How a soul recovery journey showed me things in my life I didn't know I'd lost and brought me closer to God and His plan for me.

I experienced two layoff notifications but jobs, with the same company, kept coming along with more responsible positions. The pay had increase too, which I enjoyed, but so had the feeling of “what am I really supposed to be doing?”

The continued stress turned into physical pain in my neck and shoulders. By late afternoon, all my energy was gone and I felt drained. I just did not know what I was supposed to do about work! So I kept doing what I was doing; I always did my best at work. I just wanted to do the right thing with my life!

One journey later... Krista explained she would first seek my soul’s acceptance, then journey for pieces I’d lost and return them to me. Then, for the next 30 days, each day, I was to ask each soul piece 1. What gift do you have for me? and 2. What must I do to have you stay? She returned 3 pieces. Let me share one of them with you. She brought back my right front tooth!

The proof: Sounds strange, doesn’t it? It’s not. When I was about 7 while I was walking down the street, I tripped and fell on my face. I distinctly remember being told by my parents to “watch where you was going!” My right front tooth turned dark; the nerve had been severed when I fell. Luckily it was a baby tooth and my permanent tooth came in fine. However, as an adult of 48 I realized I always watched where I was going - literally and figuratively. I did not take a step without looking down to make sure where my feet were going.

The results: Over the next 30 days I realized that I always watched where I was going in life by continuously planning, analyzing, organizing and generally having to have control over everything. When I thought about what to do to have this gift of my right front tooth stay... I realized I needed to stop watching where I was going. I took my dog to the park and consciously did not look down at my feet while we walked. It was very hard for me to do because I’d done it for over 40 years. However, when I looked up at the park, I saw olive trees. I had no idea there were olive trees at the park! During a visit to Italy I saw amazing olive trees. And I remembered my impression that the Italians know how to live which is very different from my knowing how to make a living!

Yes definitely, I had lost my right front tooth at an early age and it still affected me! I had lost spontaneity and in focusing so much on where I was going, lost the appreciation of the beauty around me. My first step was to stop watching my feet and next I could let go of other ways I “watched where I was going.”

"Wow this was real! And there’s so much more to share, I wrote Krista eight single-spaced pages because now I know what I’m supposed to do with my life... and it is about a child of God growing closer to Him..."

"OMG! She is really blowing my mind! You can drum for me anytime the mood strikes - It ain’t no coincidence that people are coming from all angles to help me today!"

Stormy, a mustang, was sent home from the vet clinic to die because they could not operate on him. X-rays showed that a huge soccer-sized bulge formed because one part of his esophagus had shrunk down to the size of a finger… The tiny opening prevented hay from passing through to his stomach. Sue called me after the diagnosis and asked for my help. Two journeys later….

The result: The soccer-sized pouch went down to the size of a sweet potato. The veterinarian described it as a “miracle.”

The proof: There are before and after x-rays.

"Stormy’s doing fantastically well! You are a miracle worker! He’s eating all of his food. He’s happy. He’s being ridden. He’s going out on short trail rides. Thank you, thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart.”