family traditions and creating memories

Just returned from a four day, action-packed, fun-filled family gathering and I am living off the buzz one gets from being surrounded by people you love and by people who love you. Choosing to participate reaps great rewards. I considered not going on the family field trip and I am really grateful I chose to participate.

How great is that, to be cheered on by your friends for throwing a heavy ball down a wooden lane? For the nine of us, as amateur bowlers, there was no greater joy than hitting a few pins, let alone actually getting a spare or a strike. We each were given the opportunity to feel competent, humble, inept and the greatest opportunity was to not take ourselves too seriously. Who really cares in the big picture, if we keep throwing gutter balls. Okay, maybe I was the only one who bowled double zeros on one turn. Life will go on.

I felt like I was in a stand up comedy workshop weekend, with one liners being thrown around for all to enjoy. We watched each other fail miserably and were still able to find the humor in that. I think everyone should go bowling once a year for therapy.

Half of us agreed we should have only bowled one game, it was the second game that revealed our first game skills were just a fluke. The other half of us actually improved in the second game and secretly wanted to bowl all night. Pretty sure the bowling angels made sure we each got one strike to let us each leave with some of our self esteem intact.

Marriage Blessing and the gift of Energy from the Universe

Creator, Infinite Spirit,

We gather together this day to celebrate and to honor this marriage.

We acknowledge this marriage to be based on

love, faith, hope and trust.

Creator, Infinite Spirit,

We ask for a Blessing.

We ask that the Angels and Archangels join together in

Blessing this marriage.

We are grateful for the continuous Grace which surrounds this couple and their life together.

We are grateful for Divine Love and Light surrounding them and guiding them through both, life’s challenges and through life’s celebrations.

Creator, hear our prayer for a Divine Blessing on

this couple.

Help them to know Creator that they are never alone and are continually supported by your Divine Love and Guidance.

Bless this marriage, Creator and fill their hearts with love and compassion for one another.

Guide them through their future, Creator,

help them heal their past together and

help them to be present to one another with each new day.

We are grateful for these blessings.

Nameste’ AMEN

A couple of years ago, my partner and I celebrated 25 years of marriage. This prayer came to me on my morning walk and I jotted it down as I walked. After my walk, I promptly entered the prayer into the computer and once I had done that, my intuition guided me to beam it via email to all our friends and family. I asked each person to read this prayer with us in mind, to help us bless our marriage. We received such a gift of energy from the Universe as a result of this prayer being read with us in mind. The healing energy literally gave our relationship a boost and helped to move it into it's next step of evolution.

I offer this prayer to anyone who needs it or chooses to use it. I also offer it to a dear couple who was recently wed; whose hearts are filled with deepest love for one another and who celebrated their day, deep inside the earth's caves--now that's a grounded marriage.