Mama Dee's Wisdom

Today we are heading to the lavender labyrinth in Shelby, Michigan. I was previously unaware of the powers of the labyrinth and it's ability to put one in a trance-like state, and moreover why that could be useful.  I wasn't taking this trip for me, per se, but for the sisters that I have been working with in the Red Tent group that I am apart of.  Slowly but surely one by one had to drop off due to lack of spoons, that is, the need for self care due to illness- both visable and invisible.  So our 3 car caravan has dropped to one car. Things are as they are.  The plans for the day were altered, but only slightly.  My husband, daughter and I headed out at about 11:30 to make the long drive.  Our journey will take us today to the shores of Lake Michigan. I have a great resonace with the Great Lakes, and as a child in Michigan, always have.  When I was very small, my family lived in a small town just off of Lake Superior.  The lake was so large t...

To answer the question "What is Mama Dee's Wisdom" we need to first ask who is Mama Dee. Well, I am Mama Dee.  I've lived about 4 lives in this one particular body, and I think I must be part cat because I feel like I've still got some life left in me.  Having lived and observed as I have, I have learned a lot of things about the nature of life.  Things haven't been easy, but if they had been I wouldn't have learned what I have. My tapestry includes Neuro-divergence, 3 marriages with 1 ending in my spouse going to jail, having and then losing 3 kids, then gaining 3 more with my third, (and I am hoping final) marriage.  I have known the grief of losing children, but having them very much alive living elsewhere.  I have struggled with various mental issues from anxiety, to depression to post-partum paranoia, an attachment disorder, hypo-mania and trying to figure out how to make my demons play well with others... Add in my IQ and my abnormally decent mem...

Here, there be dragons and fae. You can believe anything you wish about anything while you are not here, but while you are here, you need to try to believe me, but above that, you need to trust your intuition.  Believe THAT most of all.  You need to suspend your disbelief, keep an open mind, and allow your thoughts to resonate deep within.  You may find your thoughts, in resonating, are questioning your very essence: that is all the thoughts, ideas and beliefs that bundle and create you.  This is growth and progress.  In losing, so shall you gain. Allow yourself to feel your own intuition.  That little voice, that sometimes isn't so little.  Allow that voice to take form, and speak sweet nothings into your ear.  Maybe the nothings won't be so sweet... That's ok, that isn't the point of the exercise, the point is the truth of your inner world, and sometimes the truth hurts. Keep listening.