I have been creating and officiating spiritual wedding ceremonies for over five years now.  More and more couples are discovering that what they want to express in their wedding ceremony is the Spirit of their love.  Spirituality is something that extends beyond religion.  It can be found in religion and it also can be found in nature, experiences, family, friendship, and love.  When a couple chooses to get married it is because they love each other in such a way that calls for a celebration and a moment where they pledge promises of devotion and faith to each other.

I have been teaching a lot lately.  I have had a blast getting into elementary school classrooms and meeting the kids where they are.  I don't know who I will meet each day and what I will be doing and I am learning SO much from them.  I love every age.  They each have something to challenge me on.  It really is exhilarating!  Yes, it is True that I get to leave at the end of the day and hand over the darlings to their full-time teacher, but I KNOW that if I do not learn the lesson and gain strength in these areas then other children will certainly see what I am made of!

I was watching my kids fly kites a while ago and I was fortunate to have a visit from a hawk.  Hawks have been one of my totem animals for the past year and I always have stopped what I was doing to tune into any messages that I may receive from Spirit.  That afternoon I noticed how a Hawk or any bird for that matter, flaps its wings when it is going against a draft or breeze.  Once the hawk gets itself some momentum, it can move into and go with the flow of a draft.   Flight is about inherently knowing and reacting to when one is flying within an air stream or is working through all other.  Both equally as important as it allows the bird to soar and descend with ease and grace.

This past weekend was Summer Solstice, and something to do during these markers through out the year is to take inventory of the things in one’s life. I recently read someone’s suggestion for me to write a list of things that I may want to manifest in the next 6 months. Summer Solstice is the longest day of the year. The most sunlight! Although, here in Rhode Island, I saw the sun only between the hours of 2 and 4! Even though the clouds were center stage, I know the Sun’s light and energy was still behind the scenes pushing all of our lives along in remarkable and unseen ways. The day is one of Joy and Fun as we bottle up as much of this light to carry us through until December 21. Take it all in I say!

So while I now present to you a few of my favorite things that I want to manifest more of, I know that the arms full of Sun’s “Make things happen”, and “Joy and Fun” energy will allow the manifesting to move right along!

I was rereading my blogs the other day and I noticed that most of what I write is very positive.  That's a good thing I think; although, I became aware that when I am in the mix of things that are tough, I tend to not be in the mood to write blogs.  I write in my journal but not the blog.  I told myself to write during one of my WTF moments, but see, it's already been 3 days.  I am going to try my best to get back into the sinking gut feelings I had Thursday as I tackled a fear of mine so that I can share this experience that balances the HIs and LOs of life.

I did something really cool today.  I felt appreciation for being me.  I have to say, I have not ever felt it before like this.  I have said it and I have thought I felt it, but not like this.  It went like this:  I have a bunch of meditations that I do and this one in particular is called a heart link.  It's cool because before I send energy to the situation, person or whatever, I connect to all the Divine awesome beings who have been with me since the beginning.  When I connect I send them gratitude because that is the energy that balances what they send me.  The theory is that they send me love and light that I then send to others ensuring that I am a cup that overflows to share with others.  My gratitude makes it a conversation.  Today, I sent the gratitude to them and really paused and focused on how I am so thankful for the life I have been given.  I focused my heart on as much as I could remember in that moment.  Childhood, school, family, pain, joy, friends, everything.  My heart opened up and all of this beauty was sent to my Divine team.  I myself talk to my Angels (guardian and arch angels (especially Arch Angel Michael- he goes everywhere with me, thankfully)); Ascended masters like Jesus, Mary, Buddha, Mother Theresa, and Merlin; saints like Theresa, Germaine, Patrick, and Francis; Gods and Goddesses like Isis (SO LOVE HER), Osirus, and Brigid; my shamanic guides who offer more earth bound energy and perspective to me; and God (the father that I have imagined since childhood).   For me there is no hierarchy, I call and talk to them depending on what is going on.

While every Day is Mother's Day, I am thankful that I can be honored as a mom on this day!  This is an excerpt from one of my journals:

I have such gratitude for all that I have in life, especially my 3 children.  I have learned so much from them and I am only the person that I am today because of them.

Michael has taught me the strength of my own conviction.  One that comes from within.  Faith in the unknown.  Faith in the people who have surrounded him in his life.  Faith in the path that he chooses.  Faith that his life is wonderful and that perhaps my gift to him continues.  This is my first real experience in long distance love.  Love connects in all ways.  I have experienced this love of a child and love of a God who keeps us together while we are apart.  Love for a mother who is my friend.  Who has loved him in all moments seen while I have loved him in all moments unseen.  Hope that I have been a good mother and that I will grow as a mother.  Hope, Faith and Love, the Greatest Gift being Love.

There was a focus group of seekers.  Each person was to share and discuss their own career experience with the group.  The group was led by a middle aged man.

When a young man in his mid-thirties stood up, he talked about his experience as a teacher.  He recounted his daily exercise of teaching his lessons to students that were not as excited to be there as he was to be their teacher!  He spoke at great length about attention spans, sensitive emotions, misunderstandings, and obstacles that obstructed the student and the ease of learning that the teacher so wanted to provide.  His passion was felt by all others in this group as was his frustration.  The group knew with out a doubt that this man had a love of learning and that he valued each of his students; although they were aware of his overwhelm.

Each day, a shepherd grazed his sheep about the land.  He would gather them by a lake where they all could drink. 

The shepherd looked into the lake each day and saw his reflection.  Comforted, he thought to himself, "I am here". 

Day after day, this shepherd returned to the lake and his image. 

One day, he approached the lake and could not see his self. He only saw drops of rain splashing the surface, dancing and plummeting into the water.  Ripples upon ripples covered the top of the lake.  His face was no where to be seen.  The shepherd worried that he no longer existed, threw himself back upon the ground.

I have an open heart.  It is more open than I can remember as I have lived this life.  I love how it feels when my heart expands with love for myself, for others, the Earth and for God.  When I say to God, "May I serve you and others however I can", I literally feel tingles expand feet beyond my physical body.  When I feel gratitude for others and the things that I have in my life, I feel warmth and strength.  When I feel the love for my three children, I could cry with delight.  When I tell God that I trust that I will be well provided for on this path, I feel excitement and anticipation for the future.  I have finally allowed my heart to speak loudly and I have decided to listen; although, it is still a young relationship.  Being so open, my mind and emotions are working so hard to get my attention... They have an array of spoken doubts, insecurities, and reactions.  For every time I have felt rejection or fear, they remember.  At this time, I feel like I need to listen and assure them that I am safe, strong and resilient.  To ignore them and say "all is fine" will put them in a place of disconnect and future disruption while to spend my every moment of awareness with them will spiral me down into despair and cause me to only search for problems.