Hello everyone,
About a week or so, after Al's "Adventures" of coming and going (rather 'Going and Coming back') I began to feel unwell... My 'Inner Therapist' concluded, that I was releasing the tension, stress and heart -acex, I must have been suppressing, when my 'Beloved husband', of so many years, was insisting on 'Moving Away', then changed his mind and came back home, Ten days later... Usually, I stay calm and strong, during times off crises; however, after the crisis is over, I would often release the stress through a 'Cold' , which may turn into wheezing and coughing... I have learned that certain parts of our body are 'In-charge' of different emotional pain: The Liver stores Anger, the Kidneys Fear, and the Lungs deal with Grief... (check Luise Hay for more) I assume, that in-spite of my 'calm reaction', to the latest 'Adventure' with Al, I must have suppressed painful emotions of old Rejections of Fear, Loneliness and others; which are now, behind these Symptoms...
For over a week I was in and out of bed, exhausted by Relentless Cough.. Uasualy I try to transform the problem from "Bad" to "Good", by telling myself, am going through a "Deep "Cleansing"... This time, in order to get ready for the Move to the 5th Dimension... But regardless to the 'Positive Meaning' I gave my illness : "I am clearing old toxic emotions!" I was exhausted; bouth Physically and Emotionally and was 'to drained', to care about missing the Parties and Merriment, of the the up coming Christmas and 'Hanuka'... I didn't even care, that for the first time in years, our group of friends was going to celebrate our traditional NewYear's Pajama Party ("My brain child!") without me... On the Shores of the 5D. All I wanted, was to feel better... However, just as I started to get well enough, to go out and sit in our beloved garden; the 'Smoke' from the near by, devastating Skirball Fire, over the hill, brought my wheezing. back..
In my post Chaos and Transformation, I shared
information I received, from the January issue of 'The Cosmic Times', regarding the changes, we have been going through, during December and January... We were reminded, that during this period we have been going through Intense Rewiring, in order to be able to function properly in the upcoming 5D...x(fifth dimension). According to the 'Council of the 'Ascendant Masters', during this time we needed and still do; A lot of sleep... Could the reason I
became so ill, is the fact that I had to go through this 'Strange and Mysterious Rewiring?' Was it just a Coincident, that the 'Respiratory Infection', would take
place, exactly during the dates, mentioned in the Cosmic Times, one Month Later?... "A Coincidence', is God's way of remaining anonymous" We are told...
As I started to recover, I began to experience an unfamiliar emotion of "Feeling sorry for myself '' realizing it has been a very long
time, since I traveled... It was unusual, for such a 'Restless Gemini Traveler" like me, to Stay Put in one place for a long time! I went to our "Home Library" Pulled out seven huge heavy photo albums and took them to bed with me... I was looking at the photos of all the trips and cruises
around the world, which I did by myself, as a single woman and later, with Al and Karen, as well as with friends and as Karen grew up; just the two of us. Some of the photos were taken, when I went with my dear friend Annie, to her Vacation Home in Mexico...
For the past thirty five years, Al has been fondly calling our friend Annie:"Anna Banana". Ann, who declaring time and again, that she "Does not believe in the existence of God!"came to California from England (actually from Wales) over forty years ago... I used to joke with her, that she and I are kind of 'Related'; I am partially British, since Israel was under the British Mandate in 1943, when I was born to prove it, I showed her my Birth Certificate, stamped with the name of 'His Majesty King George V'
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| Sunset behind the mountains |
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| Sunrise over the sea |
Around 2007, Annie decided to build her dream 'Vacation House ' in Mexico, next to the Sea of Cortez; a small
fishermen village named San Felip... I traveled with her several times befor, in order to lend her a helping hand, as well emotional support she may need during the stressful and exciting 'Pregnancy' and later the 'Birth' of the 'Pink Casa'(home) which took over two years of hard work, as well as frustrations and heartaches to completed and it was worth it!
Anne and I spen days 'full of fun' in her lovely house... We walked by the sea, collecting shells and relaxing at home. Playing cards, board games and listening to operas, classical music and the Beetles... We read, talked about our childhood in England and Israel, analyzed, laughed a lot and simply enjoyed each other's company! Annie loves to cook (which was never one of my talents...) so I took upon myself the job of washing and drying the dishes, since one never know in Mexico; when the electricity may be cut off and the 'Washing Machine," would be useless..When Anne invited me to come with her to Mexico I was thrilled and accepted her invitation right away! Since I love Anne and Mexico!
Talking about dish washers... I would like to share with you, dear readers, a 'caricature, which I have once seen in the Los Angeles Times; of a grandfather and grandson, having a conversation: "You know Tommy" Grandfather says, "When I was your age, we didn't have a dishwasher!" "Ho, no!" Tommy exclaims. "Did you have to eat from dirty dishes Grandpa?!" Anni did have a dish washer...
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| The Casa | Annie in her living room | Annie's bedroom |
My friend and I established a 'Routine'... After waking up, I would take a walk, while Anni was preparing one of her"Yummy Breakfasts", forcing me to get off the "New Crazy Diet" I was on at the time and made sure, I was eating "Everything" she put on my plate... Later we would spend a few hours at the Beach, swimming and getting a "Nice Ten" and go back to her 'Casa' (home) as the sun became Too Hot... We would then X"Must Have" cold drinks and a light lunch, before the "Seasta" (Afternoon nap) We visited the colorful open market in town, accepted invitations to dine with Annie's American and Canadian neighbors' and invited them to come the following day, to Dine at Annie's table...
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| The old table | Breakfast | Dinner |
This table's top, used to be a massive Door of someone's house, a few hundreds years before! It was very heavy, made out of Mesquite Wood and still had the 'Rusty old key, in the door's lock...Annie is a Gracious Hostess and as I was saying before, always had a passion for cooking! The results are healthy delicious dishes, which are also pretty to look at... Everyone loves Anni! She has a sunny personality and radiates Joy of Life... She is also generous, helpful and comforting to friends (and strangers... Her love of people, children, animals and nature, is Contagious! Annie is also very direct and says it as it is! A quality I share with her...
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| My grown namesake "Shira Bougainvillea" |
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| Souvenir shop |
A few years before the visit, I bought in a local nursery (as a house warming gifts) several plants for Annie's' lovely garden Among them a small bougainvillea plant and had her promise to name it after me... I got the idea from one of my favorite movies, Mrs. Miniver, where the main character, has a Rose named after her... Another gift, was a special poem I wrote which describing all the Trails and Tribulations, Anni went through, before her house was completed... The two of us hung the framed poem on one of the white-washed walls of the living room, read it out loud and ceremoniously shook hands!
Every evening, as if we were participating in a 'Sacred ritual', Anni and I would climb up the stairs to the open roof and sit on one of the Cushions, which covered a few stone benches. I had a glass of a mild white wine, while Annie drank something stronger; Margarita with a touch of salt, from the Sea of Cortez around the top of the glass... She named this drink "Mexican Penicillin"...
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| Stairs to the sky | The roof | "Mexican Penicillin" |
The two of us, were enjoying the feel of the breeze, caressing our face and watched with renewed awe how the sun, which was setting over the mountain range, on the opposite side of the sea; was painting the sky with soft pastel colors... When it became dark, millions of bright shiny stars, began to appear on the tapestry, of the dark velvet sky, a sight we can Never see in the 'Urban sky of Los Angeles...
I will end this post with the poem, I have written for dear Anna Banana...
your cooking is voted 'The best among Mostess!'
Wine, candles and flowers, your love, warmth and laughter
would linger with us, like perfume for days after...
To build "Lan-Y-More" was l'ets say "an adventure"
with villains, some heroes and unique architecture...
finally now, the Casa is ready,blushing and beaming
By the Sea of Cortez it opens the gates
to welcome inside your friends as its guests
Since Atheists shrug off the "God" from above
allow Me to bless you with joy and with love
May you never again experience frustrations
due to ceilings which leak or weak foundations
May the time in the pink house be blissfully true
and I wish to be there, celebrating with you
We shall cook, eat, and drink; talk to no end
and pick up some shells as we walk on the sand
Together we'll gaze at the starts in the sky friendship we share, you and I
With Love and Light,
Shira
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