Thanksgiving Message

I’ll begin with a heartfelt thank you, for all you are and all you have spiritually evolved through, with me in this life journey. Together we’ve made it through ups and downs, uncertainties, losses and gains. We’ve built a community of caring, love and spiritual consciousness.

My wish is to bring you light, laughter and love, to show up and connect on a soul level.

As a healer,  I share life stories when I’m guided to do so. Today, on this Thanksgiving weekend, I am guided.  I continue to focus on what is desired, while  being open to any outcome, trusting the wisdom of the universe.  This is a small part of a story….

Last month one of my dearest friends received a heart transplant. She was ready. The miracle of loss and life came together in what seemed a short time. But it was actually entire lifetimes. This story affects the recipient, donor, family, friends, and everyone reading this article.

My friend went into this surgery with complete trust and surrender, surrounding herself with those bringing love, not fear into the picture. Earlier, waiting for her new heart I tuned into how important she is in my life, and how empty it would be without her in it. I wasn’t catasrophizing.  I was in the present moment living with what matters now.  I was able to tune into the importance of others in my life, and showing up with light and love. Of telling them how much they mean to me today.

The day of her surgery, I did my best to do ordinary, everyday things.  Always, she was in my heart and on my mind.  That day came and went.

The new heart is beating well.  But there are other complications that arose during the surgery.  She is currently blind because of limited blood flow to the brain during the surgery.  There is a slight possibility of this correcting itself. I believe it can and will. You are welcome to see this manifest with me.

When I first received the news that she couldn’t see, it didn’t sink in until about an hour later. This was not anything we talked about potentially happening. I was suddenly overwhelmed with intense sadness.  A familiar darkness began to swallow me as I allowed this reality to sink in.  I could feel the weight of depression arrive.  Even though the sun was shining,  the days were long, dark and empty.  I knew I needed to be here, to trust these feelings.

I kept tuning into what she might be experiencing, lying in a hospital bed, suddenly blind. Even though I’ve had the experience of having the rug pulled out from underneath me, I couldn’t imagine what it was like for her, and her family. All I had was my own feelings…

Her partner kept me up to date with daily texts. I allowed myself to receive each text with unexpected attachment. That wasn’t easy. You can imagine anticipating any kind of news, while always hoping for the best. I’m sure you have in some way experienced this yourself.

Then earlier this week the phone rang and I saw it was her partner. Imagine the joy when I heard her voice with its’ familiar melodic humour.  My heart exploded with joy. She was back!  I could hear her.

Then it dawned on me, in the midst of her recovery, she was reaching out to say hello. At some level she knew how much hearing from her meant to me. I was and am humbled in gratitude. I cry every time I recall this act of kindness knowing I am in the presence of a powerful, caring, empathic soul and healer.

Over the course of my spiritual journey I’ve learned not to ask “why”.  I’ve learned to ask what can I learn, and how can I serve humanity based on what I’ve learned.  My ego wants to hang onto this story and make it mine. But it’s not mine. It’s our story.  The pain or joy we each experience in our personal lives, even in reading this, is what connects us. We relate through our hearts.  We connect through our hearts. We connect through our stories, our lives.

I do not know what life will bring to me or you.  I do know we will get through it as spirit first when we open ourselves to this reality.  I know you are a light in my life and the lives of so many others you don’t even know about.  Maybe that recognition comes when we’re done with our earth walk.  For now, we must believe anything is possible.

Look into the life you are creating not with fear of loss, but with love of life. With gratitude and joy.  With the potential for all possibilties.

Be grateful for everything, as love is the core of all existence.

Light, Laughter and Love, Regina

PS.  Some of you will feel a deep desire to do something, anything, but will feel helpless. But it’s not helpless.  Reach out to those near you.  Tell them what they mean to you today.  Don’t worry if they think it’s weird. It sinks in….

Life isn’t short.  Life is what you make it.

Ocdtober 2023