We Married Three Times

How many people do ya know
who have been married three times 
to the same person
and
never divorced 
from that person?

Wedding #1 Our Spiritual Wedding (Not Legal Yet) 

Wedding #1 Our Spiritual Wedding (Not Legal Yet) 

March 16, 1991
Beaverton Unitarian Church
Married by Minister Frodo Okulam

We sparkle with JOY 
We LOVE you, Louise

Wedding #2 Our Temporary Wedding (Legal for Four Months)

March 2004
Portland County Courthouse Steps
Married by James Taylor
Minister of the Universalist Church

Wedding #3 Our Last Wedding (Legal)

Wedding #3 Our Last Wedding (Legal)

January 31, 2015
Enzios Italian Restaurant 
Married by our Brother,
Lowen Berman,
Minister of the Universalist Church

Mothers Day Message from Sarahjoy

Dear Marcella,

It’s Mother’s Day.  I hope you are getting meaningful emails from all the places you will receive such messages today. Looking through the lens of yoga and India, when people speak about India it is very common to call her “Mother India”. This reference is throughout India and the world (especially for those who have visited).

There is an intrinsic sense of the sacred, the holy, the divine infused throughout India in its culture, its citizens, its rituals, and its philosophies. Mother India will always welcome us. And, she will, no doubt, transform us too. Often in ways that we could not have predicted, may not have preferred, and yet, must surrender too. 

The tradition of yoga comes from this land and is, therefore, also inherently a path of transformation, not by our own design. But a larger transforming through the divine. This will require both our dedication (abhyasa) to practice the tools of yoga and our surrender (vairagyam) of how we think this should all be turning out! 

I look forward to seeing you on the mat, online, anytime you can join us. (The link for the online schedule is on my website.)

May this Mother’s Day be one of transformation in just the ways your life is needing.  

Yours on the path,

Sarahjoy

sarahjoyyoga.com

Mary Rides To Eugene

We are in the backseat of our car. 
I am laying down and have my head in your lap. 
We are moving down I5 to Eugene. There is a death.  

It's another family member.

1. Louise left
2. Lisa left next
3. Then Mom
4. And next Ann

That's the current tally 

This drive down I5 is to be with Lisa and her family and her friends.

You are sharing your precious, shiny heart. 

You talk about your mom. I feel profound sadness. 
I know this story. Your Frat Twin talks about it 
Sometimes 

I rest my head
On your lap
I am so deeply sad to lose my baby sister, Lisa.
You comfort me

We are mothering each other

— by Dr. Bella Box

Car Accident in 1972

Bliss, Warmth, Love, Only Love

I was a passenger in a car accident in 1972. While in intensive care, I experienced leaving this beautiful temple I am living in.

After the accident I was healed with all the LOVE from my classmates at Healdsburg High School.