A Completely New Way to Count Blessings!

Nature's Smile by Jessica Novak

Thought I might share this, for those who might be interested in trying it. My beloved Celestial daughter was much on my mind and in my heart these past few months (January 9th is her transition day). And this came to me, I think she helped to send it to me XO! It's one of the ways she helps me to find myself again : )

So I was enjoying looking at our lovely Christmas tree before going to bed last night, knowing we'd take it down today and remembering all the lovely trees we've had over the years. And a thought came to me: What if I could walk through a forest of all the beautiful, sparkly, beloved Christmas trees we've had over all the years?

And then my imagination took over and I had some real FUN! I grabbed a piece of paper and a pen and wrote down what was streaming through my mind, and came up with what I call 

Counting My Blessings:

What I'll Do When I Get To My Heaven

(Because Heaven is a place, to me, where imagination is unlimited and comes with immediate results, and I'll need plenty of stuff to do, right? So I wrote this little list, and after I looked over it, I realized it was like capturing some of the most beautiful blessings I've experienced in life, and being able to do them in a new way, without the limitations we experience on Earth. What FUN!)

• I'll walk through a forest of all the Christmas trees I ever had all dressed up in their ornaments and lights.
• I'll walk through a camp, stopping to visit every campfire I've ever sat next to, and talk with the people there who spent time with me.
• I'll visit every waterfall I've ever seen and sit by each one as long as I like, with the person of my choice.
• I'll walk through a forest of every tree I've ever climbed and climb each one as many times as I like, like a monkey, no fear of falling, lol.
• I'll go to each high place I've ever visited and enjoy the beautiful views again.
• I'll walk on the beach with every animal I've loved and play and run, and sit and cuddle with them, all my pups and kitties and some horses too, and maybe even bears because I just love bears.
• I'll sit on every porch I've ever visited and chat with my friends or tell stories again.
• I'll visit with every artist I've ever admired and watch them create.
• I'll put on each of my favorite outfits I've ever had and prance around in them, remembering how good they felt to wear, no matter how old I was.
• I'll hold hands in a big circle with all the people I ever loved.
• I'll replay every time I ever danced and feel the joy of it again.
• I'll meet each artist who ever made something that delighted me and listen to their story about it.
• I'll re-experience every loving kiss I've ever given or gotten.
• I'll peek in and watch my Lovies as they received any gift I ever gave them that they loved.
• I'll re-experience that first bite of every food that delighted my senses.
• I'll re-experience every hug that ever made me feel loved.
• I'll replay every time I laughed.
• I'll hold hands with myself at each age of my life, a big circle of my selves at each year of my life.
• I'll re-watch every sunrise I've ever seen and feel the hope and beauty in each new day.
• I'll re-experience each of Nature's storms that made me feel so much more than alive.
• I'll spend as much time as I like smelling all my favorite fragrances again, including my dog, who smells like brownies and marigolds, and my favorite wild roses that smell like spicy pepper.
• I'll enjoy every twilight I've ever loved, when the sun turns the Earth to gold and the fireflies come out.
• I'll listen again to every time someone told me I love you and every time I told another I love you.

This was a really fun exercise. Try it and though your list will be different, I bet you'll find it makes you feel really good inside! It's a great way to close out this year and welcome the New Year XO!

Namaste,

~Jen

 

Spirit Visitors Xmas 2021

MAGICAL visitations XO!

 

Best laid plans of mice and men, etc. Well ours got shot all to smithereens this year, as I would guess many others have been too, and my heart is with you all. Wishing many blessings your way XO!

We had planned to have kids coming to stay with us and visit from Washington DC, Berkeley Ca, and my lovely son and his wife here for the first holiday in eleven years after their return from South America, so very much to enjoy and look forward to. Menus planned, lists written, presents bought and wrapped, everything ready.

BUT Rob's son's wife's brother contracted Covid for the second time, he'll recover, but his son and wife decided not to travel from California because the mother had an anaphylactic reaction to her first vaccine so had to do Johnson, which doesn't protect from the variant, so they're not risking her health by flying and being near at holiday time. When it hits home we pay attention.

Other son is military and says FEMA is moving things into place bigtime, preparing for the upswing that's already happening, so he's needed at work, and also doesn't want to expose us to anything.

So we quick packed and shipped to Washington and California, and wonder of wonders, the packages all arrived before Christmas, thank you postal workers and all involved!

And my son's wife has recently come down with Covid, tested positive, though she's doing "okay," feels more like a cold she says (she's had her vaccines, yay), but we won't see them even through the New Year. 

We are being flexible. Counting our blessings, chances are excellent that they'll recover, and they're young and strong. Made chicken soup today, and delivered it along with ginger ale and coca cola and saltines and applesauce, what I could eat when I had Covid last year before they even knew what it was.

Wrapped their presents and will do porch drop-offs to the kids and family, no contact, OUCH!! I am so missing my peeps!!

But the magic of Christmas is with us. See, that photo above is interesting because we have some beloveds who've transitioned to what I call True Home, and yet they're with us still, checking in and sharing their love. That white light you see comes from no other source of light in the house or camera. I'm pretty sure it's sweet Jess swooping in with all her exuberant energy and Joey Max, our totally beloved kitty who recently passed, and most likely my Dad. Those two beams coming down gently. 

So we feel the presence of those who've passed, their love, and we feel the wonderful blessings of being able to give, which I enjoy most about Christmas, to our Lovies here. And Rob and I will have a very quiet holiday season, playing games, like backgammon (I challenge anyone to try to beat me), and parcheesi, and BaseCamp Cards, in which we learn so much about each other.

And we MAKE the moments bright and loving. Because we CAN. So we DO. 

I hope everyone's holidays are full of love, ours feels full of love even though very different from what we expected.

Make each moment special, because that's true treasure indeed. Love your Lovies all you can in all the ways you can figure out.

All the loves coming your way, now and through this new year too.

Namaste,

Jen