LORD WON’T YOU BUY ME A MERCEDIZ BENZ ?
When I was a young rebel I washed my hair slung it over my head and air dried my way to a full natural frizz. I cut my blue jeans at the inner seams and sewed in by hand a triangle of tapestry cloth to create a skirt. I even crossed the desert in a canary yellow and sky blue Volkswagen Van, stopping at California Avocado stands for dinner. Then I had a child and everything changed.
MIDWEST POULTY PLANT, GUITARS, JANIS AND COFFEE HOUSES
I worked in a Poultry plant in the Midwest for 22 years to support a son, playing music and singing Janis Joplin songs on weekend stages to twanging guitars. You would also see me frequent the coffee houses in a black leotard, my hair piled on top, reading Tarot and Palms in the late 70's to 90's. I never forgot I was a Mom, and I never let myself go on Welfare. I was an Indigo that spoke in abstract concepts, and my creativity and intuition were my blessings. They have only soared with each year I have gotten older. A million tough times have risen, and every single one of them taught me a lesson.
I WILL NEVER BE LIKE YOU MOM!
My son grew up with drum sticks in his hand and graduated to suits and ties in the 90's. With my rebellious streak, he ran towards dreams of Wall Street “I will never be like you Mom! I will never let my children have the life I did!” When do these words not slash across your heart like glass? You do what you can to survive the tough times as a single Mom. He moved to Japan, came back with an Asian wife. Together they gifted me with two beautiful Asian/American grand kids. Now he works for an Herbal Industry promoting herbs in Oregon.....and, {smile} his son has long hair.
YOU ARE LIFTED IN A DIAMAND SPRAY TO NEW LIFE CHAPTERS
I still do not have a Mercedes Benz. But I remarried at 48 yrs old, have a half acre of sculpture gardens and have written 2 New Age books as well. I certified in Hypnotherapy so that my readings would take on a fuller dynamic. It doesn’t make me special, but I am constantly amazed at how life is like an ocean wave that surges down –down- down in dispair, and then rises to crescendo and PRESTO! You are lifted in a diamand spray to a new unexpected life chapter. I am loving being a wise Crone, and I am alive. Janis Joplin did not survive the tough times. But you will.
As the rainbow prisems cast lavender, blue and green on my walls, I am filled with light. I just wanted to share it with you. No matter how deep the tragedy of your life, no matter how much you want to throw up your hands and cry, you can, and will become a better and happier person. Put your cares in the hands of your Angels and there is nothing you can't accomplish. I am living proof.
Ann Marie also Co Hosts a Psychic Radio show called "The Brass Ovary"