Saturday, September 6, 2008
CATCHING UP
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
SERENITY FOREST CENTER
WELCOME TO MY NEW VENTURE.
A dream finally realized and moving into fruition. A colleague and friend, Cherri McGrew has purchased the home for a Healing Center in Cheverly MD. It has 4 levels, 2 which are perfect for workshops and celebrations as well as 2 for living area. I am currently living in the center with Cherri.
We are planning an open house on August 3rd, so right now we are frantically hanging pictures, visiting the Salvation Army for furniture and stuff for the 6 bedroom home. Our missions statement is
WE BRING HEART, SOUL, LOVE AND LAUGHTER INTO THE LIVES OF ALL PEOPLE THROUGH TEACHING, COACHING AND ATTENDING.
Cherri is a good balance for me. She has a corporate business background and does Life Coaching as well as dealing with the left brain stuff. We get lots of chances to laugh.
I still have my furniture in FL where eventually I plan to retire but for right now I am working very hard doing "stuff"
OH WELL!!!
Check out the postings of www.serenityforest.blogspot.com to see more of what we are up to.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Time Flies
Wow, it is hard to believe it has been so long since I posted on here. It has been so long I even forgot my password. So let's get going.I have been in what I call a self imposed re-hab. My gypsy life style finally caught up with me at thanksgiving and I went to visit my furniture in FL. It was the first time I have slept in my own bed for more than a week in a very long time. This is a picture I took of the view from my bedroom. Not too shabby. Any way it was a great place for my soul to catch up with the rest of me. It was amazing how many "self help" books are available now a days. I went to the little library in Palm Harbor and found two books on CD that discuss 50 books for personal growth and 50 books for Spiritual growth. Needless to say that was a bit much to absorb AND I did find one thing I am excited about. NLP. Neuro linguistic programming. Totally awesome. Stay tuned for further commercials. In addition to the exploration of self help books, I also had a fabulous reading from a fabulous VEDIC ASTROLOGER. Stay tuned for more info on this too. Also, saw a Pranic Healer, Reiki healer and my dermatologist who removed the fourth cancer from my skin. Things to REALLY improve my mind included taking a friend to the Sponge Museum in Tarpon Springs where we watched a "free" movie made in 1950 about the Greek sponge divers and how the sponges are processed for market. Too bad the Dioramas are falling apart. It is totally sad to see one of the fishermen's head has fallen off. Probably the most important thing I did learn is that I am NOT ready to retire. Keep tuned for more exciting things to come.
Friday, September 7, 2007
LOVE ON BOTH COASTS
Coney Island NY
How more blessed could anyone's life be than mine. I recently had the fabulous opportunity to present my new workshop called "SOULAR POWER" Recharge Your Life, in Brooklyn NY. The women were fabulous. The workshop was healing and the commitment of women to make the world a better place is awe inspiring.
A couple of weeks later I was on the West Coast for a Woman Within Weekend and the heart connection of east and west with women was palapable.
What else could one ask for in this lifetime "to follow my bliss"
Once in a while I forget my bliss when I misplace my teeth and have to call on my runners to find them. Sometimes I forget my bliss when I have been travelling for 9 hours with delayed planes. Often I forget my bliss when I lose stuff or forget where I am supposed to be. It is disheartening when I don't follow through on stuff. I am human and in this life to learn humility. That's a bummer.
Botanical Gardens CA
With that said I am one of the richest women in the world who is in debt up to her eyeballs and has no assets. My abundance is palpable with love, respect, connections, beauty, family, ideas, health, wisdom, surrogate family all over the world, the exquisite joy of learning and connecting every day.
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Land of the Free and Fireworks
I had the amazing opportunity to attend the Padres baseball game in San Diego the night they played the San Francisco Giants and Barry Bonds tied the Home Run World Record.
There had been so much controversy around Bonds and his use of steroids that there were police stationed all over the park.
The Andersons have front row box seats right above LF where Bonds plays. A very handsome policeman was protecting all of us from rioting. I felt very safe.
How sad, that in this land of the free we need police at a baseball game. I am not certain what they were anticipating. Perhaps it was the concept that if someone caught the tying ball it would be worth $1,000,000 and there would be riots of greed and avarice. Or perhaps those so loyal to Hank Aaron would jump on the field and beat up Barry? Or perhaps in this land of the free where boos are allowed, they really aren't socially acceptable.
Anyway, it was fab. It was fun. It was fortunate and when he hit the tying homer a lucky plumber sitting above us caught it.
Next year I hope to be in San Diego when the Cubs play. That will be even more fun.
Friday, July 13, 2007
HOTDOGS FOR THE SOUL
This is a picture of some children in South Africa at the creche where they receive 2 meals a day. Sometimes, their only food.
We expect that in South Africa. Not so much in Chicago.
We expect that in South Africa. Not so much in Chicago.Wednesday evening I had the opportunity to be part of a mission where we fed a couple hundred of hungry people in Chicago IL in the United States.
Many were homeless. Some are schizophrenic. Some are down on their luck. They were all hungry.
My daughter Abby, my 13 yr old niece Mallory and several other dedicated people involved in Pranic Healing of Chicago arrived at Broadway and Wilson to hand out Hotdogs, potato chips, pickles and a dessert along with the support of The Night Ministries of Chicago. What a great organization. They came and set up tables for us and then passed out socks, cookies and coffee. Check out their website. http://www.thenightministries.org/
Abby was the pickle lady who purchased 7 very large jars of dill pickles and put one pickle at a time in a plastic baggie. Mallory was the onion lady. We had chopped onions with love and she was totally appreciated since onions were a treat. I was in charge of pickle relish and Liz squirted mustard and Ketchup on the hotdogs as presented by each of those in line.
Mallory was surprised by the appearance of many of those in the line. Her image of "homeless" was as represented on TV and these people did not necessarily look like those images.
Some had on jewelry, some were very articulate, some were neat and some were not. Bottom line they were simply souls in a human body who were hungry.
We handed out 350 hotdogs in less than an hour and there were still some people in line. However, there were several who had gone through the line a couple of times and I got to know how much relish they wanted and if they wanted onions or not.
A bit of a surprise when a lady gave one of her hotdogs to her dog. No one seemed to be bothered by that. Each person was accepted for exactly who they are.
I looked into their eyes. I smiled at them. I cracked a joke. Some looked back at me. Some looked away. Some said thankyou and some said nothing.
I knew they were grateful.
So am I for the experience. I want to do it again and I will chop lots of onions even if they make my eyes water.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
WHO SAYS YOU CAN'T TEACH OLD DOGS NEW TRICKS
Welcome to my personal journal. The intention of this blog is to provide my friends and family some sort of idea of what I am doing and where I am as well as to give voice to some new ideas.
This is a picture of me in South Africa on a mini safari near Cape Town. It was an amazing experience and has brought me to new heights in awareness of life.
While my gypsy lifestyle has been frustrating to many, including myself, it has allowed me to live an incredibly rich and fulfilling life. So amazing are all the wonderful connections I have made world wide.
As I write today, I am in Mundelein, IL with my surrogate family the Mellons.
They deserve a column of their own because of the love in the home.
My hope is to share some of these experiences and connections with you.
My hope is to provide a giggle once in a while.
My hope is to share my passion of new found ideas.
My hope is to be in connection.
My hope is to remember what I did yesterday by reading this.
So for now, be safe, have fun and stay in touch.
Blessings
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