Ross was very particular about how we titled this today's blog post. It's from the quote, 'wherever you go, there you are.' but he only wanted the last phrase of it.
It's been another long day. I traded down to be able to leave work early--missing income in the process--and take care of Anthony. Unfortunately, my gap from nine a.m. to one p.m. absolutely flew by! I went to the car, and in the back seat, I did anything but nap. I coordinated.
My niece is in France at the moment. She is the one who had the kidney transplant and is immunocompromised. She participated in a project where you study abroad for four months in college. Unfortunately, one of her first outings with her friends when she arrived in late January was to fly to Milan. Then the next weekend she flew to London to see her favorite band, Bastille. I had been carefully noting the events in China, and with her medical history, I cringed inwardly as the gestures for independence and normalcy in a college student couldn't have happened at a worse time in history for someone in her situation!
On Wednesday I asked my sister for permission to notify contacts in France and Switzerland just in case help is needed by her daughter. She had wanted to stay in France and finish her studies. Then the Italian students and her roommate from Austin, Texas--their home schools cancelled the study abroad programs. Yesterday, hers did. This meant that her visa was cancelled, and also, the rent on her little apartment.
Her doctor and parents want her home. Her transplant specialist said to weather the storm where she is. I asked doctors at the table at lunch what they would do? The whole table said to 'stay put'. But I asked my boss, and he said, 'Bring her home. She can catch the coronavirus anywhere. She might as well risk the exposure to be able to be with her family and healthcare system she knows.'
Last night, our family in France said that their home is full, there's no room, because the schools are closed and the daughter has to work so the grandparents must watch the children. I also learned that their hospitals are all full. My sister fortunately was able to find a flight on Monday. My niece was slow to realize the gravity of her situation, but finally did, and has been crying all day and night. She and her friends picked up a cough in Milan, got sick, got better, and it came back.
When you are immune suppressed, there is limited ability to fight infection. So infection travels through the system very fast. It's like a wildfire in dry season. I have had to drive her to the hospital in the middle of the night, and it was straight to the ICU for her. Code sepsis.
Please keep our family in your daily Reiki practice, and I will update you as things progress.
Gaia is ecstatic over the recent closures and social distancing. She hasn't been this delighted since the skies were blue and plane-free on September 11. On that day she got her sky back and it felt wonderful, absolutely giddy.
From her perspective, here's what she wants you to know: as the distractions of movies, concerts, and sports go away, will people finally look at themselves and those around them, value their relationships MORE than the stuff the advertisers are selling them, and move forward spiritually with loving intention to all?
When the schools are closed, when school activities including sports are shut down--what are you going to do? Distract yourself? Or focus on important things and grow?
They are getting harder and harder to ignore these days, the spiritual things...
A big win was in Atlanta, Georgia, where a woman got the last two bottles of hand sanitizer gel. Grace from YouTube was there. And the woman gave her one of the bottles and insisted Grace took it!
People have it in them.
They totally have it in them.
And in New York, it's started. My friend at the academic medical center said the first wave has hit, and she's being called to do her part.
The stock market is closed! Hopefully it will stay that way and people will get their money back, from before the drop. In the future, the Stock Market won't exist. It's like a rats nest for the ASSC. We need to get rid of everything that attracts them and get them out of Gaia for good!
Guess who watched two and one half hours of footage of people hunting rats with dogs and minks?
Yup.
Ross and I are training him to hunt and trap rats. Yesterday we bought everything they like (bacon, chocolate, peanut butter, dried fruit, thin slices of sausage, gummy bears) and some extra traps. I also bought things which are toxic to rats: licorice, blue cheese, poppy seeds, bitter almonds, and when I get green potatoes I'll use them too. We bought deterrents--Altoid peppermints, and life saver peppermints to hang in the trees.
We had him put the bait on the traps and decide where to place the three we set out. I am the one who actually set them and put them in the locations.
We heard one snap last night, and will go looking for it when he wakes up.
I have today off. It's a good thing. I just coughed up a big green phlegm. I will rest.
Dream your dreams.
This is mine. Having my own onsen I can go to at any time. Outdoors and nature and warm mineral water to soothe the bones. (my right elbow, right hand, and right achilles tendon have been aching. Still trying to figure where they correspond to on the globe.)
You will get to write your own script, undistracted, now that the ASSC is being taken out of the picture. You will be able to manifest what YOU want, not what they want you to manifest...as this is your birthright as a Galactic citizen.
Then, when you are ready, come and share a cup of matcha green tea with us. Tell us your plans. Share with us your story.
We'll listen! And enjoy listening to your dreams and plans...
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Aloha and Mahalos,
Namaste,
Peace,
Ross and Carla
The Cousins of you and everyone both on and off the planet <3 who love you very much
P.S. here is secondary confirmation:
Rebecca Arendell Franks is with Tsungirirayi Tinotenda Chakaza Fisher and 2 others.
WUHAN. It's roughly day 48 of the city's quarantine. We've been locked in our apartment complex for many weeks. I haven't eaten out since January 19. We're living in such strange times.
After my last post, which was all about locks on doors and further restrictions, my husband asked me if I've posted any of the good. But...but... well, but nothing. That convicted me.
So from the epicenter of the coronavirus, here is just SOME of the good we have been experiencing because of the lockdown: (Be warned - there is no way this post could be short.)
Our family life has never been better. Usually one weekend is long enough before I'm ready to send each of us back to school or work. But for SEVEN weeks, we've been home together with very little outside influences or distraction, forced to reconnect with one another, learn how to communicate better, give each other space, slow down our pace, and be a stronger family than ever before.
We've learned how to accept help from others. During this time, we've HAD to rely on others to show us how to get food and other things we need. People here are so good, and they want to help. It's satisfying to accept the help.
Shopping is so much easier now. It comes straight to our complex, and we just pick it up. Simple.
Right now I hear birds outside my window (on the 25th floor). I used to think there weren't really birds in Wuhan, because you rarely saw them and never heard them. I now know they were just muted and crowded out by the traffic and people. All day long now I hear birds singing. It stops me in my tracks to hear the sound of their wings.
Spring in Wuhan is absolutely stunning. God has been giving us glimpses of the beauty to come with near-perfect weather. Because of lockdown, we get to watch spring slowly unfold right in front of us with no work, traffic, pollution, or other distractions. I have pulled up my chair and am ready for the creator's show.
My cooking has gotten way more creative. I'm cooking like a homesteader. Housekeeping hasn't suffered, either.
We take naps in the middle of the day sometimes.
We've all been reading so much more than before.
I've reconnected with lots of old friends. We've talked with our families more than ever before.
We still work and do school, but all from home and all on flexible hours. It is not perfect, but it is fairly productive and good.
We are exercising more. Because we borrowed a rowing machine from school right before the lockdown, Edgar Franks has been rowing regularly at home and has lost several kilos already. I still walk in the morning as usual, but I do so with no time restrictions and now with friend Erika Carlson.
In my yoga world, I have finally done a forearm stand. I also share goofy yoga photos each day with a local friend/yogi. This keeps us connected in spirit and movement.
I could devote a whole post to the amazing community we've been blessed with because of this lockdown. We live near 4 other staff members, most of whom we didn't know well at all prior to this. Because of this quarantine, we have bonded with and supported each other in ways that I've never experienced in 9 years of living here. (Crowd sourcing for feminine products and coffee, creatively sharing overstock of carrots and squash, etc)
Friday night, we four staff women celebrated Julia Marie Roehrkasse's birthday together. We four have never before been together without husbands, kids, or larger community. But that night, I felt like I won the lottery in the friendship department. Our gathering was genuine in a way that can only be shared by people who are experiencing the same thing at the same time and understand what each other are going through. This bond we have may lessen when our world gets back to normal, but for now I wouldn't trade it for anything. It is good.
My prayer life has never been better and my study time has been much more real. I have quiet time that is actually (usually) quiet - and I can devote real time to it. Most days I have so much more time to think, to listen, to process, and to discover. I am discovering the good gifts that God has given me and my family. More than anything, I am bowled over by his goodness at every turn. He overwhelms me with his goodness.
We had "church" by Zoom this morning at 10:30, as usual. My husband just woke up from his nap. My kid is reading quietly on the couch. I have the luxury of writing uncensored here on FB. We are about to go pick up a ham that a friend is giving us, taking her our coffee and cranberries to share.
God is providing so many opportunities for good while we are here, and he is showing us his goodness every single moment.
We are at peace in the epicenter of the virus. We are at peace in the epicenter of his will.
Fear is a faithless coward and has no place in the lives of believers. Fear and worry have no seat at our table. We're here because he wants us here, right now, for his purpose.
Coronavirus wants you to isolate and stock up and take care of your own first. Instead, look to him first while you take care of others. In community, we can do so much more than we can do on our own. God is caring for us so richly and showering us with SO MUCH GOOD each and every moment.
And the song just plays nonstop in my head - Oh, the overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God.
It chases me down, fights 'til I'm found, leaves the 99.
I couldn't earn it, I don't deserve it, still, You give Yourself away. Oh, the overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God.
It chases me down, fights 'til I'm found, leaves the 99.
I couldn't earn it, I don't deserve it, still, You give Yourself away. Oh, the overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God.
Psalm 118:6 - The Lord is with me; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
P.P.S. Here is a little song for you from both of us:
