Welcome To The House of Love

   My children and I have a good life together, we love each other very much.  I used to have a silly song I would sing throughout our house, basically it had one line.  

"Welcome to the house of Love, Welcome to the house of Lovvvvvvvvvvvvvve." 

 It grew on you once you heard it a hundred times.  

     My beginning years were filled with little peace or happiness.  My mother was busy struggling to survive with the four of us, my dad having moved out by the time I was a teenager.  My beloved mama and I are extremely close, always have been.  I love her dearly, although back then we didn't often have the presence of mind to express our feelings.   Thank goodness we are able to now.  My days of youth for myself and my 3 siblings were difficult ones, because of this we didn't always walk in harmony. 

     It amazes me to be in this beautiful circle of life.  To have a chance to heal from my past by creating a joyful existence with my children is a blessing I am entirely grateful for.  My home is filled with all the peace and love I missed as a child, more so than I could have possibly imagined.  I know I am gifted to have such wonderful companions.  With very few minor skirmishes and differences of opinions, my children do not fight, nor do they treat each other, or anybody else, with anything less than kindness and respect.   In many ways we are all growing up together.  I am happily reliving my youth.   

     I have come to realize for every time I choose to treat my children with patience and love, I am healed.  For every time I choose to be frustrated or reactive, I learn to forgive, myself, and others.   There is one thing I know for sure, not everything is black and white.  My parents did the best they could at the time, based on the lessons imprinted on them by their own childhood history.  We are all here to grow, both on a personal level, and just as importantly, on an invisible yet finely tuned Spiritual plane, we are all connected.

     Though responsible for our own actions, I believe my ability to heal and forgive will contribute to the greater good of all my relations.  Past, present and future. The house of Love in which I live, permeates myself and my children, hopefully spreading outwardly in other miraculous circles.
Looking back at the little girl I once was is easier from my new perspective.  I am thankful for my parents, my brother and sisters.  I wouldn't be the person I am now if it wasn't for the Love and Beauty in all of us, even if we weren't able to express it so easily back then.  The spark was there within each of our hearts, giving us a chance to rewrite what was needed, to create who we have now become.  I wish for my children a continuation of the same.
Love heals all things.  Extending forever forward and as far back as our Spirits can remember,
 there is no expiration date for Beauty.
Carrying within us the seeds of despair, passed on by those who came before us, can be a gift if only we would recognize our ability to transform this legacy into something greater than before.  Each generation has a chance to replant gardens from the past, beginning with the healing power of intentions, blossoming under the light of hope for our present and future days.
Been awhile since I sang my song, I am thinking I might start singing it to my children once again.
After all, it's up to them to add another verse,
It was good enough I was able to think up the first line.
Happy Gardening
In Healing Love~
Raven