i know i have missed a lot not being on the site much these past couple months.  my persona/ego has been kicking & screaming at the rest of me about this because i LOVE iThou and my extended family here.  yet my SOUL has been guiding me to put my 'discretionary' time into other things, most particularly silence and solitude, along with website/practice building and responding to my mom's increased level of elder-care demands, etc.  the silence/solitude has really made a difference in decreasing my level of burn-out with my elder care issues.  a peek or two on the site has shown me that there are wonderful threads going on here re: mothers (kathleen's posts and mindy's mom passing, etc.)  i can only practice what i preach by trusting this process that has me missing most of this.  there is no doubt that i, as a whole, have much needed this retreat.  

i continue to participate in the sunday weather reports, whenever i can, and always imagine i will be back on iThou reading and posting before too long (subject to 'organic unfoldment' haha).  i write this to y'all as a 'weather report', feeling moved to touch base and say 'THIS is what is going on with me' and i DO care what is going on with you and my prayers and good juju are sent your way, everyday.  that's the truth.

 and i DO NOT mind private messages, emails, phone calls, contact, etc. the only thing i've retreated from, for now, seems to be the amount of time i spend on the site. 

 lots of love and blessings.

dorothy