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| On a recent trip to Victoria with our beloved Shira |
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| Our home Christmas Eve 2024 |
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| For the Children, For Peace |
Warmest
holiday greetings from our home to yours. Wherever you are and whatever your religious or spiritual traditions, I hope this holiday season finds you doing well and nourished and sustained by beauty, close and caring relationships, and kindness and love.
For Ron and myself and our family, this has been a year rich
with many blessings. The biggest has been the newest addition to our
family — precious Mateo, who we welcomed to the world in January.
Of
course, it
also continues to be such a joy for Ron and
myself to be
Grandpa Ron and Grammie to all six of our grandchildren: Brian and Marita's children Oliver (9) and Eleanor (7), Kevin and Arlyne's son Ethan (6), Alli and Kane's children Carsten (8) and Audrey (5), and now Matthew and Rubi's adorable baby Mateo (11
months). We feel so very blessed with the whole of our beautiful
growing family.
Ron and I have also continued to enjoy good health,
good friends, and many travels. There have been multiple trips to
Victoria to visit Kevin, Arlyne, Ethan, and our Canadian family. And
in October we were also able to once again visit our Mexican family
in Monclova when we joined Matt, Rubi, and Mateo for a very special
experience: Mateo’s baptism. And to top it all off, Rubi’s mom
Irma and
Ron
are now godparents to Mateo. Such an honor, fun celebration, and beautiful experience!
Together we also returned to Michigan in August for my
55th
high school class reunion, to visit with family and friends, and to
walk the land of my ancestors. Always a rich experience. In addition,
Ron and our 8 year old Shira and I enjoyed a road trip to Wild Places in Oregon and northern
California. Beautiful! And we also did our usual camping adventures
along the Oregon coast and on Lopez Island in the San Juans. Ron and I find the extraordinary beauty of Nature to be such a treasured antidote to what are often painful and difficult times. We are also aware each and every day of how very much we have to be grateful for.
That said, I am
also moved to acknowledge those near and far who are not blessed as we are.
There are so many human beings and non humans who are suffering greatly. Consequently, and because we are all connected by one sacred thread, there is much to recognize, honor, grieve, and hold. And this reminds me again and again to do my best to embrace the deep compassion and wisdom of Francis Weller who reflects: “The task of the mature
human is to hold grief in one hand and gratitude in the other and be
stretched large by them.” So true.
Among my ongoing prayers is the hope and vision that we
humans will increasingly grow into our greater wholeness and capacity for awareness, courage, generosity, compassion, and love. And as we do, and as we are able, that we will embody and expand our own unique ways of doing whatever our part is in
alleviating the suffering within ourselves and in our beautiful hurting world. We truly are all in this together.
Wishing
everyone the warmest of blessings this holiday season and through the coming New Year. And, as always, may love be your guiding
light.
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May we be at peace.
May our hearts remain open.
May we know the beauty of
our true nature.
May we be healed.
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With love & blessings,
💗
Molly
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| Our kitty Luna under our Christmas tree |
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| The community altar Ron built in the aftermath of Sandy Hook |
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