It's A Blustery Day and Catching Up!

'Tis a blustery day here in Southern Wisconsin.
I've a nice pot of homemade Bean-n-Bacon
soup simmering on the stove and cornbread to
be made to go along with it, and right now it
is smelling soooo amazing!

The temp's have been just crazy around here!
One day it is 86 and climbing and the next it
will be rainy, windy, and a high of 60.  Today
it is just plain blustery, overcast, and around
55-60 degrees.  I've had to leave the house
several times this morning and all I want to
really do is hibernate and do my thing, albeit
I don't know what that thing for today is, lol.

I have been busy doing ceremony for the Water
this week as well as listening to the 13 Indigenous
Grandmothers speak, and creating an altar for
the Water/Full Moon...spending time setting my
Intentions, Praying, and Listening to Spirit.

I have had much Healing going on with my family...
As you know, from time to time I talk about my
Beloved Grandson Firekeeper...he's been through
some tough stuff over the past years and since
we have gotten him into some programs that are
very empowering to him, he very valiantly and
with much courage turned his father in for drugs
in the home, and for doing drugs around him.  This
was something that had been eating away it him
for a long time.  My Daughter and I have tried
many times to inform the Law and Families and
Protective Services, but unless we had absolute
proof it was just an accusation.  Well, they
finally caught him as Firekeeper told him right
where the drugs were.  He hated going over to
his Dad's as he is a Jerk with a capital J, very
mean and abusive to Firekeeper (I have to keep
my grandson's name out of this and since Firekeeper
is his spirit name that is what I use) and so this has
been a blessing to this wonderful young man, and our
family.  I am so proud of his stance to stand up
and be free of the chains that have bound him
to this man that calls himself Father.  Their is
nothing fatherly in this mans bones...but I keep
praying for him to finally see 'The Light.'  I pray
one day Firekeeper can have a real, honest to
goodness relationship with the man that he longs
to be loved by.  But for now we take what we can
get and leave the rest to Great Spirit to handle.
One moment at a time.

Having my Sister here with me has been a blessing
too.  We have had many long conversations about
our upbringing in an alcoholic home (with our Father),
about the roads it took us on as we grew up and
away from one another...her to another state, and
the geographical miles that kept us from truly being
together in a more intimate way.  She has been
partaking in my Waterway ceremonies and listening
to The Grandmothers speak as well as other things
which speak to my heart...our upbringing in the
church has not interfered with our greater love for
one another as we both have grown exponentially
in that we are open-minded enough to recognize
that all paths lead to Great Spirit.   Too, we have
just been having fun, which is a great healing aspect.
The silly, goofy things Sisters sometimes do that
one would not do in public!  Gasp!!!

We also spent Sunday with my Grandaughter...
'Little Grandmother' doing fun things...playing on
the computer, eating, playing the Memory game.
She is one smart little girl, that one!  You cannot
pull anything on her...she might be taken back a
minute but she can always figure out what you are
trying to trick her with.  She was doing magic tricks
for us and we were just having a time of it laughing.'

All my outside activity is done for another season...
everything has been cleaned up and put away till
next spring...I spent two whole days with my Sis
tearing down the garden items and putting things
in the shed...I have a couple of last minute things to
do but for the most part that is all finished and it
feels good to be done.  Now I look forward to getting
some pumpkins and mums, and planting some seed to
set it for spring.  I took out my Halloween deco's this
week and have begun hanging them and setting out
my collection of witches I have begun accruing.  I had
a few more but little hands and curious eyes got the
best of my little shelf-sitters and they crashed and
burned!  OH MY!  Such is life...something is always
changing and thank goodness or life would become
very boring indeed!

So here is wishing for you a day filled with Peace
and whatever makes your heart sing the loudest...
and while you are at it, sing out loud so the person
standing next to you catches the bug and passes
it on!  Happy Autumn and Many Blessings!!!!