Now that I’ve grown up, I can find my loves in my family and friends…

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An upcoming obstacle requires a special skill from you in order to conquer it…
One that you may have long forgotten or not realized that you possess it…
The cards strongly indicate that you are destined to hone this skill or talent in the coming days and weeks to help you face an upcoming challenge that could greatly impact your future.
You are full of untapped potential and the skill you require is absolutely one you can achieve.
>> Tap one card to reveal the skill you’re destined to master
Think carefully about the card you draw and how it relates to the ability you’re meant to develop and how you must use it to your advantage.
Remember, mastery isn’t merely about learning; it’s about evolving, transforming, and becoming the best version of yourself. Embrace this journey with curiosity and an open heart.
Many Blessings,
Jeremy and the Ten of Cups Moon Horoscope
The Ten of Cups shows that you’ve achieved a point of maturity, a point of completeness, and it’s time to lean on your family and loved ones for support. You can get the help you need right now.
This card predicts joyful occasions with your loved ones, like family reunions. There’s no need to be concerned about the result of any scheduled events; they’ll turn out better than expected. In terms of relationships, it was love that brought these people together, and it will also keep them together. In the end, it’s all about love.
If the Ten of Cups appears in your spread, you may anticipate success and the accomplishment of a long-term objective. This card, like the others in the Cups, has emotional overtones. If there has been a split, it may indicate the mending of bridges between friends or family members you were previously close to. It also signifies alignment, and you may discover that it represents the resolution of your inner emotional struggle. It makes you happy, and you’re in a better position to help others in your life while you’re in this enhanced condition. When it comes to marriage, it generally refers to long-term emotional ties.
Many individuals yearn for a family they can name their own. They travel great places and work long hours to find a suitable spouse and give birth to children. Why? They are looking for a sense of serenity and pleasure that they have been told can only come through having one’s own family. They mature emotionally as a result of parenting their own family. We all feel a certain kind of pleasure when we spend time with our loved ones – whether it’s family or friends, we like the sensation we receive when we’re with them. We have a sense of calm, wealth, and immunity to the world’s problems. We strive to overcome petty emotions and quarrels to enjoy each other’s company while it lasts. The energy of the Ten of Cups is this

A rainbow of cups stretched over the top of a farm, complete with lush greenery and sparkling streams. A family stands on the ground well below the rainbow, joyfully enjoying the rainbow. The husband and wife embrace one other, arms outstretched in amazement and gratitude. The two youngsters dance about in a fun manner, obviously as pleased as their parents.
The Ten of Cups completes the cups suite by bringing us to the conclusion of an emotional “roller coaster” and resting on a sense of well-being. This card represents emotional completeness – not feeling as though a piece of our emotional self is missing. We have a sense of belonging, of being complete, and of being joyful. This card indicates that you are experiencing, or have the potential to experience, this level of emotional fulfillment.
Who Knew Growing Up Could Feel This Good?
This card also represents all good emotions, particularly love. This card, as well as our everyday life, is full of joy, pleasure, and harmony. The Ten of Cups may be urging you to spread more pleasure and happiness in your life in whatever way you can. When you encounter this card in your readings, cultivate an optimistic mindset!
When you view this card, think about a few important questions. What brings you joy? Should you be content? Could it be you? When was the last time you felt completely at ease? Why? Do you believe that happiness is within your grasp right now? Are you able to follow your passion? How do you feel about the people in your life? Would you be in a better place if you spent more time with them?
What Ten of Cups Means for You Today
The Ten of Cups has appeared today to indicate that you have achieved some kind of transformation in your emotional world. While this often is coupled with some kind of happy circumstance in your life like a new relationship, this card points toward the emotional experience more than the event it is attached to. If you have been dealing with a particularly difficult emotional cycle in your life, this card is a sign that you will transcend these difficulties and begin a new chapter in your life.

in Old October, all things on earth point home…

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Thomas Wolfe wrote, “All things on earth point home in old October; sailors to sea, travellers to walls and fences, hunters to field and hollow and the long voice of the hounds, the lover to the love he has forsaken.

Especially those in the military long for the peaceful fire of the hearth and family

My Father Was a Young Man Then


by Maria Mazziotti Gillan

Only 16, when he came from Italy alone,


moved into the Riverside neighborhood


full of Italians from Cilento—all of whom


 spoke the same dialect, so it was as though


they had transported those mountain villagers

to Paterson. At first, America was terrifying,


English, a language they could not master,


but my father was a young man


and he became friends with other young people


and they learned how to take buses and trains


or to borrow a car, and off they’d go


on the weekend to Rye Brook or Coney Island,


free from their factory jobs on the weekends,


reveling in the strength of their bodies,


the laughter and music and the company.

My father was a young man then,


and even when he died at 92

he never lost the happiness


that bubbled up in him,


the irrepressible joy of being alive,


the love of being with friends.

I imagine him in that time


before he married my mother,


before we were born,


before he had a tumor on his spine


that left him with a limp.


Imagine him with his broad smile,


his booming laugh, his generous spirit,


his sharp intelligence,


imagine him as a young man,


his head full of dreams,


his love of politics and math,


all the way into old age,


though his legs failed him,


though his body grew trembling and frail,


his mind never did.

When I’d arrive at the house


all those years after mom died, he’d smile
 at me with real pleasure,


the young man he was at 16 would emerge,


sit in the room with us


and laugh.
 
“My Father Was a Young Man Then” by Maria Mazziotti Gillan from What Blooms in Winter. © NYQ Books, 2016. Reprinted with permission.

quandary…

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Jeanne’s latest book with her caught in the chaos of sticking to priorities

 

A quandary sent to my pastor this am in response to her text for Sunday’s sermon:

Hi my favorite priest!

Every day I look forward to your sacred communiques!

And I have to prioritize:
1 Do I do a hand calligraphy of the sacred scripture to frame and give away? or
2 Do I meditate further on the proper of the Sunday Mass as presented with music, video, text and divine inspiration? or
3 Do I attend to an endless list of medical follow ups for both Don and I? or  
4 Do laundry, vacuum, shop for groceries, cook or attend to household chores? or
5 Do I face-time my grown children, sister, brothers, vulnerable neighbors and friends, and grandchildren?

Sometimes the pandemic cuts through with immediate needs.
Do we have the correct masks?
Is planting flowers for mother’s day an essential task?

You make the scripture louder than everything else as it should be.

Thank you for your holy touch.
Jeanne

Riddle#30 “Fat”

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The limits of my language are the limits of my mind. All I know is what I have words for.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

Two days ago, my 4 year old grand-daughter tried calling me: “BIG FAT NANA”
HERE are the words I allow:
goddess
rubenesque
mama-jama
large-and-in-charge
opera sized diva
luxurious

In the car on the drive home we wrote this jingle:
Body size not here nor there
Names are bubbles in the air;
Pop them and they disappear!
Skip along with friends held dear.

Wonder how long the campaign to substitute the word will take?

Good News Waterfall

Under the waterfall

Cascade of the Good News
(Romans 5:1-11)

faith
promises
peace
joyfully look forward
become all
rejoice
problems make us patient
develop strength
trust
make hope strong and steady
let us hold our heads high
bring warm love
the spirit fills us
god sends christ
blesses his friends
lives within us
new relationship
friends of god
creator
redeemer
sanctifier

Different Strokes

Different Strokes

Some friends wait inside the nest
Weaving grass and twigs for young;
While others hunt and gather food
And flap their wings and scolding tongue!

Together they create a home
A welcome mat for all:
The tired, lost and wasted birds
Who learn to fly and call:

Tweet tweet
Quack quack
Whooo whooo
Love you!

Jeanne Poland
7/13/12

Then and Now

Quenby and Owen collaborate.

 

Oliver Smiles & Annika Frowns

Annika and Oliver Collaborate

Then and Now

Dimple smiles.
Forehead frowns.
Comedy
Drama
Evolve.

Thirty years later…

Dimple smiles.
Forehead frowns.
Comedy
Drama
Evolve.

All rights.
Jeanne 4/2012