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It’s not like me to lose things.

Two file folders of important documents,

Gone.

And I haven’t the first clue where to look

Though I’ve looked everywhere

I am angry and frustrated but

I didn’t start out that way.

I am the keeper of things.

I do not lose important papers.

This never happens.

I’m mad at myself.

The grief, it steals moments of time

and

I am forgetful now, so forgetful

It makes me angry

Which makes me cry.

I used to be the keeper of things

And now here I am,

The loser of things

A weepy girl without her papers.

 

impetus (bad day)

Maybe I’ve had it wrong the whole time

(Nah, that doesn’t really sound like me.)

On a day when what I wanted most was to quit

Give up give up give up give up give up!

I thought about the ones whose breakthrough came mere moments after they died,

Whose hard work actually did “pay off” just as their eyes were closed for good

So they didn’t get to see it all.

And I thought maybe it isn’t as ironic or tragic as all that.

Maybe they wouldn’t have won or succeeded if they’d persevered,

Working themselves to tears day and night, every day harder than the one before

(Is this purgatory?)

It’s possible that the death itself was the impetus for the posthumous accolades?

That if still alive they’d still be wallowing in obscurity?

But somehow dying paints on them a glittery sheen that appeals to the masses,

Where before they were quite dull?

What does that mean for me – striving, grinding, working,

Failing, falling, drowning

Believing that around every corner could finally await my moment, my turn

Maybe I’ve had it wrong the whole time

There is no moment

It’s not my turn

It’s all rounded edges and roundabouts and if I happen to die before a proper old age

I’ll finally reach my destination.

Otherwise…

Dejeuner

Took a nap, entered a dream through a dream, and there you were.

I’m going to try to articulate what just happened.

I was in France – Paris – at a little cafe on the street.  Sitting at a little round table in one of those little wooden folding chairs.  I couldn’t keep my eyes open like I was losing consciousness there at the table.  (If you think that’s a strange feeling while awake, you should feel it within a dream/altered state of consciousness.)  I don’t remember getting to the table, just sitting in the chair.  There was a cobblestone street to my right, and I could see all the way down it.  Buildings on each side.

I was there for breakfast or I wanted breakfast and I kept thinking or possibly mumbling the word “dejeuner… dejeuner…” and someone came to my left side and was speaking to me, Madam, Mademoiselle, are you alright?

The hotel owner?  Was I staying at a hotel?  She said the paramedics are here.  (So she or someone had been concerned about me or whatever was happening and called the paramedics?)  I turned and looked at her.

She looked just like you, but it was the you I didn’t know, the you before me.  Strong, black curls and lovely brown skin and a white dress with small red roses on it.  I tried to ask in French if you have any granddaughters/grandchildren but I ended up mixing French and English but the woman/you understood me and said while clutching a necklace “well I had Jenee but she passed away”.  And I heard your thoughts!  When you said “She was only 40” or some similar.

I said your name. “Bonmama!  Don’t you recognize me?”

At this point, I was not at the table any longer, but walking down the street a few steps.

I told her/you that I love her and I am still alive – Jenee is alive – she seemed to struggle to understand me.  I told her that when she calls out to me or prays to me I can’t always hear her directly but someone else gives me the messages. I do get the messages.

I tried to tell her/you something only we know so she/you would recognize me.  It was like the movies when a person comes back to Earth as a different person or in a different body.  I said I’d love her/you forever.

I woke up.

Notes on this, probably will add as I think of them:

  • I had to really push to get words out to you, and while my brain works in French in my dreams it seems less able to do so when I’m stressed or hurried.  The feeling was like when I try to scream in my dreams and no sound comes out.
  • She seemed not to remember me/Jenee at first.
  • There was a frantic feeling to the conversation, almost like the police were coming or I was breaking rules like I have to get this information out of my mouth before I go.  Maybe the paramedics!  I may have been trying to get away before they arrived to “help” me.
  • She was/you were young like before or right when I was a baby.  All black hair, white dress, red roses.  I may have a photo of this dress, I’ve asked my mother if she knows of it.
  • She/you seemed like she wanted to cry but didn’t.
  • There was a “connector” dream – one preceding this one – that I had to go into in order to get to the Paris one.  One that didn’t make any sense or have any significance, but had the feeling of “allowing” me to get to you and speak with you.  It was like being in a Bugs Bunny cartoon and I went through a door while no one was looking.
  • I believe I may have traveled to a parallel time and actually spoken with you, and that’s why the conversation was confusing.  It didn’t feel like modern-day, and I’m still trying to work this part out in my head.  Possibly astral projection but my brain found a less frightening way to get me there?
  • Dejeuner sounds a lot like my name and I wonder if it has significance.  Maybe I just really wanted some pain au chocolat before I got snatched back home.
  • Did I meet you in a memory?  If the past only exists in imagination, can my subconscious poke into your memories?  If our souls are tied, our spiritual chords would not be broken by death, which means if you are now hanging out in Paris, as your younger self or self you liked most/enjoyed most, my energy was attracted to yours.  Like a beacon?  I went to where you currently are.
  • Was it an alternate universe?  Did I pass away for you and you passed away for me here, so the feeling of loss is felt by both?  This has to do with my particles and yours being intertwined like I blogged about before and I need to research it further.
  • Is this how it works where you are?  What I explained to you, that messages are received but sometimes you don’t “hear” them directly?
  • Love is eternal. You are eternal. We are eternal.  I’m so grateful for this.

• Roses weren’t your favorite, poppies were. Maybe the dress had poppies on it.

Apt

The song in my head when I woke up today was “Here With Me”.  It’s so perfect, I want to share the lyrics…

 

Caught in the riptide
I was searching for the truth
There was a reason
I collided into you
Calling your name in the midnight hour
Reaching for you from the endless dream
So many miles between us now
But you are always here with me
Nobody knows why
Nobody knows how and
This feeling begins just like a spark
Tossing and turning inside of your heart
Exploding in the dark
Calling your name in the midnight hour
Reaching for you from the endless dream
So many miles between us now
But you are always here with me
Oh inside me
I find my way
Back to you
Back to you
Calling your name in the midnight hour
Reaching for you from the endless dream
So many miles between us now
But you are always here with me
Two words
In your hands
In your hearts
It’s whole universe
You are always here with me
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Robert Koch / Susie Suh
Here with Me lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Songtrust Ave

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Tonight I’m grateful for the unexpected ones.

The high school friend who’s also grieving and reached out to check on me.

The neighbor who brought the dog by to say hi.

The former co-worker who spoke something kind into my spirit.

The lady at the store who made me laugh.

Sometimes the ones you expect to stay, leave. The ones you expect to help, don’t. The ones who say forever, go missing.

So today I’m grateful for all the unexpected ones who show up in unexpected ways, and soothe my aching heart. Even if they don’t know that’s what they’ve done.

Juliet’s Most Relatable Line

Bio

Tiny but mighty

Fierce and flighty

Well meaning

Day dreaming

Size zero

Superhero

Love

Dear World,

I’m not your fucking therapist.

None of you.

For any reason.

Figure out your own shit.

You can’t evolve by proxy.

Thanks so much. xo

PS – Don’t call me an asshole for telling the truth. I don’t owe you anything. I owe me stronger boundaries.

sober

I’m a stiff drink

And you’re an alcoholic, babe.

See me coming and you

Turn the other way

Tell your friends it’s been – how many days?

Are you detoxing

Got the shivers and the shakes, babe.

Call your sponsor for help

Dry lips need relief

Both knowing she don’t have what you need.

In a meeting

Talking ’bout all the twists and turns

Missing me and it burns

Get another chip

Call me up saying, “Please just a sip.”

But,

I’m a stiff drink

And you’re an alcoholic, babe.

See you struggling and I

Feel like I’m the one to blame

I’m a stiff drink

And you’re an alcoholic, babe.

See me coming and you

Turn the other way

Tell your friends it’s been – how many days?

Tell my friends it’s been – how many days?

Tell your friends it’s been – how many days?

 

 

 

 

 

Journal 8*15*20

I think I met my guide in a dream last night.

It was a weird sleep, upside down on the bed with my feet tucked under my pillow and my head laying near the ruffled bed skirt.

It was after 1 am when I finally found the zzz’s. I only slept four hours, but it was a solid four. That kind of sleep is why people say “like a rock”.

I think I met my guide. It was really cool. Then I forgot it all.

It’s Ferragosto. Ascension Day. I’m not still Catholic but the roots, they run deep. Today’s the celebration of the Mother going to Heaven.

No coincidence, then, that I saw approximately 26 rainbows yesterday and today. One of them was culinary art made by the daughter of a French friend. That one had smiling clouds like the Care Bears. I got chills. And then you, with your sense of humor clearly still intact, had ET on the television the one time I’ve turned it on this week. Not too many people knew about that and I know for sure it was you.

Je t’aime ❤️