Dusting Off the Ashes & Finding Forgiveness

It's 3/26/13-  6 days till the burned down shell of my in-laws house

 will be bull-dozed (on Easter Monday).

Wow, it's another level of emotions to process. 

Who knew? 

I just keep reminding myself how the Phoenix arises from ashes, 

reborn into a new life, 

much like the Christian meaning of Easter.

Time to dust the ashes off. Time to grow and blossom. 

I realize now, I haven't even begun to think about 

the thieves/arsonists who performed this act of malice,
3 weeks before Christmas 2012.

We've just been focused on one day at a time, 

of sorting through black dust and looking for light.

The losses that hurt the most 
aren't the china dishes and gold jewelry, 
but in items like the unicorn mural painted 
on a bedroom wall by a hopeful teen (25 years ago now), 
the kitchen that hosted so many family dinners made with love, 
and the growth charts penciled in on wallpaper 
that span 40 years of kids and grandkids.
Ahhh, so many lessons on the letting go of the material stuff 
and remembering that the memories live within us, 
forever in our hearts.

Since it's a time of Spring, of Easter, of rebirth, 

it's a good time to focus on releasing things

that no longer serve us, 

so that our energy is freed up to allow in new growth,

 possibility and abundance.

A good time for forgiveness, 

so that we can move forward unencumbered by old emotions. 

Forgiveness doesn't mean we are "okay" with the acts of another, 

it just means that their act no longer has any power over us.

For the next blog entry, 

I'll share with you some beautiful forgiveness techniques.

For now, I realize I must go and practice these techniques
for myself,

 as the demolishing of my husband's chilhood home

grows closer on the horizon and 

the lessons of "letting go" are being processed.

Wishing you grace in 'letting go' of that which no longer serves you, 

easy forgiveness and peace in your life.

Namaste,

Kristy 

www.bluelilybella.com