This Has Been A Challenging Year
I know it’s been over six months since I wrote on this
blog, but it’s been a challenging year. Honestly, this year has sucked ass.
Seriously.
2021 for us has been full of loss, struggles, anxiety,
instability, blah, blah, blah.
BUT on the positive side, it’s been filled with
extreme growth, self-discovery, and starting a new book series (The Last O’Clery
Witch), but more on that in a minute.
I haven’t felt like writing or doing anything creative
because of the hurdles and setbacks we’ve been going through. Hopefully, they’re
over with now.
I do believe in the power of manifestation, and we get
what we focus on the most.
If you’re mostly focusing on negative shit, then you’ll
bring it into your experience, so I’ve been focusing on what I want instead of
what I don’t want.
The trick though is to learn how to monitor your thoughts because the mind loves to tell stories.
It loves drama.
It loves to make up shit to worry about.
Meditation is the best way to learn how to take control
of your thoughts. I’m not a pro at it yet, but I plan to be.
There are things in our life that we don’t have
control over like just recently our 14-year-old cat fur friend (Church) died,
and we had to watch the whole thing because the vets wouldn’t see him because
of Covid.
They wouldn’t answer their phone.
They wouldn’t answer their doors.
And they weren’t taking new patients.
It was fucking heartbreaking! 😭
We didn’t realize how much our decisions in life
included Church until he left us.
We miss him so much.
The morning we drove up the forested mountain to bury
him among the redwood trees was unbelievably magickal. ✨
I took this picture on the way up the mountain. The
photo doesn’t do it justice, but the ray of sunshine was like letting us know
that Church made it across the rainbow bridge.
He’s no longer in pain.
He’s no longer sick.
He’s happy now.
He’s having fun.
He wanted us to know that.
Also, the magnificent redwood tree we buried him under
will look out for him and is honored to do so.
Putting Church to rest was an amazing experience that
we’ll never forget.
It was as if we stepped into a different realm and were
given a glimpse into it.
So yeah, there are things in life we don’t have
control over. I didn’t manifest Church’s demise or my father-in-law’s death, or
my friend’s death, or my ex-coworker/physician’s suicide, or my dad’s mini-stroke
he just had last week.
Told ya it’s been a rough year, and that’s not all of
it . . .
. . . But we won’t go into that.
I don’t like to get negative. I just wanted to give
you a general idea of what’s been going on in my world this year.
Btw, we’re still on the southern coast of Oregon, and
we love it here!
But when it comes to being true to yourself and
dreams, ya gotta be all in and trust the process . . .
On the book front, Legends of Deceit #2 has been
written for a couple of years now and still needs to be professionally edited
and go through the whole publishing process, which costs a lot of money.
I haven’t had the resources to do that, but I believe
in the future I will.
When?
I don’t know.
If you want to help out you can buy one of my books and tell your friends about them.
The Last O’Clery Witch.
I do want to create a bitchin’ website for my books,
photos, and videos. That is a future goal of mine.
Well, my friends, there you have it.
We’re almost through 2021.
I do believe I’m a winner, and I can be, do, and have whatever I want.
I’m not giving up.
I will continue to be true to myself.
Cheers! 🥂
I am so sorry for your loss of Church. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your loved ones. I have lost pets and it still hurts many years later.
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Christina Riggs
Thank you so much for your kind words. I miss him everyday.
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