I am pro-choice. We had an above ground pool in my family as a kid. For fun my parents put all sorts of bumper stickers on it. One of the stickers was a pro-life sticker. My Mom is and always has been pro-choice. Later when I asked her about it she said that she just had it and put it on the pool to add to the collection of stickers. I don't know why I remember that one in particular but I did.
I read daily about reproductive rights, feminism, and pro-choice issues. I will always read about these issues. All night I have been reading the updates on the Planned Parenthood facebook page. Earlier this evening I found out about the Stupak amendment. Representative Bart Stupak is in Michigan's 1st congressional district which represents most of Northern Michigan and the entire Upper Peninsula. Since I just moved to my new community I am getting involved here in Northern Michigan. Mr. Stupak is not my representative but as soon as I found it I have been waiting to hear the results of the vote that took place tonight. The update is that the Stupak/Pitts Amendment was adopted. 64 democrats voted yes on this amendment.
Please make sure you take action and contact your representative. I just want to know why we are taking steps backwards on women's health? Its almost 2010!
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In Pelosi's House, 64 Democrats Sell Women Out
PLANNED PARENTHOOD CONDEMNS PASSAGE OF STUPAK/PITTS AMENDMENT
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Healer Notes on This Amendment...
As a healer I may feel, see or know things long before I know why I am experiencing what I am. It is not much later, maybe a few hours or days later, that I know why I felt what I did. Earlier today I went to a community event. I arrived home from the event feeling a bit tired and exhausted. Its not like me to feel tired or exhausted because I am a very high energy person. Usually if my energy is low it means that I am doing some healing work either on myself or others.
Right away upon arriving home I made some food and took a nap. During my nap I was trying to do some energy and healing work on myself so I could make diagnosis of why I was feeling so off. I am a sensitive spirit as most healer's are. It is a gift to see, feel and know things. To transmute energy, heal and to help others heal is a blessing. On the contrary, it can be very challenging to go through the heaviness and the weight of toxic energies. I have learned through the years to feel, allow, transform and transmute energies. I have fined tuned the process in the last year so I am spot on with what is happening with me. Tonight during my nap I saw energy that was being moved from the base to the top of my spine. Yet, I didn't understand why this energy was not flowing through me. Instead it was being trapped in my body. I didn't know what this was connected to and had not read about the Stupak/Pitts Amendment yet. Also, during the day I felt a heaviness around my throat. I didn't know why I felt this because I have been working for years on clearing my throat chakra from all of the oppression and negative energy that was located there. I felt like I had cleared a lot of energy from this chakra but apparently I was picking up something else.
After my nap I smudged to clear my energy. My throat stops feeling tight. I meditated for a bit and ground into the Earth. I turn on my laptop and log onto facebook. I read what is going on the Planned Parenthood facebook page. I put the pieces together. It makes sense that I see energy going up and down my spine. The whole body is important in healing work but the spine is very important. The spine is where energy from Heaven and Earth can blend. During my nap I realized that my energy was being trapped. This amendment traps women. My throat was feeling tight because this Amendment silences us as women and takes our rights away. Maybe my throat had a tight feeling for those who feel like they could not speak about this issue? My hope is that now after tonight more women step up to the plate for our rights. We can't allow our rights to be taken away from. I was seeing and feeling what I was tonight for a reason. Now I can direct my energies to choice and voice.
Okay... its late here... goodnight all!
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