Quote from Martha Barnett on September 14, 2022, 9:13 pm

Hi everyone! Not too much to report from here on the East coast, just thought I would check in.

I’ve been doing some early fall stuff in the garden, which I’ve discovered is both grounding and procrastinating.

There’s just so much to do outside,

and sometimes I just need to process stuff while tasking in the dirt. But I can get carried away and over do it. I just get excited that Winter is Coming

Also, I know there are one or 2 souls here processing grief and I wanted to share a couple of resources I found helpful (my dad transitioned in June 2020. I wasn’t allowed into his Ltc facility to see him since Jan 2020, except for FaceTime. Then my kitty of 18 years passed away last May.

Anyway.. it’s a book, a journal workbook, and a homeopathic/flower essence spray. I still occasionally use the spray. I also practiced a LOT of self care in the way of sleep, ritual baths, and energetic cleansing with crystals. Even a simple large selenite wand is great to sweep through your aura, if that’s all you have! The most important things are: there are no rules for grieving, and be very gentle with yourself.

I'll add that I was very conscious of staying in touch with my grief, moving it along, not having it be stagnant. I am predisposed to melancholy, and am aware of how that can turn into depression for me. I've spent too many years in depression and I KNEW my dad would want me to move through and not stay sad (and he was telling me so from the other side.)

Books: I'm Still With You by Sherrie Dillard, From Grief to Peace, a guided journal by Heather Stang, and The Amazing Afterlife of Animals.

Grief and Loss spray is by Siddha, available from amazon.

Not sure I will be in the zoom call Saturday, my daughter is in town for the weekend from NYC.

Sending love and peace,

Martha