Bonfire of the Goddesses

ridergirl

Throwing into the fire this miserable cold that I caught from my mom....making me feel icky but not gonna let it ruin Christmas.. Happy holidays to all and big big ((((hugs)))

sas-schatzi

Love and hugs to all here, may the joys of our beliefs envelope us and make us whole. After the fire burns all the bad stuff. Let's join around the sweet fire. Marshmallows, fruit, wine, cheese,chocolate and?????????sassy

scuttlers

Ice Wine!

Joan811

Checking in to wish my sisters Merry Christmas.
This is a time when I burn candles every night....when a sister is in need I burn a candle to remind me to pray....so this time of year I think often about those who have uncertainty in their lives.  or pain.   or fear.   or suffering.
May the blessings of the Holiday Seasons bring healing to body and soul for each of you.
Love and warm wishes,
Joan811

FireKracker

MIA----thats me...no puter but plenty to throw into the fire....

Bronchitis,pneumonia,short of breath & starting the new year with a drs.appt on the 2nd.of jan.grrrrrrr.

Belated Merry christmas to my favorite sistas along with a Happy and Healthy new year.

Lets burn 2012...ok? It suked anyway!!!!!

Linda-n3

Granny, yes, I am ready to burn MOST of 2012, but there are a few moments of grace that I want to keep forever.  I woke up this morning thinking "what can I do today to make DH happy?" - first time I have NOT awakened with the thought of "oh, crap, I'm still here..." for over a year, maybe two. Major pain flare has made my last couple of days less than pleasant, but I got my Christmas cards out today!!! (first time since BC diagnosis in 2010 - no cards that year, none last year - I AM MAKING PROGRESS!!!! HOORAY!!!)

Let's see if we can get some fireworks and champagne ready for New Year's eve....

Anonymous

Not everything was bad in 2012 Grannydukes. That's when we met. Let's keep those days as good days and out of the fire.

FireKracker

Oh Veggy...yes thats when we met.....and it was wonderful...probably the only good thing that happened in the entire year.I remember it like it was yesterday!!!!!!!Im gonna look at those pics we took.

Linda----progress in the makin with you sending out those Christmas cards.....good for you.

Still want to have that fire??????I do...Dont have much in the house as far as goodies but i do have some....Ill start with some dark chocolate with blueberries inside...yummy!!!!!!!

I have tons of lighters too.

Bring it on sistas.huggggggggggs everyone K

badger

hi all, was on vacay over Christmas, but here with you in spirit by the sweet fire.

Linda, I like what you called it, the gentle warming fire of friendship. 

Nice to get away and great to see family but good to be home.

Throwing in a big bag of holiday goodies that DH forgot to take to his mom's.    Maybe if I throw it into the fire, I won't chow down on Christmas pretzels for lunch.  

Hubby is working NYE and I'm not going out so happy to hoist a glass (or two) here.  Did someone mention fireworks? 

Wishing all of you a healthy and Happy New Year!  ((hugs))

FireKracker

Is this the thread that wants to change the color from pink to red???????????????

This is one of many shirts that one of the sistas sold and made.....

sas-schatzi

Hello dear friends, Wishing you a GREAT NEW YEAR. See you around the sweet fire tonite! L&H&P's sheila

Gingerbrew

Thank you SHiela. 

I also wish you all a wonderful New Year along with all of the traditions you wish to continue.  hah, mine has evolved into hoping to find a good movie, eating popcorn with DH and switiching channels to see NewYear somewhere in the world. I have never been in a public place for NYE except at WDW Boardwalk Hotel in the year 2000. Good fireworks there for sure. For now I am content at home on NYE. 

Love to yu all 

Ginger

Wren44

Today is my wedding anniversary. We went out to a little Italian restaurant last night for a wonderful dinner. DH plays in a samba band and they have a gig tonight. We're going to do something special later....maybe ride the new ferris wheel downtown.

sas-schatzi

Wren Happy Anniversary, and many many more,each is such a blessing! sassy

ridergirl

Wren Happy Anniversary what a cool date to have, always a party going on somewhere. Riding the ferris wheel sounds like a great way to start the year. HAve fun!

ptdreamers

FireKracker

Happy and healthy new year sistas.

Ginger----missed you!

hugggggggggs everyone Grannydukes

jo1955

Wren - Happy Anniversary.  What a wonderful day to celebrate.

I know I don't post much anymore but do read everyday.  Work has me so busy these days and am finally feeling up to the task of what each new day brings.  

Wishing everyone a Happy, Safe and Healthy New Year.  

badger

Happy Anniversary, Wren!  What a fun way to celebrate.

DH has to work as usual on NYE so I'm sipping a lovely glass of Prairie Fume from Wollerscheim Winery.  First toast is to Marybe because she loved this wine.  Second toast is to us all - HNY!

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Wren44

Happy New Year! Let's celebrate all the good things in our lives, including our friendships on BCO.

sas-schatzi

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Listening to Blues just hittin' the keys, like i could play LOL. Great night. Dinner for 8. blending DBF's and my friends. A first for us two. Loads of laughin'.

Sweeeeeeet, way sweet. The fires sweet ladies, feet a dancing, the sparks a flying.

The fires a dancing, bang a spat and a spurt.

In NYC Paul sang "Hey Jude". Need to come back in this b/c his Mom died of I think BC and he wrote this for her.--------If someone knows right away

voraciousreader

Happy New Year.... Let's get this new year started because WE ARE THE GODDESSES!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb6gWn9FFuo

Linda-n3

Spent New Year's Eve watching Season 3 of The Big Bang Theory, laughing out loud, intermittently snoozing, watching the neighbor's fireworks (love it when someone else is sharing the beauty of fireworks with the neighborhood!), waking at 12:15 to share a sip of sparkling wine with DH. Slept until 10 this morning! And I LOVE that I have absolutely NOTHING on the agenda today except what I WANT to do, it's a HOLIDAY!!!! And not one that has a big family meal associated with it!



May 2013 be filled with lovingkindness, moments of peace, joy, and happiness for each of us. May we be free from pain and fear. May we come here often to share that warming fire in friendship, and toss in anything else into the big bonfire that just doesn't belong with the positive stuff I just wished for.



Yes, WE ARE THE GODDESSES!!!!!

jo1955

VR - WE ARE THE GODDESSES!!!!  This is going to be a great year for all of us!  Positive thinking.

Linda-n3

SAS, here is a link about Paul McCartney's mother:



http://www.beatlesbible.com/1956/10/31/paul-mccartneys-mother-mary-dies/



His wife, Linda, also died of breast cancer after 30 years of marriage.



But "Hey, Jude" was not written for either of them - it is pretty controversial, maybe written by both Lennon and McCartney, maybe for son Julian, each thought it was for the other, some think for someone else, but NOT about his mother.



I still swoon when I hear some of their music, the old stuff and the new stuff.

voraciousreader

Paul's new wife, Nancy Shevell is also a breast cancer survivor AND so was her FORMER mother-in-law, whose funeral I attended. When it was mentioned at her funeral that she was a very long survivor, you could hear gasps from the mourners because few knew she was a survivor. Nancy's former husband, while serving as a legislator, funded a breast cancer center where survivors were offered services in a private, quaint setting.

Linda-n3

Wow! This BC affects so many women, it isn't really all that exclusive a club, is it? Very much an equal-opportunity disease that cuts across social, economic, ethnic, cultural, educational, and every other "category" that society defines. And I, just like so many others, just didn't want to see that ... ignored it .... even after my own mother was diagnosed, I learned very little ... she just handled it the way she has handled all of her life, which is to fight to win, loving everything about life and wanting more of it, not complaining... and she continues as a long-term survivor, and I think she was TN. Now I am learning more than I ever wanted to, and some days it is overwhelming. I am left wondering what I personally should do with this journey, and wishing I had the energy to actually do whatever it is I am supposed to do.

voraciousreader

Linda! You are supposed to treat yourself...like a goddess! There is no meaning to THIS journey. It's simply.... life ...and living and moving through each day and accepting and being gracious about the things in our lives we can't change...like wishing we could go back to a kind of life we enjoyed before the word cancer interrupted it. Come toast some marshmallows with me and we will enjoy the moment. The MOMENTS are really what the journey is all about...

sas-schatzi

VR , yes the moments, today, now........

Linda-n3

Thanks, VR. Yes, the moments are important. And yet, I have some lingering doubts in the back of my mind... I have always been in service and find it very difficult to NOT be in service to others. I know I cannot do the things I did in the past, so that leaves a bit of a void, and my brain just keeps coming back to those thoughts about meaning. I study a lot of theology now, and in fact, had started that study before BC diagnosis, so was already on a path of trying to find out "what it's all about." So I am reminded of the shaggy dog tale that my best friend in college told me:



A very wealthy young man wondered what life was truly all about. So he spent years, seeking out all the wise men he could find to ask them the deep question: "What's it all about?" and everyone that he talked with had a different answer, none of them quite what he was looking for. So he spent his entire fortune, all his youth, all his health, seeking the answer to this one question. Finally, near the end of his life, he heard about the wisest man on earth, and so he went on his last quest to find the man up on a very high mountain. He finally arrived, asked the great guru: "Oh, great guru, what's it all about?". And the great guru said: "Well, life is like a bowl of oatmeal..." and at this point the man started ranting and swearing and said "You mean to tell me that I have spent my entire life, my entire fortune, my health, and YOU TELL ME LIFE IS LIKE A BOWL OF OATMEAL???!!!!???" The guru calmly looked at him and said "Well, then, life is NOT like a bowl of oatmeal."



OK, I cracked up at this joke, crack up every time I hear it. I have told it to a lot of people, and I think only one other person laughed at it. So if you get it and laugh, you are one of the few. But I think I need to listen to the guru a little better some days.



Hugs.