beauty confetti

peeling back the plenty

December 24, 2011
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Every year we find a penny and an orange in the toe of our stockings. It reminds me to be grateful for small things. I love the fresh aroma of that small ball as I peel back the skin and my nose welcomes the smell of snow and skiing and childhood winter snacks. The penny [...]

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cinnamon rolls taste like gratitude

November 28, 2011
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Because many sticky fingered readers asked me about my Thanksgiving snowflakes I’m reposting this.   Cinnamon rolls remind me to be grateful, consequently they are my altared space today.  When my children were young my husband and I lived in the same town as both our parents.  With divorce on both sides we had a [...]

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inhale lavender and dig in

June 6, 2011
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          Purple, green and blue: the return of these colors is a sure sign of spring. After a season of grey and white, the beauty confetti of these colors shocks my senses and I awaken from that wintry slumber.  Spring has come late to where I live.           Lavender smells like lilacs. When I was about 10 years old there [...]

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sister mothers and the gravity of mother energy

May 11, 2011
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          I’m bringing this post back from last year. It’s still Mother’s Day at my house because I feel the gifts of sister-mothers. I’m a little overwhelmed with 2 graduations in my home: my own and my daughter’s. So when a new friend, Marcia, said, “Let me help you plan her party,” I felt a [...]

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now this moment

April 15, 2011
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Mom and prom. A single moment’s altared space to savor and remember via SouleMama

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love in a tradition

February 15, 2011
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I was a smidge late for Valentines Day at my house. My family woke to the altared space of peanut M&M decor instead of our usual treasure hunt for hearts. That’s OK. It made for a nice moment when everyone gathered after school and I had finally finished that last fabric heart.           The treasure [...]

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solstice brings inner illumination

December 21, 2010
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          Today my altared space is the Winter Solstice. When my children were little I scooped them up, one in each arm, to lay on my bed in the dark and watch rainbows appear on my walls. Now it is my daughter who is holding me in my hour of darkness and showing me the [...]

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parading the light

December 9, 2010
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            Today my altared space is the parade of lights. I finally got to be IN a parade. My smile from ear to ear proved that this experience did not disappoint the 40 years I’ve been anticipating its arrival. Why is a parade so exciting?             I’m a sucker for community. Seeing everyone preparing; arriving [...]

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morning has broken me wide open

September 8, 2010
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          My altared space today is walking amid the morning dew. The nights are cooling off tremendously at my house which leaves lots of sparkles on my morning walk in the form of dew droplets. The shining  crystals cling to everything.           These are weeds; the obnoxious kind that won’t be tamed. The dew fairies are dancing [...]

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ice cold and lovin’ it

August 14, 2010
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          Today my altared space is having enough ice cubes to stand in. In this photo I’m at the county fair in a contest: who can stand there the longest. Today I’m pining for just one of these little confections of cold. Our ice maker broke.           For years I made ice in trays that [...]

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kicking up water

July 15, 2010
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       Today my altared space is this bridge where we sat and took off our shoes. The water was cold and we were hot, a delicious combination. The creek babbled and we giggled.        Bouncing is more fun with someone under 5. Our jeans got wet even though we rolled them up. Our toes got [...]

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