Blog #54 Power & Healing of Change!

I am so thankful for the holidays. In my family, the holidays are always a multi celebration of the beautiful meaning of the holiday and often in remembrance a dear family member. In my family, seems like most have made their transition to spirit on a holiday; my Grandmother was on Mother’s day, my other Grandmother on Christmas day, Grandfather on Christmas Eve, my cousin was on Earth Day, my other Grandfather was on Thanksgiving, my Mother on All Saints Day, and my Dad was on Easter. I have dibs on New Year’s. HA HA!

When I was 18, my Dad had been very sick for a few years, on Easter morning about 1:30am, I woke up and my Dad was sitting on the edge of my bed smiling at me very lovingly and gentle, but didn’t say a word. He visited me in my dreams quite often, so I didn’t think about it and went back to sleep. I knew he was getting ready to go soon, when I saw him the week before and brought him some of his favorite pumpkin pie, he seemed more content than I had seen him in a long time. When I woke up that Easter morning and was meditating, I was guided and knew I had to drive to the Manhattan Beach where my Dad lived. I thought I would relax on the beach a little while and then go to the hospital and visit him. Lying on the beach, I kept looking up at the strand, and kept seeing my Dad standing there, like he would always do when I would to visit him.

Finally, I walked back up to his place just to check in, and two of his close friends were there. They looked shocked to see me, I knew something was up and they told me my Dad had passed at 1:30am that morning. I was surprised and shocked, but realized he had visited me that morning to say good bye.

That Easter day was sad and happy at the same time. Sad that my Dad had made his transition to spirit way too soon at age 53, and was happy and grateful he was no longer suffering and in pain, like he had been for so long.

I love Easter, it is a time of transformation and resurrection and to embrace the Light of God and the Light that we are. On that day, I truly felt all of those things; feeling him and all of my guides and his guides as well.

Everything in that moment changed for me; it became a time to step up and really own my power to speak my truth and to be ME!

This powerful life changing event was incredible. A few years after my Dad’s passing, I was guided to go to Meadowlark a Health and Spiritual Healing Center to continue my healing process. It was an beautiful healing center with doctors and all kinds of healing modalities from Yoga, massage to healing therapies to understanding our dreams…

There was a beautiful chapel on the grounds there and one evening I was guided to sit and write my Dad a long letter and let go of all the things I never said or got to say to him. It was a powerful healing for both of us. My life opened up on many new levels that had seemed closed off. I was able to let go and forgive him for what he did and didn’t do, and ask him to forgive me and then to forgive myself. That week I wrote my Dad three, ten page letters while laughing and crying and then I would read the letter out loud and then took it outside and burned it in the Burning Bowl and just watched it go up in smoke. It was so freeing, I felt like I had my power and certainty back to move forward in my life. I experienced again the love joy and laughter that my Dad had brought to my life. Such a blessing!

I felt it freed me up to move even more into my spiritual work and continued in college and also studied and became an ordained Metaphysical Minister and started teaching psychic development.

There are so many powerful psychic tools to help us heal and expand our awareness. Like writing a release letter; to family members and friends who have made their transition and to those who are still here in body. And when I am having a hard time or feel stuck, I will often write a letter to myself and then burn it and I always feel lighter and clearer. So thankful for this healing tool that I learned as a teenager and continue to use today.

So grateful for celebrating holidays, to come together and share with the Oneness that we all are. It gives me the opportunity to celebrate, remember and honor my awesome family whom I have grown with and learned so much from in this life.

Photo of my Dad & I when I was three years old at my Grandparents house on Easter Day! :)
Amazing how Spirit works!