Danielle Renee Murphy

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She's Back - Happy Bea Day! Please accept my humble apologies for the loss of my website and content since November. It has been a painful season, but one of renewal, as always. My smile is slowly returning to my face.

“I invite you to embrace the Crone stage from the moment you experience your first hot flash otherwise known as a power surge.
Menarche or the onset of menstruation is recognised by a special ceremony for the young girl in which she is admitted to the circle of women . . .
And now at the other end of the spectrum, it was believed that when a woman stopped menstruating, she kept her wise blood inside her and increased her wisdom. Elderwomen were, therefore, revered and honoured. The Croning Ceremony aims to provide a ritualized acknowledgement and celebration of a woman’s move forward into her Cronehood and wisdom. It doesn’t matter whether you have only just started the menopause or whether it happened several years ago: what matters is that you want to mark this rite of passage.”

~ Amanda Tarling and Liz James © 2021 Ceremonies: Marking the Moments that Matter - WordPress Theme by Kadence Themes

Art: Keri Manning-Dedman, “Yoni of the Thirteen Moons”
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Tanya Markul, Author 🌹

Some days you have no choice but to drive into the storm. Thankfully, I have made a career out of it. 💜

September is Su***de Awareness Month.

Happy 9/19 Two years ago today I chose to live. After the devastating end to my (gulp) third marriage on July 30, 2021, I slid down the slippery slope of suicidality in a way I’ve never before experienced and hope to never again. I...

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https://daniellereneemurphy.com/f/through-the-rearview-mirror

Through the Rearview Mirror It has been a week of activation of my nervous system. It was the two- year anniversary of my week from hell, and my nervous system has felt the looming heaviness the entire month of July. I am on high alert at all time...

"Oh, there's no time to lose," I heard her say. "You gotta catch your dreams before they run away." ~ Ruby Tuesday by The Rolling Stones

Celebrating I didn't realize it had been nearly three months since I had written. What an enigma this thing called time is. I am happy to report, however, especially after reading my last post one more time before writing today...

the next time
you refuse to sing
because you’ll never
fill a stadium
or decline the joy of dance
for fear of looking
ridiculous
or you resist risking
the new adventure
because you’re
not entirely ready or
you dim your shine
because you’re not
completely healed and whole

the next time
you hold yourself suspect
because you’re not
entirely qualified

just remember

a bird doesn’t sing
because it’s talented
a bird sings because
it has a song

the moon doesn’t only shine
when it’s whole
it can show up with
a single sliver of itself
and still light an entire
night sky

show up. sing. shine.
the world needs you
as you are.

~ © Angi Sullins : www.AngiSullins.com

[Image: Rekha Garton Photography]