Loving Completion

Just as we had done with the sale of Charlie's mother's home in Knoxville, TN, we held the intention of loving completion for the move from Mill Valley.  To us, Loving Completion meant putting all of our love, energy and effort into leaving in a way that was energetically clean so as to move forward into our new vision with as few "karmic strings" as possible.  It also meant preparing the house to welcome another family who will be renting from us.

In the midst of this, our beautiful friends Gary and Nirinjan Yee asked if we were holding a ceremony to complete our time here.  A ceremony? We looked at each other and realized that in all of the details of getting ready to go, we had not even considered this! But what a beautiful idea.  In the last remaining days - hours actually - we were only able to invite a few folks from the Bay area.  Cathy, a childhood friend of Stella's joined us from Vancouver by Skype.   However, the spirit of each of you was with us, by way of living in our hearts.

So on Monday evening after the furniture had left and the house was completely empty, a small, wonderful gathering of folks assembled, representing many aspects of our lives in the Bay area and beyond.

Nirinjan began with a welcome, holding a tourmaline crystal she had brought from her home.

Our Beautiful Crystal

She asked all those present to charge it with their well wishes and their personal energy.  So one by one, each person took the stone and spoke to us from their hearts, wishing us well, offering us courage, love, inspiration, and many other wonderful words.  With each person's well wishes, our hearts swelled and filled with emotion.  So many beautiful gifts were offered.  At the conclusion of the offerings, we were given the stone and a wonderful pouch to carry it on our journey.

We both knew that this was the intention of Loving Completion coming to a close.  We cannot thank everyone enough for the many gifts that were given that night and the many gifts each of you has offered for our journey in your emails and phone calls.  Here are a few photos - partial in the extreme -  sorry to everyone whose beautiful smiles and eyes are not here.   With all that was going on, we are afraid this is it!

The Circle is Forming

Nirinjan, Maureen, Gary

Michael, Gail, Charlie, Stella, Francis, Prue