Tag: health

Best Laid Plans

by 8hummingbirdway

Oh my gosh! Life is a whirlwind …that I am very much enjoying …but it doesn’t go at all as planned. I feel I am caught up in it’s swirling energies like a leaf in the wind.

I’ve got to stop saying I will do this or do that (posting channeled videos, posting channeled messsages, posting anything at all).

Things are constantly in flux and I don’t seem to be able to direct the flow.

A week ago I led my first full moon circle in several years. It went better than I imagined.

It was so important to me …and I got really nervous.

I manged to find the calm …and it flowed with ease. Old frieds and new.

3 days before that I spoke about my trip to Africa to a group of 15 retired people. It went great. [See posts in Jan/Feb ’24]

These things were on the calendar …I had made outlines …but suddenly I had to hone my talk, gather tools, get photos printed, practice my talk.

The week before was not on the calendar. It was about our cat Newman …while my husband was away. I ended up at emergency care all night with him in the midst of extra chores. It took days for both of us to recover.

A few weeks before that was my daughters wedding and houseguests …and recovery.

Preparatory cooking before that …after a sudden visit from an overseas sister.

And really for months I have been unable to control much …as if the flow of life has plans that I am not aware of.

OK …I may not have come to terms with the limits of my advancing age.

It’s forcing me to slow down.

I have to say that despite my failures and lack …I am so grateful to be walking forward into the unknown …with my husband beside me …with my children/grandchildren/stepchildren not too far away …to be a gardener and a dreamer and a healer …to feel the sun …to breathe the fragrance on the wind …and simply to trust what tomorrow holds.

Annie offers shamanic healing and channeled iguidance and healing from Lei Lei in person and remotely by phone or video conference. Contact Annie to book a session, host a workshop, for sliding scale rates or to discuss barter arrangements.

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Being the ‘Momma’ in Africa

by 8hummingbirdway

The Africa Posts

While in Africa on this journey with my son, as he attends to his missions (the non-profit groups he founded and co-founded), I have the status of “the Momma.” Sometimes I hear “Hello Mommy” in a restaurant, a park, or informal gathering mostly from a woman. But in formal groups where my son has provided support and funding, I am clearly recognized in an official capacity as my son’s mama (or “Momma”, as I hear it).

This status of Momma is definitely an honor, especially when I am recognized as the mother of my respected son. I am 2nd in order of respect in any of these groups, including head teachers and others of status. I am introduced after him and given substantial credit for the man he is and his good work. They want me to say a few words to the captive audience. And I do. In educational groups where Literate Earth Project is the group represented I say how important books were in our family, how I read to my son from early on. That’s about it, I’m no orator. It was uncomfortable the first time, but I appreciate the recognition that his background and mother are an aspect of who he is, what he does. And I get to express warmth to a group in just a couple of sentences, where I may have only had a chance to speak personally with 2 people.

In DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) there has been less call to talk. When I did speak, I said a few words about love – and especially honoring all children – in my broken French.

Interested in learning more about Remember Youth for Change, the local nonprofit group in Goma, DRC? https://www.facebook.com/rememberyouthforchange

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