Co-Creating Transformation

11/24/2025

Im grateful for all my relationships, current and past. The word relationship encompasses all different ways of relating. Im of course grateful for my friends. The few who have stayed through the years, but also ones from the past who helped shape who I am now. Ive not ever had a formal falling out with a friend, we've lost touch through job changes and time, but I hold fond memories of our seasons together. Im even grateful for romantic partners or entanglements that didnt work out. Which is all of them thus far. But what ive gained from being with those people has helped me understand my Self better. To learn my boundaries, to understand what behaviors are and are not acceptable to me, and how i need to respond or how not to respond. As sad as I have been over some of these relationships ending, I hold a place for each of them in my heart and their impact reverberates through my life story.

11/23/2025

As problematic as social media can be, it has given me things to be greatful for. When I was first divorced and finally living as myself, I found community. I found people like me and people different from me who had something to teach me. I found a deeper understanding of astrology and tarot, both tools for self development, not predicting the future. I found therapy accounts, learning what boundaries are for the first time in my life. Now I have to take it all in with moderation, because even well meaning accounts can feed in to my anxiety or other feelings that send me spiraling. It has done some good so I am grateful.

11/22/2025

I am grateful for you all. The ones who follow, who read my posts and react. Even the lurkers who dont follow but might read a post or two. Im grateful to have an outlet for some of my creativity and to share my thoughts as well as some of the nature pictures I love to take. I hope you all appreciate them too!

11/21/2025

I think it goes without saying but I must say it- I am grateful for music. It puts words to things I feel, things i didnt know how to express.. things I didnt realize others go through too. It helps me to feel less alone. I have a varied taste in music, lyrics are key for me - what's the meaning of the song ? What are they trying to say? Poetry and layers make my soul take flight.
I also like good rhythms and beats to dance to, or even mediation music for easing my spirit.

Im sharing links for 2 very different sounds/vibes and I love them both. I will be seeing both artists in May of next year. As different as the instrumentals are on these songs they have similar themes - one speaks to living half a life, half dead. The other speaks of finding that dead half and bringing it to life.

The Living Dead by Dayseeker
https://youtu.be/cCzwY-gPAfE?si=oVfZox86ZCcxSSMi

Animal by Vanessa Carlton
https://youtu.be/5Rujm4AwPF8?si=-VAKkb_pDVSn5ZR3

New Album, Creature In The Black Night, Out NowOrder here: https://dayseeker.lnk.to/CreatureInTheblacknightDayseeker Socials:https://facebook.com/dayseekerht...

11/20/2025

Oddly enough, I am grateful for clouds. At times, they bring us some much needed rain, or shade in the peak of the summer heat. We do often get lots of gray cloud cover in the colder months, but I choose to still see the good they bring and their beauty. I have seen some pretty stellar clouds this year! My favorite are the ones in fall that look to have a flat gray bottom to them.

11/20/2025

Yesterday's post touched on today's gratitude briefly; im grateful for boredom. Ive heard the concept lately thst boredom isnt really a thing. There can always be something, even if it's in your head. Meaning, being idle, or having nothing to do gives you an opportunity to create. It can be especially good for kids to be "bored" as it encourages them to come up with games of their own.
Recently when I was volunteer babysitting at the Margaret Home (please check it out, volunteer or donate!) A sleeping baby was handed to me. I didnt dare attempt getting up, afraid to wake her. So I sat for an hour, no phone, no book. Just the sweet sounds of a baby breathing as she cuddled in on my chest and my brain buzzing to keep occupied. The hour flew by as a entertained myself with a made up story. It was a glorious story that also helped pull me out of a funk I had been in. The power or boredom.

11/19/2025

11/18/2025

I am grateful to work part time. Things are becoming a little financially tight, especially with all the larger household items that have needed work this year, but for now i can continue. Anyone who knows me well knows that the most important thing to me is TIME. I dont sacrifice it readily, and money is not (usually) a motivator for me to work more. I have been free to focus on my Self - my mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical health. I can take the kids or myself to appointments without using vacation time. I can spend more time with my kids when they aren't in school. I enjoy shopping when stores aren't as crowded. I am able to have more balance with rest, play, and work. I have time to be creative, relax, read, contemplate, or be bored! This society and culture we live in has taken away our time, now more than ever with people needing to work more jobs to make ends meet. That may be me in the next year or so, but I will relish the time while I have it.

11/17/2025

Im grateful for my couch. The 3 of us fit, mostly comfortably, we spend a good amount of time together here. It's also super comfy for naps, one of which I will probably take shortly!

11/17/2025

Call me crazy but im grateful for winter. I like snow. I like when the world is muted and how the moon will illuminate the snow covered ground, or the sun makes it glitter like diamonds. I dont mind the cold and the cold nights are the clearest we tend to have, allowing me to observe the stars, and shooting stars! Driving can be challenging at times but I still am grateful for the beauty winter brings. As well as the rest. Sometimes we are forced or elect to stay inside from the cold. I can find time for indoor activities and crafts that I may not spend the time on during warmer weather. There is time for inner work too. I never despair the winter, I love all the seasons!

11/15/2025

Im grateful for my kitties.
Experiment 626 (Stitch) lives up the the reputation of her namesake. She is also the sweetest baby kitty and the only being i have ever used a "baby voice" for. She brings laughter, joy, and love.
Peter is the gentle giant. He has a loud mouth that wakes me before my alarm. His purr rattles the bed and he likes to be the little spoon. He loves his girls and we love him.

11/14/2025

Today i'm grateful for books and that I love to read. I love dissociating into a fantasy world where magic reins and dragons fly or vampires and witches roam the realm. I also love books that expand my mind and help me dig into my Self. Sometimes the divide between fantasy and nonfiction is bridged, which delights me the most. The following pages are from a fantasy series I recently read. Arista a human, brings Magnus, a dwarf, back to life with her magic. Their races have long been enemies, so Magnus is shocked and pondering his existence. Pictured below is the conversation that follows the incident, revealing that works of fiction often mirror real life in the area of what it means to be human in our world.