Sage Silvermoon: From My Broom Closet

 As I sit here this morning with a cup of spicy ramen for breakfast, a cup of coffee, and an energy drink (Don't Judge Me LOL), I feel a pull to make some changes in my own life. I want to embrace a pescatarian diet. I don't like the idea of eating another living being. What about the fish though? What about the plants? They all have lives that are sacrificed for our survival. Has anyone else felt this way? Currently I thank our food while I am cooking it. I thank the plants, herbs, and meat for their sacrifice so I can cook for my family. The more I embrace who I am and what I believe the more I become awakened and aware of all the life around me. I can feel the energy that living things around me share with me. I have a big flower pot in my bedroom. I sat it on my nightstand and planted a hummingbird wildflower mix in it to place on the patio when spring arrives. Watching the seeds sprout and grow has brought me so much joy and brings life into the house during the Winter mon...

  My first time to celebrate Imbolc falls on a New Moon. Kinda follows my whole new moon, New me, new beginnings. I am celebrating by invoking Brigid, Spring cleaning (both physically and spiritually), making a Brigid Cross, doing a tarot reading for February, planting some seeds (flowers and trees), and of course a family feast. Imbolc in the new moon is a time for new beginnings. It is a symbol to me of the new path I have finally fully embraced. I ordered a Pagan Planner to help me as I navigate my path and try to remember important holidays and moon phases. If you are interested in getting the one I bought here is the link.  The Pagan Way Planner and Journal 2022: Media, Three Hares: 9798470658166: Amazon.com: Books  I love it and that it helps you set intentions for every month. It gives you a place to write what cards you drew for the month and the interpretation. Your goals for the month both personal and spiritual, and gives you different information for moon phas...

Where do I start?? Well, let me tell you about me I guess. Sage is not my given name, its my chosen name. I grew up in a deeply religious family, where their beliefs, are the only right ones. I realized from a fairly young age that I believed differently. That I was different from them. That being myself was something reserved for when I was alone. As a result I am still in the broom closet. Maybe one day I will find my strength or they will find acceptance, until then its safe here in the broom closet! I love my family. I would do anything for them and don't feel like arguing beliefs and causing (my worst fear) a seperation between me and them. Their beliefs work for them and that is great! However I feel we are all governed by our own beliefs and are drawn to our own paths. In my home my husband and children know that I am Pagan. I do spellwork, healings, blessings, dream readings, and sometimes even get small glimpses of future events. At 42 I am on a mission to heal myself and ...