Entry July 4/09
I said to Ralph, "I want a Nathan hug" (our 2 year old grandson). An hour later our daughter in law, Jean, phones and asks if we want to meet them at the park across the street. I got lots of Nathan hugs and kisses and I love you's. Had my Nathan fix.
We were invited to Stephens for dinner on Saturday. We decided to buy Stephen a bottle of wine for a house warming gift. This morning, Saturday, there was 4 crystal wine glasses on the table in the laundry room (and other stuff). So we gifted them to Stephen with a bottle of wine. He used to live in our condo building and was aware of the laundry room swap table. It was fun to bring him a piece of his old home.
I said out loud to Ralph that I had a craving for strawberries a few days ago. Tonight we were at Stephens for dinner. Dessert was strawberries and raspberries. Mmmmh, mmmhhh!
A few weeks ago I saw a news article on TV about a "driftwood" labyrinth at a retreat located between Campbell River and Comox, BC. I checked out their website and emailed a friend on Vancouver Island about it. She forwarded it to Gail back here in the Vancouver area (with BCTTN) who just sent me an email thanking me for the information. She has registered for a retreat weekend and will be checking it out for the BCTTN. She took it as a 'sign' that she was supposed to go, as her daughter is off on a camping trip with her dad that weekend. The psychic running the workshop is from Vancouver.
Last night, Ralph finally remembered to tell me that I had a message on the answering machine from Mary. I was at the answering machine about to push the button to listen to the message when the phone rang and it was Mary. We had a very wonderful healing conversation. I had a choice to make - either go to the monthly Steveston Wellness Clinic (usually the 1st Wed of month, but changed this month because last week was July 1st.) or go to the monthly Seniors movie at the Richmond Mall (2nd Wed of month) with Ralph. Price is a donation to the food bank. Todays movie was Slum Dog Millionaire. I chose to go to the movie with Ralph. I value and treasure our together activities. And the movie was great.
I called Mary tonight. She said that Monica was not at the Wellness Clinic today and that they were really busy. She worked on 8 people and was there until 1:30. BUT, then she told me the most remarkable story of her eventful morning. She said she was surprised that I wasn't going to go to the Wellness Clinic. Usually she would pick me up. As she was driving to Richmond (from Surrey) she was questioning herself in the moment... not being at her best and thinking she had nothing to offer and didn't want to go either. Because she wasn't picking me up - she went to a McDonald she wouldn't have gone to if she had. She took in a Reiki book to read. She was asking for answers... She went out a door that she would never usually use and noticed a medallion of Virgin Mary on the ground. She took it as a sign that she was to use Mary in her energy healing work this morning. She put the Virgin Mary medallion in her glasses case for safe keeping. When she got to Steveston, she sat in her car for a moment and took out her glass case. It was a cloudy rainy day today - no sunshine. There was a blue light shining across her glass case. She asked Virgin Mary for her help in the Reiki sessions she did. Everyone expressed that their session was great. Mary felt great. She is still relishing the moment. I felt a healing shift ah ha, in myself in hearing her story. And we realized that - Something that someone had lost was instrumental for her. It made us both feel freer, knowing that we can now let things go more easily if we lose something. There is a bigger purpose - bigger picture. The healing continues.
