I’m just beginning a 5 week soul work class called, Making Space for Surrender by Hannah Marcotti. I adore this woman, sooo much.
Fire Fairy – my close up excited, joyful face
Yesterday she had us take a few minutes for ourselves: “Take a few quiet moments, light a candle, hold a hot mug of tea and notice. Notice where you are right now. Not looking ahead or behind, but climb inside of your now.”
Those moments were gorgeous. They brought tears to my eyes and acceptance of where I was right THEN. The beauty of accepting me at that very moment without pushing. without striving. without guilt or planning. pure beauty for me. What a lovely way to connect to the authentic me.
Last night’s right now moments:
tired and sore
proud of my work
thoughts of flower essences for a specific blend
worried about money
warmth of mug
MEM:
I’m knee deep in this really cool project. I’m loving it, but am feeling frustrated that I’m still not getting the time I need. What is going to give? I’m still not sure. I’m so freakin’ proud of a premade blend I just created. It related to my friend, Pat’s Heal Thyself website. It totally rocks, and i can’t wait to unveil it at the beginning of March.
Leftovers for dinner and I’m so relieved
My tummy is still sore, but it looks like we are all at the tail end of this illness.
I’m trying to accept our rhythm. I want to do more. have more adventures, but I’m not sure how to get it all done. It is perplexing me, but I’m tryng to accept who we are right now as we shift and grow.
I received a bouquet of flowers from my mom for my birthday two weeks ago, and the daisies are still looking good. It is a treat.
Accepting who I am. Surrendering to my magic.
Thanks for stopping by. We would love for you to share your magic below, so that we can celebrate with you.
Good Morning Fire Fairy! So good to see your smiling face. Staying in the Moment, a most wonderful concept. I’m working at it. These past days have been full of worry for me, the weather has brought our lives as we know it to a halt. Storms worry me, and there are more coming. The best I can do and it does help is to put one foot in front of the other, ask my Angels, Guides and Teachers to help me be present and take their clues as to what is the next right thing to do. Learning to live in our new Old House has been quite a journey and I say that with love, challenges are many and I’m trying to rise to meet them, one thing at a time. I do love you Fire Fairy and you help me a lot.
MEM
-Love
-My Love
-Driveway cleared
-3 deer that I saw last night
-Friends
-Mother/Father God
-Blessings to All
I love you, Laurie! I think you are AMAZING!!! ♥
Back at you sister!
Good morning Laurie, so nice to see you here.
Yes, keep listening to your Support. I find I do best when I’m listening. Sometimes they can be hard for me to hear, though.
Beautiful deer that are sending you some love and peace.
Blessings to you dear friend.
Right Now
Drinking tea, feeling it warm my body
Mind flitting backwards and forwards
Boys noisy in the background, where did my thoughts go?! now this is magical when I accept and surrender it is just what it is 2 happy little boys having fun in the moment
MEM
~ Lots of ah-ha moments
~ Loving Kates ‘Its Easy’
~ Living, really living I am so inspired and changed by living everyday
~ Working really hard in the gym today, it was EASY!
~ A generous gift from a generous friend
~ Tea to warm my body
~ Releasing blocks and opening up to the flow
~Stumbling across this Mark Twain quote today and laughing at how true it is “I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.”
~ Happy and confident in my body and with who I am
~ Reaching out to help and reaching out to receive help
~ Inspiring talks
~ We have the dentist today, I realised I was worried about it and snappy with my boys this morning. I had a bit of a true confession moment (yes I did stand in my kitchen saying Fuck on repeat for at least a minute) shifted me right back into laughter and EASE.
~ Feeling that everything in this wonderful universe wants to work with me, with all of us.
Oh, how I LOVED your list of magic and want to comment on all of it! I love the Mark Twain quote (even moreso knowing it comes from Adamus St. Germain.
). And I did have to laugh at your Fuck repeat. Sister, I hear you. The dentist + my kiddos have brought me some of the most challenging mothering experiences. Last night I was thinking about this very thing and realizing how I still have more anxiety about this than any other thing in my life ~ it’s the one area I feel helpless. I did a fear-releasing exercise about it last night. It would be LOVELY if it took! Good luck, Dear Sister!
Enjoying reading the references in your post about the body, and being in it, and taking care of it! <3
ok I’m Back! I tried several times to respond to your post but a kid kept on getting in my way. I think it was a different one each time. laugh and sigh.
Your magic is so lovely today.
Fire Fairy, your words and tone are always so soothingly authentic and relatable! Such a gift with words you have! I look forward to hearing of you latest blend!
My Now Magic
* A warm, feverish baby sleeping on my chest and suckling.
* My heart feeling full from my gorgeous on-line Sisters (yes, YOU!)
* Feeling like I can handle another day at home gracefully and maybe even joyfully!
Magic
* So baby is feverish but I’m getting a bonus nap right now and that TOTALLY rocks!
* White bean soup last night!
* More organizing! I’m LOVING the feel of openness and SPACE!
* Lovely visualizations and power exercises last night where I dreamed everything into imminent physical manifestation ~ it’s so easy!
* You!
* Me!
* Now!
Ditto, Kate, about Fire Fairy’s way with words and her new blend! And Oh, oh, oh, Baby at the breast. Dear ones, cherishing, healing, knowing, growing, being, seeing, waiting, dating, coming, froming, tuning, mooning, being, freeing. Loving all of you. <3
oh.my.god.I.just.love.you. Your poetic sentence brought a tear to my eye. ♥
love
Hello dear Kate. I am tired, so tired tonight. It appears that little girl’s fussing had to do with throat pain. It’s so tough when you can’t understand. I only figured it out when my husband said his throat felt funny when he coughed. I saw that happen today with an all day fussing daughter.
I hope you had many hours of cuddles and nursing with your little boy.
xoxoxo
take good care of you and that baby, enjoy the solitude of the quiet
moments while you can! Love you Kate
Gifting yourself space for surrender sounds divine!
Savoring Magic
* Green Soup
* Chocolate Tea
* A happy, cuddly boy who worked through a tough situation over the weekend to emerge confident and joyful
Shining Magic
* Breathing
* Being
* Shining
I love your colors and your gerunds, Natalia!
I think it will be diving. I love working with her and I think it is going to be an amazing 5 weeks.
I’m so proud of your boy. What a wonderful thing to witness.
sigh. I meant divine, not diving. : )
Love, love, love seeing your joyful, excited face, dear Fire Fairy!! You’re so beautiful.
> seeing the mist in the redwoods
> rich dark coffee with heavy cream and a sprinkle of dutch cocoa
> loving what is
> dancing….any ol’ which way
> singing with the littles
> funny movies, tv shows, videos….
> laughing, breathing, standing, moving, turning, stretching, breathing, laughing, living, loving, laughing
> Being Here Now
> <3
I want some of that coffee!!!!! Sounds heavenly!!
What an awesome image of the mist in the redwoods. such beauty.
yes, once again you remind me of what is important. <3
MEM
Finally leaving the house….been in here for a few days now so it felt good to get some groceries and library stuff.
HEARING my kid!! He is ready for things that I AM NOT ready for. I have asked him to be patient with me and to help me!!! He patted my head!
Beautiful sunset!!!
Homemade bread….toast with strawberry jam!!
ohhhhh…I want some of that homemade toast with strawberry jam…so bad!! And wow! What big steps for you and your boy! Good for you for leaving the house today ~ I still haven’t! Love you!
Yes I second the desire to have some of you homemade toast with strawberry jam. yum.
I’m glad you got out of the house. Change of scenery is so good.
Rachel, I’m still laughing over his patting your head. I just love that! Our children are Wise, in addition to all their other charms, gifts, and antics! <3 And the trick to the coffee is…mmmmmm. .. the heavy cream. Oh, and the cocoa. But mainly the cream.
That making space for surrender sounds awesome!
quickie magic before i get to bed;
*Zack and Miri Make a Porno—was actually a very sweet movie. Funny and romantic. Who’da thunk it? My hubby cried
*Got to bed by 8.10pm with the kids! It was probably the smoothest bedtime routine in a while! The 2 kids made a list of everything that should be in our routine, with very little help from me, and then decided what order everything should be in. It’s really been a motivator for them. I think they liked deciding how things would work.
*Kids are making their own valentines and they are just about done. They are very cute. Cut outs of Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, and Princess Leia, that I just printed from the internet. And they are glueing them onto cardstock and then will tape either glowsticks or pixie sticks over the lightsabers or rayguns. And write a message. Dd wants to write “May the Love Be With You” Very sweet.
*A little white wine while cleaning up the email tonight was just what the doctor ordered.
*Almost done with tours for ds’s preschool for this fall’s class. Getting done with enrollment for that will be so awesome.
*Finished our taxes today!! We’re getting money back! Woohoo!
*Keeping my fingers crossed on a new lead! I’m really excited about it, it sounds really good.
*Humbow
*Conquering fear
*Five minutes a day of meditation feels pretty darn good.
*Dd is such a kind and sweet young lady. She came to the office with me for an hour or so today and occupied herself making copies of her hands and drawing valentines. She hung up the valentines all over my cubicle and made all the copies of her hands into a family. So sweet.
*Ds was beside himself with joy at all the toys at the dollar store today. I told him he could pick one, and he had so much fun picking something out. He picked out a squishy rubbery ring that was a giant frog with a squishy ball full of glitter inside its mouth. When you squish the head, the ball squishes out and gets all glittery. hard to describe, but pretty fun.
*Already looking forward to tomorrow morning’s coffee.