02/03/2020
Number 9 in my appreciation practice.
Today’s Goddess is non other then my Mother-
Mother & Daughter relationships can be beautiful, rich, and very fu***ng complicated.
My mother taught me so much about creativity, choosing my own path, working for myself , and being whoever it is I need to be in this life.
My mom worked in the regular 9 to 5 world for a long time, until one day she said “ F**K THIS “ and created her own jobs.
She created a haunted tour business in New Orleans, was a hypnotherapist, gestalt therapist, reiki master/teacher, a massage therapist, and then she created her own wedding business called “ Heartlight Weddings “ and has been performing nondenominational weddings for many many years now.
She also decided “ hey I want to write a book”, and now she’s on her 3rd book.
My mom fearlessly pursues what she decided’s she wants to do.
She has had one hell of a life filled with amazing stories, and incredible heartbreak.
One of the greatest gifts she helped me cultivate as a mother/ teacher was to think for myself.
She let me decide what I believed spiritually, she never insisted I follow her path or her truth.
She let me choose how I was educated, it was a long and crazy journey, but she never forced me to do it like everyone else might think I should.
Creating a safe space for me to question myself, question her, question life, question god, work , money, the establishment.
Our life together isn’t perfect, she isn’t perfect.
I think one of the most painful & liberating moments of my life, is the moment I really understood that my parents are HUMAN BEINGS.
Flawed, wounded, with all their own trauma, and struggles.
It’s like watching a God fall to earth. At first it feels terrifying, like nothing in life can ever feel safe again, but then slowly it starts to make sense & this sense of freedom starts to come over you.
Not demanding my mother be something more then human is the greatest gift I could give her as a daughter.
I’m honored to have been this beautiful woman’s daughter, she is outspoken, stubborn, passionate, a Gemini ♊️ through and through.
Her Aries moon & my Leo moon 👇🏾