7h (edited) • General discussion
Good morning!
I thought I would tell you all about myself and my family. I live in my hometown with my 5 kids whose ages are 22, 18, 12, 8, and 7. And my best friend, soon to be husband. Our two dogs Rick and Space Ghost, and our two cats Hecuba and Espiritu. We live in an old historic Citizens bank building. It sat abandoned on our Main Street for a pretty long time until I bought it and opened a coffee shop in it . There’s a vault here where I keep my herbs, I say they’re the real valuables. I get to carry on my Grandmothers work in this way, harvesting my herbs on the same mountain where she harvested hers.
My bestie / husband is a traditional singer and drum maker. He supports a Sundance ceremony that we attend every year where he leads the drum. Last year prayers came in a hard way, and things got rough for us. My business got robbed and this old building was falling down, so that’s when we decided to move in and fix it up and turn it into a home. It was really the only option. So it’s different, but it’s home to us now.
My other best friend, Ms. Amy, also owns a business. That’s how I met her. And Creator has been working some funny kind of magic ever since. Me and Ms. Amy, we seem to be kinda stuck with each other. Wherever I go, she ends up. And wherever, she goes, I end up. It’s not really like we picked each other, but more like Creator said we’ve got work to do together.
And if I were to guess why I am here now in this time and place with these people whom I love so much, I think I would probably be correct when I say I know why. See, my hometown used to be a really hoppin little place. There was so much life and love here. But then things happened, and somehow, everyone just got tired. Everyone got sad. People started to forget what it was like when things are good here, and they started to move away. A sort of collective depression happened, and it stayed that way for a long time. Businesses closed up. It’s like the color even went away. Even I spent many years being sad. Until I decided to make a change and I bought this place and opened my business. Around that same time, Ms. Amy opened hers.
It hasn’t been easy. I had to get out of a very bad situation with my kids. I worked so hard for every penny I had and put it all into this. Ms. Amy had to do the same. So we don’t have much money between the lot of us here, it’s mostly a labor of love. But we’ve begun to build back a community where one was lost. My husband has a job in town where he gets to see everyone all day and he plays music and sings while greets people and lifts spirits and makes friends. Ms. Amy and I work on our businesses a homes. And things feel like they’re coming back to life, then I think Creator must have seen that we’re doing the work he gave us. So he gave us more.
Our Main Street is old. It holds stories about Doc Holliday and Billy the Kid. The history here goes all the way back, to Conquistadors on the salt mission trail and the natives who were here before them. Our Mountains, where my Great Great Grandmother came to call home after her journey here as a stowaway on a ship from Spain, are also home to the oldest apple trees in the United States. There are a few of us left here who hang on to this history and honor it. I am one who remembers, because that history is in my blood. Ms. Amy helps us all hang on. And my husband brings sound and light and joy along with such steady patient support.
So somehow, that funny magic Creator keeps working with us, once again, stuck us with each other. Two of our best, oldest buildings had been sitting empty and lonely for many years. “The famous Blue Ribbon Bar and Grill” which was originally the Valley Hotel and Meat Market. It’s about 124 years old. And the “Star Theater” age unknown but OLD. I saw my first Movie in this theater when I was 3 years old in 1986 and it closed down shortly after that. But before it was a movie theater it was a classic theater and it is an amazing little place. Well…… Ms. Amy suddenly ended up with the chance to own the Blue Ribbon. And next thing you know, my husband and I inherited the Star Theater.
Now, I’m not so sure we know how, but we know we must and we will. So we are working hard to save these buildings and our little town and bring back the life and love that used to be here. That’s part of what brings me here teaching my School for Little Witches. It’s what I’ve taught my kids all their lives. But I think adults can even learn from my group. I’m really praying that I can help support my family and our work here through this, while also teaching some good stuff to those who need it. I’ve always told my kids that in this life, we have to make a living, that is a fact. But we have to also try to make a difference. And if we can find a way to make a living at making a difference that’s really where it’s at. So this is what I am trying to model.
And that’s all about us! In short hahaha. Have a lovely day Little Witches.
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