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If birth were a temple

Posted in birth, giving birth, mother blessing, Neat stuff, poems, quotes, readings, spirituality, women, women's circle on April 8, 2012 | 1 Comment »

If birth were a temple If birth were a temple my body is religion, and this small form twisting out of me, is prayer my cries reach birth’s vaulted ceilings, arching like my back over holy waters, crystal clear salt of amniotic my womb–a blessing bowl releases her treasure. –Nane Ariadne Jordan I came across [...]

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Be the change

Posted in personal, poems, readings, spirituality on February 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Spirit of my longing heart, help me to become a force of history. Like a drop of water let me merge and mingle in the currents of my particular time and situation and not hold back, but join what nurtures the earth and soaks the seeds of justice and peace. Let me be the flash [...]

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Blessingway Poem: A Prayer for One Who Comes to Choose This Life

Posted in babies, birth, Birth Thoughts, ceremony, friends, mother blessing, poems, readings, women's circle on November 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »

A Prayer for One Who Comes to Choose This Life By Danelia Wild May she know the welcome of open arms and hearts May she know she is loved by many and by one May she know the circle of friendship that gives and receives love in all its forms May she know and be [...]

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A Writer’s Prayer

Posted in mothers, off topic, personal, poems, writing on November 13, 2011 | 4 Comments »

I often use my blog as as a means of saving thoughts and ideas for “later” or for storing the ideas of other people for future reference or reflection. Sometimes I feel like it is silly to do this–why write a blog post that primarily consists of quotes that I want to remember or use [...]

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Take Pictures

Posted in babies, pictures, poems on August 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

I’ve been thinking of one of my favorite poems today. Published some time ago in Mothering Magazine, it is called “Take Pictures” and is a poignant look at how fast it all goes.  The end gets me in my heart every time I read it: “Holding tight to my neck, my son trusts – he [...]

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Rainy Wedding

Posted in family, off topic, poems on July 25, 2011 | 6 Comments »

Today is our thirteenth wedding anniversary. We planned a lovely outdoor ceremony at Meramec Spring Park and this time thirteen years ago, it was pouring down rain. While we still got married outside (in the dirty old pavilion rather than by the Iron Works as we had imagined), our wedding site was actually evacuated later [...]

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Poem: Woman & Nature

Posted in ceremony, friends, mother blessing, mothers, poems on June 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Woman and Nature By Susan Griffin  The earth is my sister; I love her daily grace, her silent daring, and how loved I am how we admire this strength in each other, all that we have lost all that we have lived all that we know: we are stunned by this beauty, and I do [...]

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