Frozen Nowhere

A geis is a traditional Gaelic term defined as “an idiosyncratic taboo whether of obligation or prohibition, similar to being under a vow or spell”

When I first started on my path I made a vow that I would keep sacred secrets, and as asked to do so by true friends through my life. I have kept my geis sacred to this day. I have only had the geis invoked 2 times in my life, both prohibitions laid upon me by people I considered true friends. Both friends have now walked out of my life, in very different ways… and yet I will have not let go of the geis.

Do you let go of a sacred promise, when…

One issue I have with keeping up with a blog is that there are just things that I can’t write here. So… in order to get things out that I can’t write in a public forum (never mind that no one knows its here) I write on other journal/blog sites.

Date: August 6, 2008

It seems I am having issues when it comes to writing — both online and in journal books. With the journal books it seems there is so much that gets in the way:

I was given this idea by a friend, that when I was at work I should try to write a bit on my breaks. The way my job works out, I tend not to have formalized breaks in my day – I take the kids to the babysitter by 7:30am, then I have a 45 min drive from the town I live in to the town I work in…all the way through rural Saskatchewan. I arrive at work around 8:00-8:15, but usually before 8:30am… and usually work at the computer from 8:30am until 5:00 pm when I make my 45 min drive through rural Saskatchewan to pick up my kids at the babysitter’s home.  While I am at…