Meri's Musings

I’m the woman whose sign you see in gift shops all over the place. THE HURRIED-ER I GO, THE BEHIND-ER I GET. So I apologize for my tardiness in posting Share the Joy. I’ve been almost too busy to notice this week, but here’s a little joy. After my massage this morning  my left knee stopped being cranky and reduced  my "you're only as old as you feel" age to I'm having dinner with Adrienne tonight and a guy (Yes, I said a GUY) who wants to write for FinallyMe.com. and speaking of which I've designed a new logo for the site and I think it has more pizzazz. What else? Oh you know, the usual. What filled your cup of JOY this week ? To play along and share YOUR joy 1. do a post that tells and shows us what gives you joy. 2. Capture the URL of the specific post and paste it into the Mr. Linky box along with your name. 3. Then click the NEXT box (or the lin...

One of these must be the Queen of Heaven Celebrate the Virgin in her many forms and guises By joining with Rebecca and her tribe .

In a workshop I attended recently, each participant was asked to select a bit of metal from a bowl,  bits with words embossed on them,  to choose by heart,  to choose without looking,  and then to tell a story from your own life  that sprang from the word. My word was © 2011 Meri Arnett-Kremian I told of relationships being over before I was willing to release them;  of marriages torn asunder;   of three infant sons, born years apart, each premature, whose lives were over within days or weeks of their births because. . . . well, just because. I told of wanting to hold on to what was gone,  of raging against reality. Of coming altogether-too-slowly to Ashe-E-Tah,  surrender, acceptance of what is. Times of having to learn the meaning of kindness from the inside out and applying it most gently to myself. © 2011 Meri Arnett-Kremian I could have told of times when I...

It was JOYFUL to spend a day with Wise Women. To work some more on my book-in-progress. (ok - maybe with slightly different tools) To take camera in hand and snap away, seeing the future in a crystal globe finding unexpected joy in street art Looking through the lens of the past to see Venice through first-time eyes, holding the hands of the one I loved. What gave you JOY this week? To play along and share YOUR joy 1. do a post that tells and shows us what gives you joy. 2. Capture the URL of the specific post and paste it into the Mr. Linky box along with your name. 3. Then click the NEXT box (or the link) to choose an image from the post to hook to Mr. Linky's list so that people are enticed to visit your blog. If you just can't get it to work, send me the info and I'll try to link it for you. 4. Visit other players -- as many as possible -- and let their joy ...

Yesterday morning the sky looked like this an auspicious beginning to a day devoted to a Wise Woman retreat. Here are some memories of the day. So how did you invest your day? 

This week, I’m giving THANKS for these things that filled me with JOY. Being reminded of the Day of the Dead trip with Rebecca, Deb, Stephanie and Dawn (and assorted others) because of the Mexican Folk Art Exhibit at Tacoma Art Museum. Anticipating seeing the new George Clooney movie. Not much can top spending the afternoon with George and his molten chocolate eyes! Knowing that I’ll get to peek in on all of you and SHARE THE JOY that’s come flooding into your lives this week. What’s been filling your cup of JOY? To play along and share YOUR joy 1. do a post that tells and shows us what gives you joy. 2. Capture the URL of the specific post and paste it into the Mr. Linky box along with your name. 3. Then click the NEXT box (or the link) to choose an image from the post to hook to Mr. Linky's list so that people are enticed to visit your blog. If you just can't get it...