new year. . . new decade

decade- strange how one word can encompass so much change and when you think about its just a blink of time.
 it will be a decade since I have graduated High school.
It will be a decade since 9-11
It will be a decade since I went to college and joined the army.

I can recount this past decade with Life altering events, tattoo's piercing's, marriages, and deaths. Life moments the world watched, and simple joys I have experienced.

Thorough this all, 1 small constant as I reflect back. my charms.

I have lots of necklaces, earrings, and I seem to always return to my simple silver chain and its charms. The charms have changed through the years, I have added to (*I now wear 5, yes at once), but their meanings have not changed. They are reflections of me. Just like the bumper stickers on my car. They are visible and on full display for the world to see what i stand for.

For this new decade I will explain how they have helped me in the past. 

To state the obivous, my dogtags, wore them for just shy of 5years daily. I  graduated from them to my silver chain.

my First charm to be worn in my Celtic Knot/Norse hammer the Big one.. I got it on a trip to Rothenburg ob der Tauber, in Germany. I went with a guy I was seeing at the time who was stationed in Ansbach. I got matching earrings as well. When I saw the set I knew I HAD to have them. They are like my tattoos a work of art that spoke to me. To me this symbolizes how 2 forces can come together to form a stronger whole.


My 2nd Charm is the Claddagh Amos got this for me when he was in Ireland on his way to Iraq where I was already. It stands for Friendship (hands) Love (heart) and Loyalty (crown). It is also our wedding bands and our engagement rings. It is the strong basis of our marriage.

My 3nd charm is the triquetra. Amos got this for me for our 1st Christmas as a family. While it has many meanings, to me it stands for our love as well as the stages of a woman (maiden, Mother, crone).

My 4th Charm is my star, it represents my pagan faith. How everything is interconnected. How we have a responsibility to not put negative out there, how we need to take care of the earth.

My 5th, is my goddess..

I am Re-reading the "Children of the Earth" series, Yes again.. and I realize that they are my modern day amulet. IS it weird that I find myself identifying with this character who lived in the stone age.

Back on track, the decade past and new year to come, the new decade to come.. I make the following predictions.

1. I will get older
2. I will find inner strength for trying times
3. I will Graduate and recieve my BSW
4. I will I will write, even if its just for me :D
5. I will laugh
6. I will sing, even if its just for me.
7. I will dance
8. I will play
9. I will be more accepting of myself and others
10. I will LOVE above all else I WILL LOVE!!