Hello Sisters,
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The other day I was looking at flights for our gathering in September¡ and the familiar anger surfaced again. UGH¡ what a journey this has been.
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Stated simply:
A couple of years ago, I was angry at the costs of travel and the level of effort it takes to get there.
Then¡ it was my frustration around not having processed covid-times conflict, which led me to wanting to leave the group.
NOW¡ this time, I was like, ¡°wtf is this anger after all that deep work we did in April?!¡± The work we did felt like there was real healing¡ we did great ritual¡ lots
of connection and amazingness. I felt like we were a group of priestesses again. So¡?
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Jesus-fucking-christ.
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So- I¡¯ve been sitting with it. Thinking¡ feeling¡ talking¡ and here¡¯s something new that popped up. Basically-
I don¡¯t know why I¡¯m coming. Like- more deeply¡ why are we gathering? What¡¯s the purpose of us coming together?
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Maybe I¡¯m the only one that is unclear or the only one that cares about our why¡ but I have a request that we talk about this (our ¡°why¡± for gathering) during our business
time on Sunday.
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ALSO, in talking through some of this with Meggie a bit, we had a brainstorm about something I have a lot of interest in¡ that is this:
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Let¡¯s hire someone to facilitate us for the next two years¡ to take us through a 4-weekend program.
Basically, instead of us picking co-fo¡¯s every year from within our group, let¡¯s hire a ¡°fo¡± (or a co-fo) to facilitate two weekends a year for us. For example, she (the hired fo) would create the programming based on some guidelines¡ like, Friday and Saturday
facilitation; Sunday we do us. We mostly just frickin show-up.
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I know it¡¯s probably not as simple as I want it to be¡ like obviously this will cost money, and we¡¯d need to figure out the specifics around that. And maybe we won¡¯t
like what she brings to us¡ or maybe we all won¡¯t be able to attend the weekends and we¡¯d each still have to pay our share¡.
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I just know I don¡¯t want to co-fo (or so-fo) for a long time¡ and it doesn¡¯t seem like any of us are very interested in it¡ so this could potentially ¡°solve¡± that for
a couple years.
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Last thought about this for now is that I have someone in mind:
. She¡¯s really great! I¡¯ve recently worked with her a couple times in Shadow Work containers¡ she is a priestess¡ was on PP sisterhood for a few years. I know others of you have met/know
her. She¡¯s in NJ¡ so not super close to MA, but not as far away as me. I¡¯m not attached, but I wanted to offer a starting point.
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Okay! That¡¯s all I¡¯ve got for now. Thanks for reading. I hope you all are interested in discussing this at the weekend, too.
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With love,
Gretchen
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
On Behalf Of Abigail J
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2024 2:50 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Sacredsistersrising] September travel buddies?
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Hello!?
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I have been meaning to respond to this and life for ahead of me.?
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Anyone is welcome to stay with me in Watertown. I have a queen blow up mattress and an extra room.?
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My logistics with SSR weekend are unknown at the moment. This past year Alaric had a school program on Friday and Monday so that I could be free those days for the weekend and for rides.? This upcoming year, Alaric is not enrolled in
a program. Alfonso's mom is our flexible and available babysitter (I'm so lucky!!!) however she works weekdays. I haven't begun looking into options and might take the easy route, which is arrive late Friday night / Sat morning and leave sun night.?
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I apologize. I have a story that I'm not reliable and available for folks. And it is how my parent life is due to the many transitions I am still navigating - one being the flow for Alaric and I next year.??
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As things come up or I have a clearer idea, I will update everyone.?
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Abigail
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I can pick you up on Thurs at the airport Paige
I could actually pick some one else up at the airport
I have 3 rooms with single beds & one that is a Queen bed
I have the temple containers so room for one is available
Maybe Renting a Car or Van from one of the places down the street from where I live may be an option
I can check out how much it would cost?
On Monday, July 22, 2024 at 07:47:22 PM EDT, Noreen <wombcare@...> wrote:
Hi Sisters,
I just want to let you know that I won't be attending our next gathering. I will miss you all !!!
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Hi Jill-
10am and taking off Monday at 6:45 pm if that helps at all
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We could at least plan to get back to the airport together.
I am also curious about sharing rides if at all possible.
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Hi all, if you're traveling to SSR in September, or willing to pick up/drop off or keep me Thu night, would you please let me know? (Flight options are looking
dismal for Friday so I am thinking I might come Thursday--anyone want extra time with me? :) )
I would like to get a sense of who's coming and how long folks are staying...last time I left early Mon and had to take an Uber because no one else wanted to
leave for the airport early...it was fine, but I'd like to max out the sister time too so it would help to know what others' plans are.
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