Thursday, May 31, 2007

Where Did May Go????

Hi Everyone!
It's the last day of May and I'm curious where this month went...or all these months in 2007, which is nearly half over!

I went to visit my family in California!




What a trip to go there without my children, for the first time since I was pregnant with Audree! I LOVE how green it is there...how divine the food is...and the universe conspires for my good!











While on this trip, I met up with some of my amazing family members for a late lunch at the Waterfront Cafe'...and my oldest brother's ex wife had just gotten into town for a work meeting...and was eating at the same restaurant! I haven't seen her in years and it was amazing to bump into her!





A little more info...







When I was 12 years old, my brother (not the one married to the woman I mentioned above) was in a serious car crash. I was at my then sister in laws house, while other family members were with my brother in the hospital. After a phone call from my mom, I asked my sister in law how my brother was...and she had the burden of telling me he had died.

In that moment she was so present with me and my emotions, and although my life had just turned upside down I appreciated that she had been the one to tell me this news since my mom can't even pretend to have feelings let alone be present with someone experiencing them.

For my sister in law though, this was one of the hardest moments of her life, and she assumed (for 30 years now) that I blamed her for telling me and that I have resented her all this time.

And now the rest of the story...

After returning to AZ from my trip a few weeks ago, I got ahold of my sister in law's email address and wrote to her expressing my extreme appreciation for her presence in my life...and especially that she was the one who told me about my brother.

She wrote back, with great relief to hear my words! After 30 years of carrying this burden, we are all free from the illusion's.

If the only reason I went to CA was to clear this up with my sister in law, who I have always appreciated for the richness she added to my life as a youth, then I shout hurray for divine inspiration and the universe conspiring to add so much beauty to my life! Thank you!

Happy June tomorrow...with my birthday on Monday...wow, now how did that happen?