I’m 42, and I have heard all the statistics and nay-saying that goes along with being a geriatric-aged mother (yep, in the medical system I’m geriatric because I’m over 35 LOL!). And still I wanted to be a mother. When
Did you say pregnant??
Celebrating death
When my husband, Elton, was diagnosed with cancer in November 2021, it was a shock but one we had known would come sooner-or-later. As a recipient of a double-lung transplant 20 years earlier, there’s now an understanding that the medications
Handfasting with Emerald & Katarzyna
Emerald and Katarzyna approached me in January, wanting a legal handfasting ceremony to celebrate their profound love and commitment to each other. They were weaving their lives together in so many ways, and they felt that a legal handfasting would offer
Funeral Rituals
A ritual is technically just people gathering together, saying specific words, and doing specific acts. But that is like saying that a song is just words strung together with different notes. When you look from the outside at anything, you
Maidenhood Ceremony
A young woman from Scandinavia was on a working holiday in Australia, and by chance, we met up at a big seasonal celebration in Sydney. Over the weekend, we shared ceremony, dreams and secrets. I found all my usual reservations
The Power of Ceremony
Ceremony changes us. It strips us bare & challenges us to dig deeper. It encourages us to go beyond our little fears and look at the shadows beneath. Ceremony is a blessing for those of us who use it to
Celebrating a Druid Handfasting
In October I had the deep honour to perform a Handfasting ceremony for a couple celebrating their 30 year wedding anniversary. Spiritual seekers from their youth, in more recent times they had found their Homecoming within Druidry, and wanted to