Inauguration Day

Traveling Mercies, my dear friends.
I've not been sleeping much at night in anticipation for your visit.
I'll see in you in 2 days.
In Paris.
:)

first leg...

hello beauties,

i landed in washington d.c. this morning and it has been good for my spirit. of course i took a nap and then was greeted by 11 children, 15 adults ceviche, black beans and rice and babies everywhere. it's a bit of an excercise for me in excess. can i keep my wits about me in the face of organized chaos, babies, babies? food, people, love. i look around this household/commune and included are: 2 women from rwanda, one from the congo with her 3 daughters, a woman named patience with her 4 children, little boys, lourdes from bolivia with her daughter. all of it makes me grateful for how BIG the world is. i also feel grateful for this recent calamity in our lives. i love it as my own and the other thing that is good and tingly is the idea of embracing my adulthood. i believe that i have grown and allowed the challenges i faced as a youth leave me, it's no longer my story. i am creating a new story and it will continue in france.plus jen lemen, is here and open and giving and all is well.

I Love You Both and One Week From Today, You will be here For Me to Hug : )

from Jennifer Posada's Blog

Just when we think we’ve become very good at falling apart…it happens again, and more deeply than ever before. Something crumbles, or shatters, that we thought was foundational and would never fall. We find, day by day in these incredible times of shift on the planet, that nothing is foundational. There is only the ethereal essence of love, and it works in ways we don’t always consciously understand. So we fight it, until we have no fight left. And then we surrender…and it all falls together.

People are telling me they aren’t sleeping. Little is moving, and when it does it gets all twisted up…wires crossed, messages missent. Life and death are dancing around the unchanging. And now entering the scene…two upcoming eclipses on the new new and full moons. We are being prepared for the next level. It isn’t higher…it is deeper. Don’t try to do anything about falling apart. From what I can tell it can’t be helped. Just be aware that the best thing to do is let go and trust, because it will lead to a falling together. Not one you can plan, or arrange. The more you plan the more the sand will slip through your fingers right now, but as you let go things will suddenly arrange of their own accord. It is the miracle of ease we are just learning to adjust to. It is the natural way of things. They are supposed to just happen…and we are learning how to let them.

If you have been grasping and can’t seem to stop, never fear…you will eventually just run out of steam. Your muscles will tire, and let go…when you are ready. Look to your dreams. Get ready for unexpected gifts and surprises, and let the current carry you. It knows where you are going better than you do.

It is going to be more beautiful than we yet realize…here is to that beauty.

Love, Jennifer

17 days and counting....

Friend, our closeness is this:
Anywhere you put your foot, feel me
in the firmness under you. Rumi

this motherfucker's tryin to gank me!!!

YOUR TO-DO LIST (from Loreen)

* complete guest list with email addresses, street addresses & phone numbers.
* get a note book to organize and keep everything in.
* choose your date & find find your ceremony venue
* send out a "save the date" card or magnet
* choose invitations
* place to celebrate (reception)
* transportation to & from
* Officiant---who will put together your ceremony and perform it ?
* consult on vows
* readings, prayers, etc. for ceremonyc
* shade for ceremony, if outdoors.
* wedding coordinator
* wedding license....Santa Ana or Norwalk; also available in Catalina, M-TH by appt.
* rings
* registry---showers, bachlorette, wedding
* for the reception: decor, food, liquor, bar, coffee service, servers, champagne toast, area for cake or appetizers, area for gifts &
guest book, dance floor, lighting.....(if it’s a do-it-yourself wedding, don’t forget trash cans & liners, outside lighting, ashtrays,
extra people to serve & bus/clean-up, restrooms, a person to be in charge of the ‘timing’ of everything....a friend that will
coordinate that’s NOT in the wedding party).
* photographer
* music for guests arriving
* music for family entrance
* music for processional entrance
* music for brides entrance
* music for exit after ceremony
* music for entrance into reception
* dance lessons
* DJ/ Band
* first-dance song
* father/daughter dance song
* wedding party dance music
* dinner music
* special requests songs
* reception line
* money dance
* flowers: bride & bridesmaids, flower girl & boy, groom & groomsmen, Moms, Dads & Grandparents
* ceremony flowers; archway, gazebo or ceremony site.
* reception flowers: head table & centerpieces; special head table decor
* cake; possible cake flowers
* cake cutter & server
* table cameras
* seating arrangements....a must have !!
* party favors for each place setting or in a basket on guest book table
* guest book & pen
* hotel arrangements for out-of-towners; print & send in advance
* hotel arrangements for the newly married couple
* rehearsal dinner; should include all out-of-town guests.
* brides goodies --- gown, lingerie, gloves, veil, jewelry, make-up, hair, manicure & pedicure, shoes, purse, purse for money dance,
flowers, something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.
* clothing for the groomsmen; boutonnieres.....boutonnieres for the fathers ?
* bridesmaids/maid of honor: dress, shoes, jewelry, hair, nails, make-up & flowers
* attire for wedding night --- special lingerie ---remind your hubby too; he may want to get something special for himself. :)
* emergency sewing kit... safety pins, nail glue, clear nail polish, band-aids, hairspray, eye drops, mirror.
* gifts for the entire wedding party, including both the men & women.....
* wedding gift for your spouse
* gift table
* arrangements for gifts to get taken care of after reception--assign someone.
* breakfast or lunch for out-of-towners the day after the wedding to say final goodbyes.
* honeymoon arrangements.