My Fearless and Fabulous Life

Dear Mom

     For Mother’s Day this year I thought that I would dedicate my blog to you. I know that it took us a long time to be where we are today in our relationship, but the important thing is that we found our way. If you would have asked me many years ago if I could have imagined us being close like we are now I would have definitely said no. I guess our most important relationships take the most work so that we appreciate them more.      

     You are one of the strongest people that I know. I know I get my looks from you, but I am so grateful that I got my strength from you. I don’t know if I could have held myself up the last few years without having learned from you that it is possible to get through anything life throws at you.    

      I don’t know where I would be in my life if I didn’t have you for my Mom. There is nothing important that happens in my life that I don’t immediately want to share with you. When something bad happens, you are the person that I seek comfort from. I know that I don’t tell you often enough how much you mean to me, or how incredible that I think you are. So this Mother’s Day I am telling not just you, but the whole world.    

      I am proud to be the daughter of Sherry Jean Rogers. You are an amazing woman that I am proud to not only call my mother, but my best friend. I can’t imagine a life without you in it. I know that you and I don’t say it often, but Mom I hope you know how loved you are. You mean more to me that you will ever know.      

     Thank you for my love of flowers and plants. Thank you for my music addiction. Thank you for teaching me to be kind. Thank you for my love of old movies. Thank you for walking the path of self discovery with me. Thank you for always supporting me, and cheering me on. Thank you for always (even when you think I’m crazy or wrong) loving me. Thank you for being my Mom, so that I knew how to be one. Happy Mother’s Day.

 Love, 

Jeannie

Getting Tribal

 The third Saturday of the month is quickly becoming a favorite day. It's the day that a local event called Ignite the Light is held in Tempe, Arizona every month. This event is held at the Southwest Institute of Healing Arts and is hosted by Nacho Verdugo. It's where great souls come together to chant, meditate, move and let go. My two daughters (Ashton and Alyssa) and I wait all month to go out and get a little tribal with Ignite the Light.     

     I can't begin to tell you the releasing that is done on the dance floor, where everyone is dancing like they're in their bedroom alone and no one is watching. It's a complete group letting go of inhibitions where you don't realize you're not alone until you bump into someone on the dance floor. Then you smile, dance with each other for a moment and go back into your own little world.   

     I think the best part for me is to watch my daughters both drop everything at the door, and let the music and movement carry them away. You get to a space where you don't even remember what was in the bags of stress from the prior month that you packed in there on your shoulders. This is a wonderful space to find while you are surrounded by people that you love.     

    So the third Saturday of next month you all know where to find me. I'll be the hot mom with her two beautiful daughters on the dance floor getting tribal. Come down if you can...if not turn on your favorite dance music in your living room and get tribal by yourself !! There is nothing like moving your body to music to shake the whole world off for awhile.