September 6 would have been my mother’s 90th birthday. She passed in 1998 at the age of 64 just 19 days before she would have turned 65. I have now outlived her by almost 3 years and have I ever learned a lot from her.
I can hardly believe another year has raced by and I haven’t had a chance to update my Mother’s Conscious Death story. I did post something about the 25 year anniversary of her passing with this LINK to the story on my Facebook page recently and I got so much positive feedback I have shared the link here in case you haven’t seen it.
The photo here is of me and my Mom in 1978 when I was 22 and she was 44. It was taken on a camping trip at Lake Havasu, Arizona where we got to see the London Bridge.
YES…the REAL London Bridge that was built over the River Thames in London England in the 1830s. In 1968, the bridge was purchased from the City of London by Robert P. McCulloch.
McCulloch had exterior granite blocks from the original bridge cut and transported to the United States for use in the construction of a new bridge in Lake Havasu City, a planned community he established in 1964 on the shore of Lake Havasu.
The Arizona version of the London Bridge was built with a reinforced concrete structure clad in the original masonry of the 1830s bridge. The bridge was completed in 1971 (along with the Bridgewater Channel Canal, separating the peninsula from the mainland), and links mainland Lake Havasu City with Pittsburgh Point. The “rededication” of the London Bridge took place on October 10, 1971.
My Mom, my step dad, my first husband and I were there in 1978 just 7 years later. This is photo of the London Bridge rebuilt having lived in Arizona for over 50 years.
Remembering
In August of 2023 I had the great priviledge of canoeing down the Green River in Canyonlands Utah. The friend I was with complemented me often on my camping skills and ability to set up and break down our camp on a daily basis until we reached the Colorado River where we got picked up and taken back to Moab.
I was given the gift of being in nature camping in the mountains of Colorado where I grew up and I developed skills of being in the wilderness I don’t think I ever fully appreciated until now even though I years past I had done backpacking into amazing places including the Grand Canyon.
I find myself feeling gratitude for these gifts in ways I hadn’t experienced before. Below are a shots of the Green River and the Sun rising over the canyon walls. I love that at age 67 I can finally truly appreciate my camping skills. My parents loved to tell me I went on my first camping trip when I was 3 months old.
Virgo Full Moon on Sep 14 with the Tale of the Lion
Sep 17 Anniversary of the signing of the USA Constitution
Chiron in Aries Healing the Wounds of Injustice
Celebrating the September Equinox
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Mercury goes Direct on September 15.
It might be Mercury Retrograde if:
From this Mercury Retrograde Article done back in the last decade updated recently
Judgment VS Discernment Personal Insights…
From last year, but still important now. The masterful side of Virgo is Discernment. The Shadow side of Virgo is Judgement. More on Virgo
I got really great feedback on this so thought I would share it again. Much of this was inspired by a challenging Pluto Cycle that is still ongoing so I am finding this a great reminder for me.
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I am noticing how my inner judge is judging me for reacting to being judged or feeling like I am being judged.
My inner warrior feels the injustice of someone assuming what my thoughts and feelings are and then that someone is unwilling to consider their perspective might not be true. It is a life long pattern that is still lingering. Grrr….
I am currently aware of how my inner judger is judging the whole situation so I can become more aware of how I judge myself and then I can disrupt this pattern and act from discerning choices – not judgey ones.
I am practicing discernment. This includes discerning what is best for me and all involved.
Choosing not from a place of judgment (self judgement or otherwise) – you are wrong, this is wrong, what is happening is wrong…
But rather choosing based on the best choice for myself and all involved given the current circumstances.
First I need to process my anger about feeling unfairly judged so my choice is not rooted in anger and reaction.
It’s not easy and it’s not fun but it does make all the difference in what comes next as I continue to cultivate the super conductive power of love within me.
Because ultimately I know this is about me and no one else. Of course, I would love for it to be about something outside of me, but I do know the reality is – it is always an inside job.😇