i recently watched a tragically sad scene in real life. it had many of the same elements that the hard stories coming thru bone sighs have. the wounded young woman with scars outside and inside, the boyfriend who was guiding her into more darkness, the self denial, the lack of self worth...things so many of us have known, seen or touched ourselves. i did what i could, which had no effect. and i went away sickened and disturbed. and then in keeping with the way i cope, i felt the need to do something. to work extra hard at helping women and girls see their value, at helping women and girls see that they're worth so much more than they're creating for themselves. to just plain help women and girls. i haven't got any more of a plan but to offer all of my heart that i can, and to offer the bone sighs wherever possible and to encourage every person i meet. and yeah, i guess i pretty much do that anway. but i wanted you to know it's with renewed energy and determination i'm here writing you and asking you to be part of it with me. i don't know how. but i can start by putting it out here and seeing where we go. maybe the start is right here, right now with you and me. just stopping a minute and reminding ourselves that we're valuable and worthy and beautiful exactly the way we are and we need to claim that.

passing the tea and squeezin' your hand ~ terri

(want to share something? would love to include you! drop me a note and let me know your news! i'll share!)

a friend sent me one of theresa's cards recently, and i just loved it! when i went to her site to check her out, i just loved HER! a site to heal, with many different offerings, i know you'll love it as much as i did! you can find her here!

i met tammy recently on line, and we just felt like kindred spirits right away. she's a naturopath working on a new book right now. she's got a website i know you'll enjoy checking out! wanted to share her with you! go check tammy out and see all she has to offer!

sue's friend, michelle, pointed sue out to me. we all need friends like this! and i'm so glad she did as i got to spend some time browsing sue's awesome photography! with a western theme and plenty of horses, i thought she'd be great fun to pass around! awesome work, sue!

vivian and jay are our wonderful people of the month this month! and what a delight they have been! together they run a website 'for social entrepreneurs and spiritual seekers who want to live lightly on the earth and gently with others for the sake of a more hospitable and creative world.' how's that for cool? hop on over and meet them!

we announced this last month, but it's too important not to keep incuding! it's a new project we're doing to help spread light in the darkness. it's free and you can become part of it! if you've already got your stickers, you can add photos of wherever you put them into the photo gallery right there at the bottom of the page. it would be so fun to fill that page up! (and no, they don't have to be on cars in the photos!) we've sent out a ton of stickers and want to make sure we reach anyone and everyone who wants one.....so check it on out! and post your shots!

~holding the light ~

interestingly, with the intro all about wanting to help women and girls, i wanted to announce our bone sighs for men this month! which feels really good, cause let's face it, we ALL need support and encourgement!
i have been contemplating making bone sighs for MEN for ages...i finally finally dabbled a bit!
first time ever...hot off the presses....

bone sighs for men!

i wanted to explain how these came about, so we posted the explanation
at the top of the main 'for men' page. you can find it here.
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and then because who can resist working with the glossy beauty of the metal prints...
honestly, these things have a feel all their own and are such fun to do!
come check out our newest member of the metal family!

i wrote a blog i'd love to share with you. grab some tea and come join me? i'd love to have you...

I saw the issues of women everywhere in her face, in her scars, in her denial. Even though I didn't know the details of her story, I knew that she was way too young to be carrying the sadness she carried. Way too young to be wearing the wounds she wore.

I don't know when or where I decided that there was a 'too young' for pain, as there really doesn't seem to be an age limit on suffering. Which is something that makes my heart ache.

And it's something that makes me want to reach out to young girls everywhere. No, I want to do more than reach out to young girls - I want to grab them and hold them and infuse some kinda knowing into them. That's different, isn't it? It's a bit more of a control-freak thing. I want to make all that pain go away. While yes, it's a good hearted control-freak thing, I guess the way it works is it doesn't matter if it's good hearted or not, control-freak stuff isn't healthy.

But what is healthy? continue reading...

'sometimes all you can do is step back.
even when you wish you could jump in.
sometimes all you can do is love from afar -
and sometimes that's where you really touch love.'

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~honor yourself ~