our journeys

dear friends and family,

days pass and become weeks and then months. it has been a month since i moved to guelph. and so many things happened. as i kinda watch the changes and events happening and shapening my life kind like a observer i feel relaxed and safe. i trust. sometimes that feeling is stringer sometimes not. i was honered to attend a memorial service for june gilbertson the woman i house sitted for. june and michael and her their daughter meggan went to ireland to see their relatives. june has cancer and while in ireland her health started to get worse and they decided to come home earlier. so i had to move out and over to mary-kate and her husband mike's place. mary-kate is their other daughter. while on the way over here june died on the airplane. half-way through heaven in the sky over ireland the counrty where she was born. i cycle closes. it was amazing to see and observe this family grief and at the same time celebrate her life. june touched so many lifes and all these lifes all these people came by or called or wrote as soon as they heart the news and shared their stories with june. it was very sad and there were many tears but at the same time that time was so full of love and passion for life and for june. last sunday was the memorial service and it was the most beautiful service i have ever attended. full of june, love, friendship and life. celebrating a woman's journey with all the people she has touched. and there were many. we cried and laughed together and it was so amazing. and so inspiring. it gave me another confirmation to lived this life, my life the way i like it and to the best i can do. i thought to myself i'd like to have people say the same thing at my memorial service. that i lived in community, shared, helped, inspired, hugged and loved. and embraced life and nature and the universe just like june. so my j in jewels or julia as my family knows me stands for june. as a loving reminder and to remember that i have a purpose.

so now i am house sitting for ben and christy as well as mary-kate and mike who are all living in the same house. they are all gone. ben and christy to ireland and mary0kate and mike on a canoe trip.

i am looking at different rooms at the moment and it is great as the whole community seems to try to help me find a spot i like. it is a challenge sometimes to remember to trust and simply surrender when these thoughts come up trying to convince me that i should have a room by now or it just won't work out. but it will. i will see another 2 tomorrow and i am emailing with another 2 people. i will be working saturday and sunday but will have off monday  and tuesday becuase rowan is also canoeing. so that gives me time to look at the different rooms.

how is my job? well, dishes seem to get dirty every time i enter the room and well they keep getting dirty until i leave the kitchen...;) i know my way around by now and also know the other people who are working there and they are fun. it is still very busy and i am not sure how long i will be doing that but we'll see. 

sending you all love and passion for this beautiful life we are all invited to live!

hakuna matata - that is for my friend jule who just started her time in africa. for a beautiful time there and an amazing experience!!

jewels