Thank You.

Thank you for stopping by and taking a moment to view this page from my mental notebook. To everyone who participated in this work with me, I can not express what an honor it was to take this journey together with you. To those who wanted to participate but were unable to, you were remembered. Your names were called at the fire. Jennifer, Marcella, Karin, all our Loves were carried in our hearts into the lodge.

To everyone at Terra Nova Center, for your support, bless you a thousand ways. I can not express the feeling of love that wells up inside of me when I consider all you do to provide such a place for this work. To Troy who created a sturdy wonderful home for our lodge blankets. They will be safe another year. To Jerry who keeps the forest at bay and creates such a joyful wake in his mowing of the grass. To Dale who provided us with the best wood for our fire and to Tim who kept it going. Thank you Virginia for answering questions and fielding phone calls so that people could find their way. To Lianne who provided the ties that bind. No really. That's not a metaphoric phrase, she found the best natural jute, heavy twine to tie our lodge together. Exactly what I had imagined, but not a clue as to where to get it. Thank you. Susan thank you for the bountiful feasting table you set before us. Everything made with Love, fed us on every level.

Marian, without your support and vision none of this would be possible for me. Thank you for providing a place for all of us to come and let the "Angels do their stuff". Without your guidance & teachings I would never have considered "drawing a line in the sand", much less stepping over it. I would never have considered such a thing as "living on higher ground" , much less move there. And I am quite sure that I would never have believed something so radical as; "there is nothing that I have ever done or will ever do that would cause God not to love me." But since you have said these things to me, over and over, many times, these are now my truths. Thank you for that.

Thank you to all of the Elementals that showed up to guide us in this work. The rock, the fire, the tree, the water beings. I thank the cloud people for perfect days and star filled nights. To whatever frightened me in the forest that night, thank you for the mindfulness reminder. Great Spirit and Grandparents thank you for your love and blessings you bring to all of us, everywhere.

It was an honor to spend time with you all

Aho.

Patty Young

Terra Nova Center is a magical place where possibility lives. It is a light center holding it's place on the planet, along with many other such places around the world. It is important that places like Terra Nova are supported and maintained as a safe havens of spiritual renewal and communion with nature.