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The Move and the Horoscope

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 For a year now I have been working on the prospect of moving my family to New Orleans. I love New Orleans! It wasn't my first choice of locations, but after moving back to my hometown of Lafayette, LA, after years away in Memphis, Holland, and Hawaii, it was nice that a move from Lafayette to New Orleans was a close one (2.5hrs). New Orleans is also close to my parents who also live in my hometown of Lafayette.  Prepping for the transition to New Orleans, for the past year, I studied the housing market, neighborhoods, schools for my kids, gyms, flag football, all the numerous things necessary to move with small children.  I chose New Orleans because after three years in my hometown, it seemed like the only place my husband was willing to go! We just moved from Hawaii, he'd say. The proximity of New Orleans made it a good compromise in destinations for my husband who was reluctant to leave. Being here in Lafayette has been great and awful at the same time. My daughter was...
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Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca, Mexico. Ayahausca Ceremony

Part 1 The Peruvian Shaman appears in full dress speaking Spainish. The lighting is low with soft fires. The group is sitting silently. The ambiance feels surreal. I signed up and paid for an initiation into the ancient Ayahuasca Tea Ceremony. Ayahuasca is a vine that grows throughout Mesoamerica, mostly in the tropical rain forests. When prepared and drank under specific circumstances by the shaman, insights and visions are granted to the participant. We are gathered  in an old farm house just outside Oaxaca City, Mexico. The men and women are here from several different countries such as Canada, Mexico, United States, France and Germany. Like me,  they are seeking  inner guidance, insights, truth and a breakthrough or release that they cannot reach through their own devices. Beforehand we are told to set an intention for the experience. A tea is brewed from the Ayahausca Plant by the medicine man. He chants and prays before and during this ceremony. The Shaman serves as...
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