NEW YEAR LETTER

dear ones,

(keep in mind the name of this blog, "dreaming in real time", as you read this)...
mom's firefly spirit flutters more wildly and happily than ever before...around us all!

i received wonderful e-mails from many of you about burning candles for mom, me, and our family. THANK YOU. and listen to this...

dad, aimee, hannah and i just watched "shark boy and lava girl". granted, it's a sort of chaotically-animated kids' movie. but it had a strong message. it was all about dreams...and making them real. the protagonist in the story, a 4th grader named max, has dreamed up these characters...and the adults in his life are telling him to stop dreaming, so he must go to "planet drool" - where all of his dreams live - and save that world from being eaten by darkness. shark boy is king of the ocean. lava girl can shoot FIRE out of her hands. at the end of the movie, it is revealed that lava girl's identity, is LIGHT. simply and profoundly, she is the LIGHT of dreams.

mom always talked about LIGHT. the all-powerful source of LIGHT. the LIGHT within all of our hearts. the christ LIGHT. the LIGHT of the spirit body. now, out-of-the-flesh, she lives truly as LIGHT.

after the movie, we went into the kitchen to make some popcorn. we realized that the candle dad had lit for mom yesterday was still burning. it is a jewish candle, made specifically to burn in honor of someone who has passed...and made to burn for 24 hours. it says so on the side of the jar the candle sits in. what's interesting is that he lit the candle yesterday MORNING, at approximately 11:00 am. right now, it is 9:00 pm! so, as of now, she's going on 34 hours. WOW!

one more thing...
i just "happened" to be researching the chakras yesterday, specifically because i wanted to find out what chakra included the liver. as the liver is where mom and i are so deeply connected, not only on emotional and spiritual levels, but in the physical plane as well! today, i put "3rd chakra" into an internet search engine, and the first site that came up on the list of many, i chose to explore. on the page, their was an image of a painting, called "3rd chakra DANCER"! it looked like something mom would have on her wall - absolutely. or even draw herself! it was a very colorful image of a dancer, with wild hair in zig zags sticking out from her head at every angle. and next to the image, it said:
"Listen!...FEEL the FIRE...release the passion of your own existence"!
it also said that the 3rd chakra is the center of intellect and personal power, giving us the ability to stay true to courage, integrity, and choice"...AND, its element...is FIRE!

is that an obvious message from mom or what!? i can just see the dream-like glaze of JOY in her eyes, and the beautiful smile across her face, as she says that very sentence. she still says it, to all of us! only now, she can not only tell us...she can show us that light too.

blessings everyone, and so much love,
liz