Tuesday, 18 June 2019

What I Would Love

Sometimes I dream of the perfect scenario for a person who has gone through trauma and is suffering to receive healing and if I could provide that scenario for someone what it would look like.

I think for every person it would look a little different but a lot would be similar.

First of all I would send you somewhere in the world that is overwhelmingly beautiful and it would be by an Ocean. There would be a flower garden full of bees and birds and a trickling brook. There would be herbs and vegetables growing and trails through trees. Every day I would prescribe time to sit in the shade or warm sun depending on your preference ~ surrounded by the beauty of the garden. You would have a drink beside you and a journal, maybe hot tea or hot chocolate on the cooler days and some delicious hydrating drink on the hot days. There would be no cell phones or social media here here, no jarring interruptions...just the opportunity for nature to minister to your soul.You might hate it at first. With no distractions your body would start to want to process everything. It would not be easy but it would be good.

I would prescribe an hour walk at least every day through forest trails and country side. Your body could physically process and work through so much as you walked. I would have a friendly happy dog to accompany you and make sure your travels included sights of horses and cows and sheep happily grazing.

After your garden time and walk I would send you for tea time by the Ocean so the expanse and the waves could help your body focus and center.

Each day you would have time with a therapist to help you sort through what is truth and what your body wants to deal with and let go of. You would be fed only nourishing and enriching food. You also would have had time with a Naturopath doctor who could tell you what your body really needed and give you options of supplements to take and foods to avoid.

You would have your teeth worked on so that your body could have every chance at optimal health, and chiropractic adjustments if you wanted to.

You would have a massage every second day and sauna time. You would have time for art therapy, stretching, dance expression, and other forms of exercise.

You would learn so much about your strengths and gifts, about your own personal beauty, about your soul, about your worth, about the lies that have been spoken over you and about how truth sets you free. You would have a lot of choice as to where you decide you want life to take you from this point on. You could learn about boundaries, and about what big emotions and your anger and fear are telling you constantly, you could learn about co dependence and how it has hurt you. You could learn about what trauma does to your body, soul, and spirit. You could really come into your own. Your eyes could start to shine again. You could lift up your head.

You would have beautiful music played over you and much love and warmth extended to you every single day...

Slowly but surely you could start to open up and blossom. All the lies and pain and sadness that had stifled your soul and hurt your mind so incredibly much, could slowly start to ease away like the ocean tides going out...there would not be pressure or a time limit on this...there would be unlimited gentleness, love and patience.

Through it all your Heavenly Father would be sweetly singing over you, extending beauty towards you, telling you all that He loves about you, and giving you every chance if you would take it. His hand would be extended towards you ~

As it is now
And always is
And always has been

Love Tansy
xo







Wednesday, 5 June 2019

This Place Is Pretty Amazing

  We went to visit our dear friends a while ago and they took us to a place I was really amazed by. It is a collection of one man's travels and treasures. He has traveled the world throughout his lifetime. He is an avid hunter and is also someone with an eye for beauty and a love of history and preserving culture. His collection is beyond comprehension really. He bought a school and used it to showcase his personal collection. Viewing it is free and mind blowing.

Here are a few photos:

                                                         This is all bead work



                                  Can you imagine wearing shoes this narrow?


The intricate handmade love that went into this gown for someone's treasured baby


You can see one side is beautiful dresses and the other side is tropical fish





These are life size on the stage in the school gym


The brilliant colors of these preserved butterflies























  These pictures do not do justice to the vast array of treasures from the world round. The collections are really beyond belief. You can spend hours studying all the beautiful details of animals you have never seen before, artifacts from cultures all over the world, and history of our country as well. It is a treasure of a place!

Sunday, 2 June 2019

Flowers

  No matter what happens in life if a flower can bloom it shall. It will struggle up through any surface it can, face to the light, shining its beauty forth and giving of its fragrance. This is a valiant brave act of resilience and strength and I think we can learn much from a flower.


My oldest son picked me this bouquet the other day. It was a surprise and I was so blessed.


There are so many bees in our yard these days. When you walk amongst the flowers you hear happy humming.

So much delicate personality to this flower but also such strength as well.


I am not sure why I love these so but I do. Every year I am so glad when they bloom!


                                              A magical little pathway in my back yard.







  Every year that I have lived in this house the gardens have blessed my soul more than I can fathom I think. This year as I have physically not been able to do any gardening whatsoever everything is just blooming wild. I have not weeded or pruned or anything and in many ways my back yard is completely full of joy. There is nothing holding it back. It is full of color and vibrance and beauty and weeds and everything it just loving its life.

Thursday, 9 May 2019

May

What has May looked like for you?

For me it is all about trying to accomplish the rest of our school year. I don't want to drag it out. I want to get everything accomplished that needs doing so that I can have a break. Homeschooling stresses me out some months more than others and this year I just cannot WAIT for it to be done!

I am not a morning person so I dont think that helps matters. I just love getting up in the morning and being able to take it slow. This year we have had the goal to start school at 8:30am which has been really great for us in many ways but it also means me having to tell each child each step of getting ready and day after day it drives me nuts. I want their teeth and hair brushed, fresh clothes on, breakfast eaten, and for them to be all ready for the day. They dont seem capable of doing these actions without verbal reminders....how they will survive as adults and not look completely unkempt and not starve to death is beyond me. I am hoping at some point something will click in.

This month I have also realized more and more how this pregnancy and birth has affected my body in some very extreme ways and I am trying to figure out the steps I need to take to help my body heal. It means my body is often in pain and uncomfortable. Feeling this while nursing so many hours a day is hard but I am trying to keep gratitude in the forefront of my mind ~ although often failing miserably.

My yard is in its full glory in May. I have blossoms of many hues in my back and front yard. This year I have physically not been able to do any weeding but there has been a bonus in that I have not been able to uproot flowers I may have thought were weeds before. My yard is a balm to my soul, it nourishes and blesses me. I am so SO thankful for it during April and May and every other month  but the glory that it is in these months are amazing.

In May I can also see an end in sight to all the driving I have been doing each day during the school year to take children to their various activities. I am such a home body and getting everyone in the car to go somewhere takes a lot of effort for me. I can't wait to have slow days where I don't have to try to remember where I need to go. The days can meld together and I can feel more at ease sitting and nursing my baby...

May is a glorious month here where I live.
I am so thankful for it.
I hope your month of May is full of beauty and promise. The year is skipping along on happy feet at the moment. Everyone's life is so full. There are the light filled moments and the moments of such despair and darkness.

Sending you love,
Tansy










Gratitude

Gratitude

It fills up a soul with light
When darkness tries to fill

It quenches a thirst for many things
And makes you feel satisfied

It stamps out sparks of dissatisfaction
And nourishes the soil of your mind

It is a wellspring of truth
To drink from
When lies are invading

Gratitude equals a good life well lived no matter what comes your way

xo