Author: Blanca Stella

  • Almost Ready to Fly

    There is always anticipation for something new. Sometimes you feel it in the air or its just simply an excitement of an arrival of something, like the birth of a baby. You are in wonder of the awe of the magic of life.  In this process in the last month, in an conscious yet unconscious way, because of the way I have allowed myself to feel at rest and allow the healing to take place in a peaceful environment, even knowing in the back of my mind that there is definitely alot to stress about.

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  • Mission Statement

    My son was cleaning out his drawers last night and when I woke up this morning, he had left an orange paper  with a green piece of index card sized attached to it. He had a religion project a couple of years ago maybe in 7th or 8th grade. I had totally forgotten about it. I wanted to share it,  because it came at a perfect moment since I had wanted to write a post yesterday about spiritual growth and didn’t know how to start.  Its a family mission statement. Here it is: (more…)

  • Time to Pause for Healing

    ChryssalisI planted a butterly garden 9 months ago. This is my most recent Chryssalis that is about to become a butterfly in the next few days. This is the stage where it is ready to become a butterfly and after it was a catterpillar. It is in a quiet hiding mode for about a week forming its wings.When I read an article in the Miami Herald today about Ingrid Betancourt urging healing, I thought of this chryssalis. (more…)

  • A New Scenery and Unexpected Surprises


    Life has some unexpected surprises. During this time of crawling and having to surrender even more so to allow the healing on my ankle to take place with patience and calm, I had a guy call me that I had seen at a party one week before my surgery. Because of not really being able to move much in the beginning, we just talked on the phone and a couple of times has brought me dinner in this last month. (more…)

  • Can You See The Signs?

    I was talking to my friend who is a pharmaceutical rep on Sunday and I told her I had let go of the pain pills after two weeks from the surgery. She said that was a good sign that my ankle is healing. If I were to have some infection or the pain wouldn’t subside, then it would be a symptom of something else going on that would need to be looked at.

     How many times do we have warning signs of something being amiss in our lives and we simply don’t pay attention or get distracted because we don’t want to face our real pain. If you face the pain(face the reality), the pain might subside and eventually you will take a step in the right direction.