Beauty and the Beat of our Hearts!

So there we were, thinking we had it all figured out!

And many people would say they usually do,

I suppose you could say we learned a great deal that summer.

So I guess you could say this is the story of who we are, why we are, what we are, and what we are going to be. 

This is the story of us.... in a blog post.

So read it and weep...

But only happy tears please, we love you!

First in the picture (haha pun)...

was my dear sister Cha Cha.

She was adopted into the family freshman year of college.

I went to Columbia College of SC as an honors student for freshman year.

I was a journalism and english major. Eek!

She lived down the hall from me, saved me from certain disaster during tussles with roommates, 

suitemates, and everyone else in the college! When she found out about me and what I was about,

she was exceedingly tolerant, exceedingly understanding, and even a bit curious.

We had many situations with spirits in our building, such as "Angry Alice," the Civil War Spirits

from the battle area down the street, and some very angry 1950's "You ladies go get married" types.

Needless to say she got immersed without her consent, almost, and before you know it, 

she was living with us in Prosperity, SC!! Cha and I had our fights, our ups, and our downs, but she has been the best sister ever. We made it through everything from Divorce to being broke, to jail scares, to relationship problems. She became our grounding force in our coven of sorts and was initiated in the first Summer she lived here. 

In the midst of Hell and High water,

I moved here for college, back home with my mother.

And I chose to go to college here:

Newberry College became my new home of academia for the next 2 (and 

verging on 3 with the next semesters) years! I changed my major to History

and started picking up books that truly expanded my knowledge

exponentially! My professors introduced me to literature by such great

minds as Carlo Ginzburg so I may learn the history of religion, spirituality,

and persecution. It was here during lunch one day, I met this guy:

(And this is the actual table)

He apparently thought I looked just his brand of weird.

So we got to know each other.

The rest is history.

But I love history. So I'll tell it. ;)

He moved in, we got MM off the ground and we expanded

ourselves to a great degree. We really embraced our life as 

family. We grew a lot together. He was and still is a practicioner

of Nichiren Buddhism, but also expanded into pagan, pantheistic,

and magickal practices. He learned about drawing circles, growth 

in the magickal forum, and the idea of creation in different ways.

So then, we were a family. Inseparable. (:

Things changed, he moved out,

and we all lost touch for a little while.

Cha Cha was still living with me, but we

didn't talk to Curtis much. Wild things happened

and out of necessity, we came back together.

Because it was meant to be.

And we didn't question it. 

So yeah. That worked out. 

And here we are, being stupid, doing silly things

because they make us HAPPY. 

As well as all of those lovely spiritual things.

magickal menagerie brought us together,

 kept us together, and is giving us a legacy of good to give the world.

Our story has been kind of crazy with ups and downs, 

but we agree with Edward Sharpe.

We often tell each other

"Home is Wherever I'm With You."

 

 Even if that place is as frigid as Chicago in March.

YIKES.

So what's the plan from here on out?

Well.

Here is what we hope to do:

Move here ^

For at least 1 year.

 

Buy one of these:

 

Travel the States and take Magickal Menagerie

on tour! 

THEN!

Leave my baby at home with mom for awhile. (Butch the Parrot)

Then get our stuff together

and our funds together.....

and move

 Here.

and here.

and here.

and also here. (:

And who knows where else?

Then possibly go to graduate school after exploring ourselves!

That's most likely the plan! A PhD in History for me, and Masters of counseling for him!

Meanwhile Cha will go to school in the US and set up in a nice city and be a kick butt Psychologist!!

We will go where the world takes us.

And maybe when we are old, decrepit

and don't have the adventure left in us any more,

We will live here:

Or here.

Or maybe here.

Wherever we are, we will be happy, because

Always remember that.

You are gifted.

Never forget.

And we are here for you.

Our adventure may not be the same,

but we wish you blessings on yours.

 

And now we leave you with this picture of Curtis in Alien makeup hugging a cow.

 

Blessed be! <3