March Heartwood Newsletter

This was the winter that seemed to never end. Colder, rainier and more snow than I can ever remember. The biggest symbol of this winter is right outside my door. It is the big cherry tree that almost every Spring Equinox is covered in white blossoms as we celebrate the arrival of spring. This year this is what the tree looks like in the first days of spring. I become aware of how much old expectations play a part in my life.

In my past emails I have talked about the fast flowing river and this time of transformation. The last email spoke about the process of emptying as one of the stages of transformation. I still see myself in the fast flowing river, but now I am becoming aware that there are large boulders or rocks in the middle of the river. I try to kick out and move around them, but I find myself crashing into them. I see these rocks as the things that I must still deal with so that I can move forward on this journey of evolution and change.

From my meditation journal:

There is no other way to walk right now but through the new and dark places. Sometimes it can feel as if you are drowning. At others it can feel as if you are riding the crest of the highest wave possible. There is beauty and there is a despair of not knowing if you will be filled up. These are challenging times but it is important to carve out what you feel you want to be when you have reached the end of this transformation. Notice that we say this transformation because there will be many, there have already been many.

There is cocoon after cocoon into the butterfly. When the caterpillar knows that it is time to spin the web over its body and go into a deep dormant state, does it know what is next? Does it know that it is turning into a butterfly? Does it know the beauty that will come forth?

What did the caterpillar have to do to prepare for the deep sleep into transformation? Carry something into a nest? I do not think so. It had to stop and know that it was time. Did it have to invoke something from within? I am not sure how it would work for the caterpillar. Just like when young women begin to bleed, would it be something where you just knew that it was time to spin the silkiness out of your body that became your wrapper, your deep cocoon that overtook you.


In the last few months I received a deep vision. It was one of a stamp like they use in the post office to mark First Class or Priority Mail on your letter. This stamp was huge and had the large letters on it DONE. I felt it throughout my body as it went through me. I knew that it meant that Ted and I were done with our work here at Heartwood, specifically doing large events. As we have sat with this vision and energy we have received clarity that it is time for us to sell Heartwood and to simplify our lives. We have sat with this now and we continue to feel that this is the right decision. Like the caterpillar we have found that it is Time.

To all of you that have supported us and have been part of our Heartwood journey for almost the last ten years, we say Thank You! You have been part of something amazing and your love and energy is always present here at Heartwood. We are now wanting to turn over the ownership/spiritual and physical caretakership of Heartwood to those that would keep alive the vision of honoring the land, spirit and community. We ask for your help in this process. If you know of anyone that might be interested in this type of sacred property, please let us know at heartwood@wildblue.net. In the near future we will be posting a website with photos and information about the property. In the meantime, please hold us and Heartwood in your prayers.

With love, blessings and gratitude,

Cathy and Ted


We are also asking for your support for our dear friend Kregg Wilhite. He is currently on his second trip to Haiti. He is working specifically with a group of orphaned children that he met on his first trip there. These are around twenty children of the over 50,000 children that are orphaned or lost from their families in Haiti at this time. Kregg is working to build a multi-use building for these children and the women that are caring for them. He is staying with them and helping them with food, school supplies and the building of this structure. Kregg has written a letter asking for financial support for these children and this specific project.

For more information and Kregg's letter, please See Below in other posts. If you can help this special project, you can send a check to:


Heartwood
341 County Road 633, Mentone, AL 35984
Memo line: Children of Haiti.

This would be greatly appreciated and is tax deductible. We are able to get this money to Kregg while he is currently in Haiti. He will also be returning again in the later spring. Thanks so much!