Sunday Services

My children and I really enjoyed the ritual on Sunday. It was the first time I brought Zac and Jenna with me. It was wonderful to worship together as a family again.

I feel for the most part my children were well behaved. Each had a moment or two though. It was nice to get compliments about them from my fellow members of the circle.

My parent let me find my path, and I really used that freedom alot. After a long search, I found the path that works best for me. I'm never shy to make a change I feel is right. I offen leap without looking. It has both worked out and blown up in my face at times. This part of learning who I was, and excepting the good and the bad.

As a parent, I want to expose my children to many paths, and then in time, they can follow the path that is best for them. I wish is that find a group that makes them happy, and helps them grow.

We should never stop learning and growing. It doesn't matter what stage of life we are in.

I arrived a little early, so I could go over my part a ritual that will happen at Yule. I also was helpping out, by smuging the members as they entered the sacrid place.

Here is what Lily wrote about the ritual, "Please join us in ritual to honor the divine within and without. There will be a strong alignment of planets in Sagittarius and Capricorn that evening, which means that it is a good time to do spells for practical matters (energy moving earth). Our ritual for the evening will focus on our personal power manifesting change in our physical environment. Please spend some personal time thinking about something that you would like to change in your "mundane" life, is it a job, money, where you live, your health or weight? You don't have to share what it is with others, but please just take some time to think about what you would like to work on."

Jenna really loves to sing! She offen makes up songs to sing to me and other family members. I taught her, We All Come From The Goddess, and We Are A Circle chants. Zac loved the activity, and movements. Both children loved the fire, and all the candles. They also were able to take part in passing the Cake & Ale.

After the ritual, we hung around and fellowshipped some. My children made some new friends, and even got a phone number for a possible babysitter.

Both were excited to come to the next service, and quickly feel asleep on the ride home.

I been wanting to have Zac and Jenna go through a Wiccaning / Paganing. It a blessing and introduction to the craft for childern. I'm going to try to write the ritual myself. I think I'm up to this challenge.

I do some research to find examples of Wiccaning / Paganing rituals in my books or online. Lily also said she would send me some examples as well.

It was special time for us as a family!