churches.
I have always been a spiritual being. I love nature; love being out doors, hearing the birds sing and smelling the sweet fragrance of trees and flowers. For me this is God in its fullest and truest form.
As a child I "had" to go to church and church, let's face it was long and boring. My mother wouldn't let me go to the bathroom during church and sleeping was enough to cause her to have an apoplexic fit, lol.
My son recently told someone that he was spiritual, not religious so I guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. My father was the same way and so was my grandfather. Both never entered a church unless someone was getting married but they both had a sense of God that was profound.
My grandfather was a 33rd degree Mason and my grandmother was in the Eastern Star. Now, she attended church regularly and had the same seat in the same pew and if anyone was sitting in her "space", she would ask them to please move.
I attend a spiritual New Thought church and discovered New Thought when I was an adult. I love the non-traditional nuances of New Thought. It helps me to get along in the world.
I also honor other philosophies and religions and am deeply interested in Buddhism and read and study voraciously.
I also listen to Christian ministers like Rev. Joel Olsteen and Rev. Joyce Meyer, both of whom teach a type of New Thought philosophy with Christian roots. I have attended services at Catholic churches where the same New Thought ideas come through.
I think ultimately all of us will come to the same conclusion. God is God is God. No matter what name what you believe in is called, we are all children of God; we are all created the same and have the same every day problems. We all go through illness, death, accident, loss of jobs, loss of loves so we are all in the same boat.
Bill Maher is adamant about his antheism. He is also judgmental and can't understand that he should just leave people alone in their beliefs. Everyone has a right to believe what they believe. If he chooses not to believe in anything, good for him.
I believe that whatever gets you through the tempestuous situations that come up in your life, no matter what it is called is a good thing. None of us can depend on our friends and family to see us through things, God will always be there.
Leaning on whatever you believe in is just fine with me. There is so much going on in the world right now and we all need something we can cling to so that we can make it through the darkness.
The light is always there, ready and waiting for us to turn to it and I truly believe in my heart that the world would be a better place for all if we just stopped judging each other and saw the similarities rather than the differences.
This is what tears us apart as is the feeling that what you believe in is better than what I believe in. Nothing is better than the other. It's all good because it's all God.
Find what works for you, cherish it in your heart, don't let anyone tell you that you are wrong for your beliefs. Your beliefs are yours and my beliefs are mine. No good or bad, no better or worse.
Happy Traveling.
I have always been a spiritual being. I love nature; love being out doors, hearing the birds sing and smelling the sweet fragrance of trees and flowers. For me this is God in its fullest and truest form.
As a child I "had" to go to church and church, let's face it was long and boring. My mother wouldn't let me go to the bathroom during church and sleeping was enough to cause her to have an apoplexic fit, lol.
My son recently told someone that he was spiritual, not religious so I guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. My father was the same way and so was my grandfather. Both never entered a church unless someone was getting married but they both had a sense of God that was profound.
My grandfather was a 33rd degree Mason and my grandmother was in the Eastern Star. Now, she attended church regularly and had the same seat in the same pew and if anyone was sitting in her "space", she would ask them to please move.
I attend a spiritual New Thought church and discovered New Thought when I was an adult. I love the non-traditional nuances of New Thought. It helps me to get along in the world.
I also honor other philosophies and religions and am deeply interested in Buddhism and read and study voraciously.
I also listen to Christian ministers like Rev. Joel Olsteen and Rev. Joyce Meyer, both of whom teach a type of New Thought philosophy with Christian roots. I have attended services at Catholic churches where the same New Thought ideas come through.
I think ultimately all of us will come to the same conclusion. God is God is God. No matter what name what you believe in is called, we are all children of God; we are all created the same and have the same every day problems. We all go through illness, death, accident, loss of jobs, loss of loves so we are all in the same boat.
Bill Maher is adamant about his antheism. He is also judgmental and can't understand that he should just leave people alone in their beliefs. Everyone has a right to believe what they believe. If he chooses not to believe in anything, good for him.
I believe that whatever gets you through the tempestuous situations that come up in your life, no matter what it is called is a good thing. None of us can depend on our friends and family to see us through things, God will always be there.
Leaning on whatever you believe in is just fine with me. There is so much going on in the world right now and we all need something we can cling to so that we can make it through the darkness.
The light is always there, ready and waiting for us to turn to it and I truly believe in my heart that the world would be a better place for all if we just stopped judging each other and saw the similarities rather than the differences.
This is what tears us apart as is the feeling that what you believe in is better than what I believe in. Nothing is better than the other. It's all good because it's all God.
Find what works for you, cherish it in your heart, don't let anyone tell you that you are wrong for your beliefs. Your beliefs are yours and my beliefs are mine. No good or bad, no better or worse.
Happy Traveling.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Search of a Spiritual Being
I have been doing my family geneology for about 10 or so years now and it has been an interesting process. My grandmother's side of the family has been very easy because I already had lots of documentation and the trail has been easy to follow.
My mother's family, on the other hand, has been a bit more difficult. Only having one person alive (my mother's half brother) I have had to do a bit more digging.
The same with my grandfather's side of the family.
During the search interesting information came to light as well as cousins and relatives that I had never heard of but the family connection runs strong and deep. From Ireland, England, Maryland, Pennsylvania, our family thrived and grew. I have heard that someone in my family was in every war fought at least back as far as the Revolutionary War.
As I was searching for my roots, lots of stuff came up, especially surrounding my mother and the dynamic she had with my grandmother. I was able to get a clearer picture of her life and what it must have been like.
It gave me a greater understanding of her upbringing and how she treated and raised me.
The search for God has been much easier. God is forever with us and all we need to do to find it is to become still and let the voice speak to us in whatever form we can understand.
I have been a spiritual seeker all my life in some form or another. When I left home I was able to make my own decisions as to where I wanted to worship. I found a philosophy called Religious Science and this fit the type of things I had been thinking all my life.
Life is an adventure, there are bumps in the road that make us pause, and as we pause we begin to see what has been all around us all along.
Nature is the greatest teacher that we have. Nature teaches us to surrender and let go. Trees don't cry or pout when the leaves fall off the branches. They know that the leaves falling signals a time of rest and rejuvenation, and in the spring when the leaves come back, it is a time to rejoice.
Animals let their children go after teaching them the ways that will keep them alive and away from predators. Human mothers have a much tougher time letting go. We want to hold on just a bit longer.
If we begin to pay attention, we can be taught to surrender our little opinions and see the bigger picture. If we pay attention, we will see that gratitude for everything in our lives, no matter what it looks like opens us to greater and greater gifts.
If we love and forgive instead of hate and hold resentment, our lives seem to loosen and unimaginable wonders begin to come into our lives.
If there is one thing I could teach the world, it would be to forgive, let go and allow that which wants to be birthed in you to come forward. Birth isn't the prettiest of things but the end result is often the most beautiful things we have ever seen.
Begin now to let yourself be taught of nature and to be grateful for everything that you have and those things that you don't have. The wonder of it all will fill your heart.
Happy Traveling
My mother's family, on the other hand, has been a bit more difficult. Only having one person alive (my mother's half brother) I have had to do a bit more digging.
The same with my grandfather's side of the family.
During the search interesting information came to light as well as cousins and relatives that I had never heard of but the family connection runs strong and deep. From Ireland, England, Maryland, Pennsylvania, our family thrived and grew. I have heard that someone in my family was in every war fought at least back as far as the Revolutionary War.
As I was searching for my roots, lots of stuff came up, especially surrounding my mother and the dynamic she had with my grandmother. I was able to get a clearer picture of her life and what it must have been like.
It gave me a greater understanding of her upbringing and how she treated and raised me.
The search for God has been much easier. God is forever with us and all we need to do to find it is to become still and let the voice speak to us in whatever form we can understand.
I have been a spiritual seeker all my life in some form or another. When I left home I was able to make my own decisions as to where I wanted to worship. I found a philosophy called Religious Science and this fit the type of things I had been thinking all my life.
Life is an adventure, there are bumps in the road that make us pause, and as we pause we begin to see what has been all around us all along.
Nature is the greatest teacher that we have. Nature teaches us to surrender and let go. Trees don't cry or pout when the leaves fall off the branches. They know that the leaves falling signals a time of rest and rejuvenation, and in the spring when the leaves come back, it is a time to rejoice.
Animals let their children go after teaching them the ways that will keep them alive and away from predators. Human mothers have a much tougher time letting go. We want to hold on just a bit longer.
If we begin to pay attention, we can be taught to surrender our little opinions and see the bigger picture. If we pay attention, we will see that gratitude for everything in our lives, no matter what it looks like opens us to greater and greater gifts.
If we love and forgive instead of hate and hold resentment, our lives seem to loosen and unimaginable wonders begin to come into our lives.
If there is one thing I could teach the world, it would be to forgive, let go and allow that which wants to be birthed in you to come forward. Birth isn't the prettiest of things but the end result is often the most beautiful things we have ever seen.
Begin now to let yourself be taught of nature and to be grateful for everything that you have and those things that you don't have. The wonder of it all will fill your heart.
Happy Traveling
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Health of a Spiritual Being
Today my husband had an appointment with his cardiologist. He has been on blood pressure medication, heart medication (which he will have to take for the rest of his life) and cholesterol lowering medication.
I recently have read many articles where people taking even 10 milligrams of cholesterol medications can have memory loss ranging from light to severe. My husband's memory loss falls somewhere in the range in between. It is disturbing to me that his cardiologist would raise the milligrams to 40 a day of one type of medication when he is also taking another medication that is 500 mgs. To me this is one milligram to many.
I understand doctors trying to keep people healthy but sometimes common sense and quality of life seems to me to be of great importance also.
Spiritual beings are inherently healthy by reason of the fact that the Spirit of you knows nothing about unhealthy. As spiritual beings, we have power and once we have trained ourselves to use that power, there will be no more need for medications of any kind, because we will all experience the wholeness that we already are.
Are we brainwashed? Each and every day we are bombarded with information about everything. If a new product comes on the market, whether a new health product, new shampoo, detergent, medication, we are bombarded continuously with information that tells us we have to have it or we have IT and need the medication.
Has the computer and TV age overwhelmed us with so much information that any ache, pain or other discomfort makes us run to our physicians to find out if we have THAT and can we have that new medication I read or heard about on television.
Our ancestors didn't have fancy medications so they did what they were taught to do by generations before them or by Native Americans they lived side by side with. Roots, herbs, plants, hell even saliva were used back in the day to keep people healthy (preventative medicine) or when they did come down with an ailment, most could be easily cured by digging up the nearest root or mashing the berries on the bush out in the yard.
We believe that progress has made us smarter. Yes it has, and no it hasn't. Our foods are over processed, we ingest animals as food that have been pumped full or antibiotics and other things that may be good for the animals but harmful to us.
The pharmaceutical companies will not rest until every human on the planet is taking a product that they created. Just like the oil tit, we must get off the medicine tit.
Andrew Weil and many others who have a background in medicine or were doctors themselves are beginning to turn to what our ancestors knew from the beginning. If we take care of ourselves and do things that keep us healthy, yoga, Qi Gong, pilates and many others, we won't may be able to wean ourselves off the medications that we all seem to be taking.
As healthy Spiritual Beings, we owe it to ourselves to visualize ourselves healthy, to find foods that aren't processed, to get out in nature and appreciate the green trees, the blue skies, smelling flowers and just letting nature know that we appreciate it. If we did more of these things, we would all become keepers of our planet.
Our Native American friends and indiginous tribes all knew that protecting the planet and only using what we need was the key to keeping our planet pure so that our children would have a planet to enjoy.
Both our health and that of the place we call home are in dire need of a change in attitude; a being different in the world so that we don't suddenly have to figure out if there is some place else to go because we have treated this place where we are right now so badly that it can no longer sustain us.
We have all seen the end of the world movies and maybe they have it mostly right. Anything that you appreciate and love will thrive and grow, that which you treat badly will fight back and since everything we do has consequences, we owe it to ourselves and future generations to take care of our home, our bodies and each other.
We are all in this together; we are one humongous family and it's time to treat each other with respect.
Happy Traveling
I recently have read many articles where people taking even 10 milligrams of cholesterol medications can have memory loss ranging from light to severe. My husband's memory loss falls somewhere in the range in between. It is disturbing to me that his cardiologist would raise the milligrams to 40 a day of one type of medication when he is also taking another medication that is 500 mgs. To me this is one milligram to many.
I understand doctors trying to keep people healthy but sometimes common sense and quality of life seems to me to be of great importance also.
Spiritual beings are inherently healthy by reason of the fact that the Spirit of you knows nothing about unhealthy. As spiritual beings, we have power and once we have trained ourselves to use that power, there will be no more need for medications of any kind, because we will all experience the wholeness that we already are.
Are we brainwashed? Each and every day we are bombarded with information about everything. If a new product comes on the market, whether a new health product, new shampoo, detergent, medication, we are bombarded continuously with information that tells us we have to have it or we have IT and need the medication.
Has the computer and TV age overwhelmed us with so much information that any ache, pain or other discomfort makes us run to our physicians to find out if we have THAT and can we have that new medication I read or heard about on television.
Our ancestors didn't have fancy medications so they did what they were taught to do by generations before them or by Native Americans they lived side by side with. Roots, herbs, plants, hell even saliva were used back in the day to keep people healthy (preventative medicine) or when they did come down with an ailment, most could be easily cured by digging up the nearest root or mashing the berries on the bush out in the yard.
We believe that progress has made us smarter. Yes it has, and no it hasn't. Our foods are over processed, we ingest animals as food that have been pumped full or antibiotics and other things that may be good for the animals but harmful to us.
The pharmaceutical companies will not rest until every human on the planet is taking a product that they created. Just like the oil tit, we must get off the medicine tit.
Andrew Weil and many others who have a background in medicine or were doctors themselves are beginning to turn to what our ancestors knew from the beginning. If we take care of ourselves and do things that keep us healthy, yoga, Qi Gong, pilates and many others, we won't may be able to wean ourselves off the medications that we all seem to be taking.
As healthy Spiritual Beings, we owe it to ourselves to visualize ourselves healthy, to find foods that aren't processed, to get out in nature and appreciate the green trees, the blue skies, smelling flowers and just letting nature know that we appreciate it. If we did more of these things, we would all become keepers of our planet.
Our Native American friends and indiginous tribes all knew that protecting the planet and only using what we need was the key to keeping our planet pure so that our children would have a planet to enjoy.
Both our health and that of the place we call home are in dire need of a change in attitude; a being different in the world so that we don't suddenly have to figure out if there is some place else to go because we have treated this place where we are right now so badly that it can no longer sustain us.
We have all seen the end of the world movies and maybe they have it mostly right. Anything that you appreciate and love will thrive and grow, that which you treat badly will fight back and since everything we do has consequences, we owe it to ourselves and future generations to take care of our home, our bodies and each other.
We are all in this together; we are one humongous family and it's time to treat each other with respect.
Happy Traveling
Monday, May 10, 2010
Adventures of a Spiritual Being
Life is one big adventure, isn't it? We sometimes get down at the mouth about what's happening in our lives but everything is a learning experience. Something is being taught to us, whether it's to let go of the people, places and things that no longer serve the Divine Purpose for our lives (those things that pull us down and tell us we can't, when we know we can) and after every seeming setback something new is birthed in us whether it's determination, courage, peace, love and joy.
Not being afraid of what is presented to us helps us get through it much quicker and helps us to learn the lesson we were meant to learn.
My son is on a great adventure. He lived with us the majority of his life, lived with a woman and a child, then by himself and now he has taken the leap to protect himself from danger and has leaped into an entirely new lifestyle; and isn't that exciting.
I remember when I did the same thing over 40 years ago. I don't remember having any fear because I was going someplace where I knew people, I was going to be living with relatives like he is and I was just excited to be away from my parents for the first time and that in and of itself was very exciting.
I know he will be successful no matter where he is and that life will continue to teach him things. I also know that he is aware now and prepared to learn those lessons with grace and ease.
The world is everyone's oyster, ripe with the pearls that make up our being as spiritual beings having a human experience.
Take every opportunity as you walk along this path to be aware of your surroundings, to get to know yourself and in doing that you will have moments where you are afraid and uncertain about what to do but if you get still and just listen, answers will come and you will know which way to turn.
Don't be afraid of life's challenges, they are all opportunities to grow and evolve into the true nature of who we are. There are guideposts along the way and sometimes we fail to realize what they really are. We get angry at what seems to be happening but fear not, it's all part of the Divine Plan.
As you begin your week, be on the lookout for the guideposts and if you get confused or concerned, take a moment, go somewhere where you can get quiet and still and just listen. Write down any insights or revelations that come to you, but become aware of what Spirit is trying to tell you.
You will be amazed how quickly your life will turn in a different direction and things will begin to look different and you will become different in your own life.
Happy Traveling
Not being afraid of what is presented to us helps us get through it much quicker and helps us to learn the lesson we were meant to learn.
My son is on a great adventure. He lived with us the majority of his life, lived with a woman and a child, then by himself and now he has taken the leap to protect himself from danger and has leaped into an entirely new lifestyle; and isn't that exciting.
I remember when I did the same thing over 40 years ago. I don't remember having any fear because I was going someplace where I knew people, I was going to be living with relatives like he is and I was just excited to be away from my parents for the first time and that in and of itself was very exciting.
I know he will be successful no matter where he is and that life will continue to teach him things. I also know that he is aware now and prepared to learn those lessons with grace and ease.
The world is everyone's oyster, ripe with the pearls that make up our being as spiritual beings having a human experience.
Take every opportunity as you walk along this path to be aware of your surroundings, to get to know yourself and in doing that you will have moments where you are afraid and uncertain about what to do but if you get still and just listen, answers will come and you will know which way to turn.
Don't be afraid of life's challenges, they are all opportunities to grow and evolve into the true nature of who we are. There are guideposts along the way and sometimes we fail to realize what they really are. We get angry at what seems to be happening but fear not, it's all part of the Divine Plan.
As you begin your week, be on the lookout for the guideposts and if you get confused or concerned, take a moment, go somewhere where you can get quiet and still and just listen. Write down any insights or revelations that come to you, but become aware of what Spirit is trying to tell you.
You will be amazed how quickly your life will turn in a different direction and things will begin to look different and you will become different in your own life.
Happy Traveling
Sunday, May 9, 2010
A Mother's Spiritual Journey
Mothers are necessary and have everything to do with all life on this planet. Human mothers and animal mothers fight fiercely to protect their children. Elephant mothers will even stay with their children's bodies after death and will separate from the herd to continue to stay by their child. They grieve just as we do when something happens to their children.
Today is Mother's Day and as we all honor our mothers whether they are here physically with us or not, we remember the good times, the not so good times and everything in between. I became a mother at the age of 29. This occurred mostly because I had spoken it into existence many years before after having found out that my mother didn't have me till relatively late in life and had problems. I vowed out loud from the time I was about 12 years old that if I was 29 years old and didn't have a husband, I would find a man and have a child.
A perfect example of what we say, the Universe listens to and complies. I met a man at the age of 29, got pregnant and had my son when I was 30.
I wanted a girl and even in my teenage years had two sets of names ready. Tammy Cherise and Lisa Sherrell (the name of my good friend.) Well, out came this little beautiful bundle and it had equipment that clearly said, I'm not a girl and you better think of some new names quick.
Michael was the first name that popped into my mind (I guess I was thinking in the angelic realm) but a little voice in my head said, "This may be the only child you have and since it's a boy, name him after your father and grandfather." I did, and this wonderful spiritual being I had just given birth to became Vincent Robert Beane. A proud name for him to carry through life as he is one of the few Beane boys left in the family.
Well, he has lived up to his name and more. He has become a vibrant, witty, smart, successful man who can hold his own in every situation no matter what it is. He is confident in who he is (all the Beane men are), he is talented, funny and has a wide circle of friends who love and admire him.
He now has a son and that journey has been both joyful and painful for all of us in so many ways. I am proud of how he has handled all this and know that when he does see his son and explains it all to him, and tells him what he went through just to be able to see him, his son will be proud also.
So, this spiritual mother having a human experience salutes and gives props to the women in my life who have been mothers to me; my own mother and those others who have come and gone in my life. My Aunt Bunny who became my mother-in-law and just recently left the planet, my mother Fran Hinzman who allowed me to stay with her when I visited my BFF, and all those others who have taught me so much about being a mother and about being a women.
Much love and light to you all, whether here or gone. I love you all very much.
Happy traveling
Today is Mother's Day and as we all honor our mothers whether they are here physically with us or not, we remember the good times, the not so good times and everything in between. I became a mother at the age of 29. This occurred mostly because I had spoken it into existence many years before after having found out that my mother didn't have me till relatively late in life and had problems. I vowed out loud from the time I was about 12 years old that if I was 29 years old and didn't have a husband, I would find a man and have a child.
A perfect example of what we say, the Universe listens to and complies. I met a man at the age of 29, got pregnant and had my son when I was 30.
I wanted a girl and even in my teenage years had two sets of names ready. Tammy Cherise and Lisa Sherrell (the name of my good friend.) Well, out came this little beautiful bundle and it had equipment that clearly said, I'm not a girl and you better think of some new names quick.
Michael was the first name that popped into my mind (I guess I was thinking in the angelic realm) but a little voice in my head said, "This may be the only child you have and since it's a boy, name him after your father and grandfather." I did, and this wonderful spiritual being I had just given birth to became Vincent Robert Beane. A proud name for him to carry through life as he is one of the few Beane boys left in the family.
Well, he has lived up to his name and more. He has become a vibrant, witty, smart, successful man who can hold his own in every situation no matter what it is. He is confident in who he is (all the Beane men are), he is talented, funny and has a wide circle of friends who love and admire him.
He now has a son and that journey has been both joyful and painful for all of us in so many ways. I am proud of how he has handled all this and know that when he does see his son and explains it all to him, and tells him what he went through just to be able to see him, his son will be proud also.
So, this spiritual mother having a human experience salutes and gives props to the women in my life who have been mothers to me; my own mother and those others who have come and gone in my life. My Aunt Bunny who became my mother-in-law and just recently left the planet, my mother Fran Hinzman who allowed me to stay with her when I visited my BFF, and all those others who have taught me so much about being a mother and about being a women.
Much love and light to you all, whether here or gone. I love you all very much.
Happy traveling
Saturday, May 8, 2010
The Things That Make Us Stronger
It is true that what does not kill us makes us stronger. It has been a very strange and dramatic week. Stuff happened and It brought me down for a while. Never having been involved in any kind of violence, what occurred shook me to my core. But I got stronger also. I realized that this was just an illusion and something greater was being birthed out of the experience. My son grew stronger, more focused and I did also. Decisions were made, steps were taken and out of darkness came light.
I am going to go away for a while to re-group, re-charge and be still. Going home to the place where I grew up is now very important to me. When I lived there, all I could think about was getting out. I did and experienced many wonderful things. I truly believe that most adults over a certain age, do return to their hometowns and reconnect with what they weren't able to connect with when growing up. I love my hometown and am very proud of most of the things that have occurred there. Movies have been made, presidents and vice-presidents began the journey to the White House there, young women were made famous by appearing on a television show called Survivor.
Strength certainly does come out of adversity but only if we allow that to be the Truth of any situation. Some choose a different route and leave the planet but those of us who stay grew deeper into the realization of who we truly are.
As I write this, it is the day before Mothers Day. My mother is gone, my best friend's mother left the planet a few days before Mother's Day last year. I know that she is sad but I also know she remembers the good times, as I do, the times when we laughed with our mothers and cried with our mothers. I have a son of my own and I am proud to be his mother. He has shown tremendous growth into the man I always knew he could be. I am proud of him and what he has accomplished so far in his life and know that more is coming.
This being my first blog, I will stop for now. I look forward to sharing my journeys with you and hope that you are inspired to write about your own journeys.
Happy Traveling
I am going to go away for a while to re-group, re-charge and be still. Going home to the place where I grew up is now very important to me. When I lived there, all I could think about was getting out. I did and experienced many wonderful things. I truly believe that most adults over a certain age, do return to their hometowns and reconnect with what they weren't able to connect with when growing up. I love my hometown and am very proud of most of the things that have occurred there. Movies have been made, presidents and vice-presidents began the journey to the White House there, young women were made famous by appearing on a television show called Survivor.
Strength certainly does come out of adversity but only if we allow that to be the Truth of any situation. Some choose a different route and leave the planet but those of us who stay grew deeper into the realization of who we truly are.
As I write this, it is the day before Mothers Day. My mother is gone, my best friend's mother left the planet a few days before Mother's Day last year. I know that she is sad but I also know she remembers the good times, as I do, the times when we laughed with our mothers and cried with our mothers. I have a son of my own and I am proud to be his mother. He has shown tremendous growth into the man I always knew he could be. I am proud of him and what he has accomplished so far in his life and know that more is coming.
This being my first blog, I will stop for now. I look forward to sharing my journeys with you and hope that you are inspired to write about your own journeys.
Happy Traveling
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