Ra's Spiral Path

Tag: journey

  • Value in Letting Go

    Value in Letting Go

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    Losing that quartz crystalAt LGA securityBummed me outAt first.I’ve had that rockA long time.I found it on the shoreOf Lake CushmanWhile working that Crappy job.It was outdoorsAnd team basedSo it shouldn’t have been that bad…But it sucked.And I found this crystal And that was cool.And I’ve mostly had it on meSince then.I’ve had that rockFor…

  • Thank You, Breath

    Thank You, Breath

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    Self love is whatCame up for meThis sessionTrust myself.Don’t listen to the naysayers.Listen to my heart.I can heal meI am worthy Of my own loveThe systems designedBy modern humansHave done me A world of harm.I can undo itAnd heal myself.I can shine brightlyFrom withinLoveAnd trustMyself.

  • Moving On

    Moving On

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    Oh, you.When the going gets tough,You get going.Your son had a dream recentlyThat you deserted himWhen Darth Vader showed up.You project your worst fears onto others Like only a colonizer can.I see youIn a way that youDon’t seeYourselfI know that I can’t count on you.You have made that abundantly clear.So stay away, if you can’t…

  • Mistakes Were Made

    Mistakes Were Made

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    The very first weaving I made on my tapestry loom was a free form piece I have hanging above my bed. It was mostly an experimentation of fibers and getting a feel for weaving. I intentionally chose fibers of various thicknesses just to see how they would go together knowing that others would likely find…

  • Transitions

    Transitions

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    Woo hoo! After an unsuccessful attempt at setting up an Etsy store, I now have a store on Shopify. I have three products listed and hope to add some more next week. The last month and a half has been a bit of a whirlwind with leaving the library, sickness, holidays, back strain, and so…

  • Early “retirement”

    Early “retirement”

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    It was bittersweet to receive this lovely card from one of the admin departments last week for hitting 15 years with my organization. Three of those years were as an intermittent librarian, as I also worked at the Arizona Health Sciences Library as an information associate while going to school. When I finally got the…

  • There is so much

    There is so much

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    Happening in my life right now. It’s overwhelming. I’m trying to remember to be kind to myself. Take more time for breath work. Snuggle. And to try to appreciate the beauty that appears suddenly in front of me.

  • Dog loss

    Dog loss

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    I buried my dog’s ashes yesterday. Outside next to the succulents, where she had already started a small hole:

  • Long Distance Running

    Long Distance Running

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    My son is sick todayPhysically sick – with a cold. He’s eightAnd he willingly did a Covid test last nightA table is turnedAnd slow progress is made.(In the pastCovid tests were dreaded,Whined about, andNever done willingly.)After swabbing his noseHe needed a tissueTo wipe his tearsHe explained thatIt didn’t hurtBut ratherFelt weirdAnd made his eyes waterThe…

  • Reframing Mondays: It’s the Economy, Stupid

    Reframing Mondays: It’s the Economy, Stupid

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    Monday morning againAnd I’m wonderingWhat if all the working womenWe’re honest with their familiesAnd stopped trying to do it allOr even half of itMaybe it’s just me…But I doubt itMy son tells me repeatedly How muchHe doesn’t want to go to schoolHe doesn’t want to listen To reason or think aboutAnyone else’s perspective.And after a…