snow moon transformation altar for the grandmothers and granddaughters

imbolc | candlemas | valentine's day

A white rabbit pelt from an estate sale in my Mother-in-Law's hometown, draped on boxes of thread passed down from my Grandmother to my Mother to Me.

Cowrie Shell Spell for What to Do With My Life, My Grandmother's Hat Pin, My Mother's Necklace, Twin Rose Quartz crystals from my chosen sister Erin.

A dried rose from Aly's garden in May. An old wasps nest, a dinosaur bone and a piece of Lake Pontchatrain sea glass, gifts from Ellery when she stayed with us last June. My grandmother's handkerchief. A whirligig from my hometown. An opalescent egg. A champagne cork from Halloween, the night my niece Eliza was born.

My mother's pen, my grandmother's pen, and a letter to be written for Eliza to read on her 13th birthday.

halloween | day of the dead | eliza's first christmas

My niece, Eliza Blair Reid, was born on Halloween night 2015 and named after my mother, Mary Elizabeth Morris Reid. I popped a bottle of champagne, lit a candle, and drew a card for her on her first night earthside. 

The Six of Cups is an exuberant expression of life force and love. In the Motherpeace image, seahorses crest a wave, their riders saluting, snakes rising from chalices in a spiral of kundalini energy. It is a card about freedom from emotional limitations and oppressive structures. It is a card about alchemical joy and happiness - a true blessing for my baby niece.