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Friday, September 23, 2011

Light Tips for Lightworkers ~ Session 1: Grounding



As Lightworkers we are called upon every day to help with the ascension of Planet Earth.   As most of us are aware (!) it’s no easy job!  
Don’t you wish sometimes you might be better off back asleep as you used to be?     Just like the greater part of the population of Mother Earth who appear to go about their daily lives blissfully unaware of the energetic struggle that goes on every day?     Just thinking about that next vacation or getting married or your child attending college?  
No of course not!!      It just flashes through our consciousness on those days when we experience the lower vibrating energies close up that...let’s face it.... are coming fast & thick... especially lately. 
Ah yes, the quickening has most certainly begun.  Remember those days when we used to say  “ah, that was rough”  that we now fondly look back on and exclaim... “that was nothing compared to now!”

So what do we do when something comes along that knocks us out of our center, out of our heart, & out of balance?  
We have all learned through trial and error tips and tools that help us during these times.     Often we can call on a sister or brother of our tribe to help but as lightworkers, we know that we ultimately have to realign ourselves with the vibration of harmony & love.
It occurred to me that it’s useful to be reminded of a few of those techniques that can help.      So I’m starting this “Tips for Lightworkers” as a small guide.     
Grounding

What might knock us out of our center?    ... when we are triggered by something that happens....perhaps an unexpected arrival, a judgement, anger from another, something where we experience hurt, shock, sudden desire, powerlessness, witnessing great tragedy, personal loss.  There are many different scenarios that are personal to us that can affect our balance.       
When we get knocked out of our center or off balance, the most helpful thing we can do immediately is to ground.     Here are a few ways that I find helpful:
  • Breathe
Wherever you are, whatever is happening around us,  we have the ability to breathe.   So breathe... deeply... walk away... close your eyes and take 3 deep breaths and again and again.     Keep breathing and move forward to one of the other tools to help.
  • Be One with Mother Earth 

Lie, sit, BE on Mother Earth.    If you are in a place where you can do this, sit lie or be as close as possible on the ground, on Mother Earth.      Don’t try and meditate, don’t do anything,.... just allow Mother to cleanse you and then nurture you.      I personally find that if I have been knocked out of balance, this takes AT LEAST 20 minutes and preferably a good hour of just BE ing.  
  • Hug a Tree, a Standing Person

If you can’t actually lie or sit on Mother Earth, Hug a Tree, a Standing Person.     Hug first, then after two o three minutes when your breath starts to balance, put your forehead directly against the tree...third eye to the Tree.   This is the quickest way to connect with the Spirit of the Tree and Mother herself.      This is what the Hawaiians do in true greeting... put forehead to forehead and share breath.     The Tree people are amazing in their capacity to  nurture our tired spirits.
  • Move that Body!




Move to get your energy flowing... go running, walking (fast), cycle, skip, put on music and dance,   just MOVE . 


Move your arms, your legs and move your head.    Shake it out !

(you don't have to jump off a 35 foot waterfall.... this is just to make you go wow!)  






  • Meditate
okay, so I included meditation... but I have to say this is the most difficult of all the grounding methods when we have just been knocked out of our center.   It takes longer.     Some of us have meditation practices that are truly our “rock” and we go here automatically .. and that works for us.    I find doing one of the other practices first and then meditating works better for me.. but that’s just me!  
  • Be Kind to ourselves
Oh this is a big one.     Don’t know about you but I have a tendency to judge myself... yes still... (I know... haven’t I learned anything yet???)    so it’s really important to treat ourselves with kindness, compassion and love when we are in the midst of our “stuff’” or just afterwards.    We tell everyone else  (don’t we?)   that it serves no purpose to judge or be down on ourselves so we need to use those lovely kid gloves and pink light of love with ourselves, just as we would our children.  
  • Give yourself Time to Recover
Sometimes we can come back within a few minutes to balance & harmony, sometimes it takes a few hours.. or maybe even a whole day.     So be it.   Perhaps during that time we are integrating something that our darling mind is not aware of... or perhaps the Angels or guides are adjusting some part of our vibration that this “incident” has allowed to uncover... what do we know?   
So let’s not expect to jump back up like a member of the baseball team or cheerleading team... let’s practice the wisdom of the ancient ones and give ourselves some time.   After all, there is no time.. so it really doesn’t matter!
  • Smile
...and when we find ourselves back in that place of harmony and One with Mother and the higher vibrations of life on planet Earth, allow yourself to SMILE ... grin or even laugh at the absurdity & perfection of it all
  •   Gratitiude
... and finally then as we revel in the beauty of life on Mother Earth, revel too in that wonderful feeling of gratitude and perhaps even do or say something to pass it on.  
In the next session I will be outlining a few very specific grounding techniques that have helped me in the past.  
Blessings of Love & Light to All
May Harmony, Joy & Love prevail on Earth

My thanks to my daughters Kachina & Elysha.    That's Kachina so peacefully watching the sunset and Elysha jumping 35 feet into Kipu Kai!  

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Matthew's Latest Message, September 9 2011


There is a lot of channeled information out there;   I find Matthew's messages to be loving, heartfelt, inspiring and helpful.     You can read the story behind Matthew at the link to Suzy's site (Matthew's Mom, who receives the transmissions)



Illuminati status; forthcoming truths; uneasiness; vibrations, law of attraction; how prayer works; Golden Age dates; density, two definitions; planet and population; effects of sound, words
1. With loving greetings from all souls at this station, this is Matthew. Billions upon billions of sparklers aptly describes your world as we see it, with countless sparks of light radiating from lightworkers and spiritually awakening souls. This is a splendid way for you to think of your world and to visualize it too, so as to lift the lower vibrations of those who see it as topsy-turvy because they don’t understand the changes afoot.
2. The Illuminati do understand and they are not handling the changes at all well.  It is as if they are on a roller coaster that once had powerful highs with few mild dips and now the ride is bunched up wobbly lows. Because the makeup of dark hearts and minds is fear, they need fear to sustain themselves—it is their fuel and they know it is running low. Instead of dwelling on fearful feelings, many people are being stalwart, innovative and ingenious as they deal with difficult circumstances; they are bartering goods and services, sharing resources and residences, or receiving other types of assistance.  The caring of the helpers and the gratitude of the receivers is generating brilliant light.  
3. As for the Illuminati, compared to their former iron grasp on the global economy, they have but an iota of maneuvering capability left. All of their major terrorism attempts since “9/11” have failed. Members and their minions are defecting from the ranks. Although they still have the ability to manipulate weather and originate earthquakes, their intended massive death toll and devastation consistently is lessened by spaceship crews and their technology. The focus on peace keeps growing worldwide and weary troops have no more will to fight. Demands for alternative energy sources to oil and nuclear power are gaining strength much to the dismay of the Illuminati, who profit handsomely from those power sources. And worst of all for the dark ones, their eternal nemesis, light, keeps intensifying.  
4. To cling to the fragile remnants of their former control, they have to refuel themselves, and disseminating fear-filled information is one means left to them. Unfortunately for the unwary, in this the Illuminati are masterful. They still have enough media control to assure that on the tenth anniversary of “9/11,” you will be inundated with photos of planes hitting the towers and other pictures along with sorrowful stories, all strategically selected to spike emotions of anger and revenge to keep violence going, and, predictably, they are circulating reports of possible terrorist attacks on September 11.
5. You know the importance of discernment about all information in mainstream media, Internet reports and telepathic transmissions, and whenever the opportunity arises, please alert people to the purpose of widely publicized information based in negativity. The faster fear is quelled, the sooner the recalcitrant Illuminati will have no choice but to accept that the long era of their self-serving systems is over.  
6. Not only have their one-time firmly entrenched strongholds been dislodged, but they have been told that their end is inevitable. Individuals from highly advanced civilizations, who appear in their natural forms so there can be no mistake whatsoever of their identity and reason for being on the planet, have advised them of the consequences if they continue refusing to cooperate with the light forces. Still, no one in the light is underestimating the tenacity and ability of the Illuminati to create havoc for a while longer. Because greed and lust for power are so deeply inculcated in the darkest of the dark, they still are in denial that their efforts to hang on will be futile. 
7. Implementing new systems to serve all peoples is underway; however, much of this activity is still under wraps, and this is purposeful. Third density psyches have limited capacity to assimilate dramatic differences in one fell swoop, particularly in conjunction with the many truths that will be revealed:
The turmoil in your world today is the struggle of duality, the light vs the darkness in souls. 
Many thousands of people from other civilizations, including reptilians, are living on the planet; most are in the light, others are not. 
Creator Source is the Supreme Being of the cosmos, God is the Supreme Being of this universe; other gods or goddesses reign over the other universes.  
The Beginning of eternal life is the total light-love energy of Creator and the goal of every soul throughout multiple lifetimes is to return to that pure essence. 
Each person is a god or goddess, inextricably and eternally connected with Creator, God and each other.  
Religions developed into mind control of the masses, and both heaven and hell are in Earth’s one spirit world.  
Every soul has homosexual lifetimes as advanced steps toward androgyny, the balance of feminine and masculine energies that souls need to continue evolving spiritually and intellectually. 
For millennia the Illuminati and their forebears have adversely impacted every aspect of life on Earth.    
Some of the most powerful individuals on the planet have been cloned by the Illuminati, sometimes against the person’s will; in the case of death or replacing the live person with the clone, the continuity of those influential positions is preserved.  
Linear time exists only on Earth; the reality is that past, present and future is a series of events happening simultaneously in the continuum. 
Earth is a highly evolved soul on a swift ascension course that is nearing fourth density and she will continue on to her destination in fifth.
8. Can you imagine your reaction if suddenly you were confronted with all those truths and others—like the real perpetrators of “9/11”—along with adjusting to profound changes?  Even with measured release of evidence and initiation of new systems insofar as possible in the months to come, it will be an overwhelming challenge for the many who still are slumbering unaware, and your calming influence will be greatly needed in the months ahead.  Simply by staying steadfast in the light, your innate wisdom and spiritual strength will guide you in all assistance endeavors.
9. We know that many of you are experiencing periods of considerable unease mentally, emotionally or physically.  We hasten to assure you that in most cases, depending on soul contracts, those are natural reactions to the multitude of differing vibrations emanating from everything that is happening in your world. Actually, in the universe, where massive energy fluctuations are happening as the light battles the darkness.  
10. Because Earth is a microcosm of the universe and each of you is a microcosm of Earth, you are affected minutely by universal events because everything everywhere is related. However, you are immeasurably more affected by the closer energies on the planet, where the high vibrations of the light are in conflict with the low vibrations emitted by dark individuals, their misuse of technology, and the anguish and physical suffering their activities cause. This conflict and your unsettled feelings will ease as the light continues to vanquish the darkness.        
11. Furthermore, you have the ability to help yourselves in the vibratory respect. It is understandable that the plight of many millions of people and animals is extremely distressing to sensitive, caring individuals, but please do not allow your emotions to be drawn into their traumas.  The low vibrations of distress about others’ anxiety, hopelessness and especially fear fracture the balance you need to keep your light steady, and that fracturing helps none of those many millions or you.
12. Through the laws of physics that govern life in this world, low vibrations manifest more of themselves: They shoot out into the universal soup and bring back to you more of the very same kinds of vibrations. The same laws apply to the high vibrations of compassion and love, of course, and in far greater measure because the light in those emotions is so much more powerful than the negativity in low vibrations. 
13. Think of an electric fan, how much more effectively it functions when its setting is on high. Emotional vibrations work like that too, with the difference that a fan has to be turned on and emotions are instantaneous responses to thoughts.  Thoughts also emit vibrations, which is why changing a thought from negative to positive automatically uplifts your spirits—you started vibrating “on high.”    
14. That isn’t just an exercise idea that can help you feel more at ease, it is science.  Everything comes from—and is—energy, which is neutral, impartial and has no reasoning ability.  Without the capacity to differentiate “good” from “bad,” energy simply follows the instructions you give it via your thoughts and feelings, and that is where physics’ law of attraction, or like attracts like, comes in. Send forth the energy of love’s high vibrations and scientifically you reap the grand harvest from what you have sown.
15. Although praying for self or an individual or for many people or for Earth herself is perhaps the most common way you express interest and caring, prayer is not correctly understood.  You think of it as some formal petition such as the Lord’s Prayer or a special request for something good to happen to self or others or verbal thanks, like blessings at mealtimes.  All of those are indeed aspects of prayer because your every thought, feeling, motive and action is prayer—your entire lifetime is prayer. 
16. Like everything else in existence, prayer is energy and it follows the directions you give it; however, it won’t necessarily produce the results you want. As intensely personal and precious as each soul’s life is to God, still each is governed by universal laws.
17. Let us say you are praying for a loved one’s recovery, and because the illness is so severe, you are afraid she will die and urgently pray that she won’t. Two factors enter into this, and the more important is that a person’s soul contract always takes precedence.  Since you don’t know what she chose in her contract, the most beneficial prayer is for her highest good.  You don’t know anyone’s contract, not even your own, so always that prayer, which has no limitations, is the most beneficial. The other factor is, the urgency in your prayer fractures your energy. That lowers your vibratory level, and because your thoughts and feelings are directed to the person you love, you are sending her equally low vibrations, exactly the opposite of what you want.
18. The vibrations of love and light are identical because they are the very same energy expressed differently, and only for simplicity in speaking do we usually say light or love.  As the pure essence of Creator Source, this energy is the most powerful force—the highest vibrations—in the cosmos, and by natural extension, in our universe. When you are thinking about someone you love, your thoughts are the “address” to which your love energy is sent, and not only does it reach that person, it keeps flowing out into the world and touches lives wherever love’s high vibrations are needed.  The universe automatically handles this in its continuous balancing act so the healing power of love is available to all receptive souls.
19. Love is the key to everything! Please keep this foremost in mind when the ones still hidden behind their dark deeds are identified. Do not dim your light by focusing on punishment for them, but rather think of them as what they are, weakest links in the chain of Oneness, and send them the healing energy they need to uplift themselves and strengthen the chain for all souls.   
20. Now let us put those universal laws into the context of the collective consciousness, where their power is incalculable. Especially in these last stages of Earth’s ascension when the swiftness of change from the old to the new will be upsetting to many, you can raise their vibrations with steadfast thoughts about the world you want for your children and their children and thereby contribute mightily to the light that is ushering in Earth’s Golden Age. 
21. Various “start dates” of that Age have cropped up, each claiming to be the correct one. Earth’s ascension out of deep third density is a unique universal undertaking unprecedented in scope and speed, and there are certain stages along her course that are more propitious than others for energy surges.  The parameters of the celestial window between third and fourth densities have flexibility, and the planet’s entry into fourth doesn’t need to be tied to some specific date on your calendar. 
22. Also there are differing opinions about which density you’re in right now, and no wonder. By our numbering densities to indicate advancement, it does sound as if one part of space comes to an abrupt end and at that point another begins, and that isn’t so. There is no finite demarcation between densities—the flowing of energy cannot be sharply divided or compartmentalized.  As Earth ascends through the “last” wafting energy streamers of third density, which comingle with the “first” streamers of fourth, you won’t notice a dynamic difference from one day to the next.  There will be no ribbon-cutting ceremony, so to say.  
23. The confusion about density is compounded because the word has two definitions.  One is mass or the placement of a mass as distinguished from discarnate—without body or form—which is how you think of souls in spirit. You can’t see us even when we are standing beside you because our etheric bodies vibrate at frequencies that third density vision cannot detect, just as you cannot see blades of a fan on its highest setting. But indeed etheric bodies have a degree of mass that lessens in density as souls continue to evolve spiritually.
24. And that brings us to the other meaning of density, which denotes the status of a soul’s spiritual evolution. Earth’s planetary mass started spiraling from its plane of manifestation in fifth density as negativity amassed in the collective consciousness of her ancient civilizations.  The planet’s descent continued in consonance with the inhabitants’ reduced evolutionary status as darkness increased in their thoughts, motives and deeds, and eventually the planet reached deep third density in mass and her population regressed to that density in spiritual status.  
25. However, throughout the millennia that Earth’s body and the collective consciousness of her peoples were mired in that low density, Gaia, Earth’s soul, remained in the much higher energy plane where her planetary body was created.  And some souls who incarnated on Earth during those millennia—God’s messengers and some visionary philosophers, scientists and artists—were highly evolved souls spiritually and intellectually.   
26. At this juncture in Earth’s ascension, her planetary body has reached high third density placement in its galaxy. While the bodies of many of her residents also are at that density mass-wise, bodies of persons who have embraced the light are being changed into fourth density at cellular level.
27. In spiritual evolution, the residents range from second density to seventh, and a few have devolved to first in this lifetime by the darkness of their free will choices and their persistence in consciously refusing the light constantly beamed to them. Almost all lightworkers who incarnated to complete third density karmic experiencing have done that successfully and they have attained fourth density spiritually. Most souls who left their homelands in advanced civilizations to assist Earth’s less evolved souls have retained their fifth, sixth or seventh density spiritual and intellectual evolvement status.
28. Why is Earth going to stop at fifth density instead of continuing into higher planes?  When she reaches fifth, where her planetary body originated, it will be back in balance and contentedly orbit in that space.
29. Now there is more to be said about vibrations.  The vibratory levels of sound affect mental, emotional, physical and spiritual bodies positively or negatively.  Noise jolts your entire energy system. Noise from a gunshot, car backfiring or thunder, for instance, has a short-lived impact; noise from an evening of raucous or dissonant music, for example, or a day of working with roaring machinery has exponentially longer lasting and more adverse effects. 
30. When that kind of noise is unavoidable, its effects can be somewhat ameliorated with as much solitude and serenity as the affected persons can manage. The soft, gentle tones of melodious music, the sound of flowing waters and the energetic emanations of trees are extremely restorative and helpful in regaining the light within balance. 
31. In addition to the sound of words, the words themselves have vibrations.  Loving words spoken sweetly by parents to their children are nurturing and assist them in achieving balance.  Conversely, not only does yelling harsh words to children—to anyone!—destroy their balance and the balance of the ones who yell, but when their thoughts of those instances come as memories, the low vibrations return too. Although with less intensity, written words also emit vibrations, so choose your words carefully to benefit those to whom you write and yourself, and select reading material that will lighten your heart and mind.
32. It is your high vibrations that are connecting you with kindred spirits and causing reluctance to spending time with some individuals, whose vibrations are low.  When the latter kind of encounter can’t be avoided, keeping your thoughts positive will enable you to stay balanced, and the light within balance will help raise the vibrations all around. 
33. We hope our message answers your many questions, clarifies confusion and corrects misperceptions, but if we have overlooked something, please let us know and we shall address it in a later message.  Your understanding of what enables soul evolution is invaluable for evolution!
34. Our beloved brothers and sisters, your courage, wisdom and spiritual strength from multiple lifetimes far exceed your conscious awareness, and in part this lack of recognition is the humility that is the essence of all lightworkers. You will retain that aspect of self even when you see yourselves as we always have seen you, and when you do, all of us will rejoice in the family reunion.
                             _______________________
LOVE and PEACE
Suzanne Ward

[Note from Suzy:  I appreciate all the invitations to be your Facebook friend or LinkIn buddy and other social networking venues, and I wish I had time to chat or tweet, but I don’t. That’s also why I don’t add a blog to my site as some of you have suggested or send out Matthew’s messages weekly, as many have requested.

If you receive this message as a forward and would like to receive future messages directly, please join the Yahoo group—the link is at the top of “Matthew’s Messages” page onwww.matthewbooks.com.

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Native American Wisdom & Inspiration

I have great respect for our Native American brothers and sisters, as many of you are aware.    I have had the great privilege of participating in Ceremony with Native American Elders including Wallace Black Elk & Chief Arvol Looking Horse.   
Here below are some words of wisdom.    Aho!  Mitakuye Oyasin!
"May the sun bring you new energy by day
 may the moon softly restore you by night
 may the rain wash away your worries
may the breeze blow new strength into your being. May you walk through the world and know its beauty all the days of your life."
 Apache Blessing
 Certain things catch your eye,
But pursue only those
that capture your heart.
Old Native American saying
Give thanks for unknown blessings
already on their way.
Native American saying

O' GREAT SPIRIT
help me always
to speak the truth quietly,
to listen with an open mind
when others speak,
and to remember the peace
that may be found in silence. 
Cherokee Prayer
Looking behind I am filled with gratitude. Looking forward I am filled with vision. Looking upwards I am filled with strength. Looking within I discover peace.
Quero Apache Prayer
May the stars carry your sadness away,
May the flowers fill your heart with beauty,
May hope forever wipe away your tears,
And, above all, may silence make you strong.

Chief Dan George
Lakota Wisdom Keepers:   Grandfather Wallace Black Elk, Dave Swallow Jnr and Nathan Chasing Horse
“As I work the canvas, I am a Free Man”
Leornard Peltier
Short video about Leonard Peltier, still unjustly in prison after 35 years... see the incredible Native American Art he has produced:  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPOCocWaaDM

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

The Beautiful Book of Flower Fairies at Grandma Millie's House

  

I remember the times I visited Grandma Millie’s  house when I was a little girl.    We did not live that close to Grandma, so my parents and I only visited perhaps a couple of times a year. 

Grandma Millie lived in a big old Victorian townhouse in Bristol ..one of those old fashioned ones you sometimes see in BBC productions or movies.    When we used to visit, these houses were not considered special or interesting.... and this was not in a great part of town.  Grandma Millie had been living there since the 20s.... and I don’t think much had changed since then!.      A row of typical tenement Victorian townhouses:  narrow but “long” in terms of depth and 3 stories high with basements.   Of course by the 80s these houses were suddenly the “in” place to live.   Young couples moved in and turned these houses into upscale homes with shining wood floors and designer touches everywhere.   

Grandma Millie lived next door to her sister, Sue.    They had both been living in these houses since they were young women!     Grandma never used the front door that came onto the street.   So to get to her house, we would enter through Great Aunt Sue’s front door, walk down the narrow passageway to the back, to into Great Aunt Sue’s back sitting room, where invariably Great Aunt Sue would be sitting in her rocking chair, crocheting.     Great Aunt Sue was an amazing Crochet-er and Grandma Millie was a superlative Knitter.    I am not kidding!    Grandma Millie’s knitting was famous.   Every birthday we would receive a new jumper (sweater) or cardigan and it would be PERFECT!    She had a gift... she even knitted my Father’s socks!    Old fashioned knitted socks... also perfect!  So everyone in the family got at least one new sweater a year from Grandma Millie... and every package that came also included  - to the children’s utter delight - chocolate & candy.    But I digress.  
So we would exit through Great Aunt Sue’s back door , cross over the narrow back garden, into Grandma’s garden and in through her back door into Grandma’s old fashioned kitchen and through to her sitting room... where again, invariably she would be knitting.   
Each sister had these huge houses all to themselves.    Grandma’s house always felt rather dark and cold.. not very happy.    When I was a child I was not aware of this in a tangible sense.. just that I didn’t like visiting the house.   I found out later why Grandma’s house felt that way.   Grandma Millie was rather sad.    But that’s another story!      
The house was 3 stories high.... and wide as it were.    The floors were wood, the stairs were wood.    It was very simply furnished.    And it was spotless!   My mother used to say “you could eat off the floor at Grandma Millie’s”  and you really could.      Every day she mopped the floors including moving all the furniture.... there was no dust under the sofa!!  But still, it always felt rather cold energetically (reflecting back as an adult you understand).
Visits to Grandma’s house were tolerable for two reasons:  the sweet shop next door and The Big Book of Flower Fairies.     The sweet shop next door was glorious.   I mean GLORIOUS!   It was a true old fashioned sweet shop (candy ,for all my American friends).    It was along the lines of the sweet shop portrayed in Harry Potter... except of course not as large and they didn’t sell buger flavored jelly beans!  
The whole back and both sides of the shop were lined with big jars of sweets.... clear glass so you could see the sweets inside.....   Yellow ones, red ones, green ones, row upon row.     They only sold candy.   There were some bars of chocolate and amazing fudge.. but nothing else, just candy!      From the time I was very small until I stopped visiting Grandma’s house... it was always the same proprietor.    There he would be, behind the counter with his apron on.    He always remembered me and always gave me something extra.  He smiled and joked... it was a dash of light during those visits.    
I would buy a quarter of lemon sherbets... or a quarter of raspberry & creams or a quarter of apple sourdrops... or the list was endless but I think those were my favorites.   They were measured into a simple small cream paper bag and bag twisted at both ends.   No plastic, no double wrap, just paper.       With my quarter of sweets in hand I would go back to Grandma’s house, climb up to the top floor and go into the bedroom that had the Big Book of Fairies.  
I would settle down on the floor or bed with that book and just go off into the land of dreams.. the land of the flower fairies!
Do you know the book I mean?    It was the original Book of Flower Fairies by Cicely Mary Barker.         I loved that book.   I would sit for hours marveling at the Apple Blossom fairy and the Columbine fairy and the Sweet Pea fairy.   I wanted to be with those fairies!   I wanted to fly like them!   To fly in amongst the flowers just like in the book... and in my imagination... I did.    I would fly with them in the flowers, in the woods, near the streams!    Just look at the images of the fairies:   
THE SONG OF THE APPLE BLOSSOM FAIRIES
Up in the tree we see you, blossom-babies, All pink and white; 
We think there must be fairies to protect you From frost and blight, 
Until, some windy day, in drifts of petals, You take your flight.
You'll fly away! But if we wait with patience, 
Some day we'll find Here, in your place, 
full-grown and ripe, the apples You left behind- 
A goodly gift indeed, from blossom-babies To human-kind!
Grandma’s house was in the middle of town and her garden tiny... so I would pass the time lost in the world of Cicely Mary Barker’s fairies.... thank you Cicely!    
This was a fairly dark time in my young life.. and this book was a shining light in the grey.    Isn’t amazing how a book and images can reach into our consciousness & imagination and create light, wonder & magic?   
When my girls were young, I introduced them to Cicely’s fairies too .. and they loved them as much as I.    I suppose I still do!   As Soon as I started writing about the fairies I couldn’t stop smiling!     


And guess what?   (for fellow lovers of the flower fairies)... there’s now a whole Flower Fairy website done by Cicely Mary Barker’s estate!   (the link is at the bottom of this page).    Oh and it’s magical!     All the fairies are there!    Tinkling sounds accompany every click.... 

And so I have put here a few of Cicely’s fairies and leave you with her words by kind permission of her website and estate:


Did you know that in your garden, in every wood, meadow & hedgerow hundreds of Flower Faires work and play caring for flowers and trees? 
Flower Fairies are the creation of author and illustrator Cicely Mary Barker.
Whenever a seed is planted, a new Flower Fairy springs to life.   Flower Fairies only reveal themselves to those who believe in them.   So, leave your disbelief behind and prepare to enter the secret world of the Flower Fairies.  
Tread gently now!   There may be a Flower Fairy afoot!  
Fairy images courtesy of the estate of Cicely Mary Barker
Cicely Mary Barker (28 June 1895 – 16 February 1973) was an English illustrator best known for a series of fantasy illustrations depicting fairies and flowers. Barker's art education began in girlhood with correspondence courses and instruction at the Croydon School of Art. Her earliest professional work included greeting card and juvenile magazine illustrations, and her first book, Flower Fairies of the Spring, was published in 1923. Similar books were published in the following decades.

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Highway 109 ~ a tear in your eye, in a good way!

A drunk man in an Oldsmobile
They said had run the light
That caused the six-car pileup
On 109 that night.
When broken bodies lay about
And blood was everywhere,
The sirens screamed out eulogies,
For death was in the air.
A mother, trapped inside her car,
Was heard above the noise;
Her plaintive plea near split the air:
Oh, God, please spare my boys!

She fought to loose her pinned hands;
She struggled to get free,
But mangled metal held her fast
In grim captivity.
Her frightened eyes then focused
On where the back seat once had been,
But all she saw was broken glass and
Two children's seats crushed in.
Her twins were nowhere to be seen;
She did not hear them cry,
And then she prayed they'd been thrown free,
Oh, God, don't let them die!


Then firemen came and cut her loose,
But when they searched the back, 
They found therein no little boys,
But the seat belts were intact.
They thought the woman had gone mad
And was traveling alone,
But when they turned to question her,
They discovered she was gone.
Policemen saw her running wild
And screaming above the noise
In beseeching supplication,
Please help me find my boys!
They're four years old and wear blue shirts;
Their jeans are blue to match.

One cop spoke up, They're in my car,
And they don't have a scratch.
They said their daddy put them there
And gave them each a cone,
Then told them both to wait for Mom
To come and take them home.
I've searched the area high and low,
But I can't find their dad.
He must have fled the scene,
I guess, and that is very bad.
The mother hugged the twins and said,
While wiping at a tear,
He could not flee the scene, you see,
For he's been dead a year.

The cop just looked confused and asked,
Now, how can that be true?
The boys said, Mommy, Daddy came
And left a kiss for you.
He told us not to worry
And that you would be all right,
And then he put us in this car with
The pretty, flashing light.
We wanted him to stay with us,
Because we miss him so,
But Mommy, he just hugged us tight
And said he had to go.

He said someday we'd understand
And told us not to fuss,
And he said to tell you, Mommy,
He's watching over us.
The mother knew without a doubt
That what they spoke was true,
For she recalled their dad's last words,
I will watch over you.
The firemen's notes could not explain
The twisted, mangled car,
And how the three of them escaped
Without a single scar.
But on the cop's report was scribed,
In print so very fine,
An angel walked the beat tonight on Highway 109.
Author Unknown
with thanks to Tina Purplenblue Clowes Kay who posted this on facebook... I could not share and posting was hard so I decided to put it here on the blog.... I just find this poem so inspirational....thank you author unknown. 
On that note, if anyone knows who did pen this beautiful piece, please let me know!  Thank you!