Mabon is the second harvest of the season and it is also
the Autumn Equinox. It is time to stop and think about what you are most
thankful for. Lammas we honored the God and Goddess for the harvest and all
they do. Mabon is time that we are thankful for all our blessings that we have.
Winter will soon be approaching and we need to prepare for Winters long nap.
The Winter is the hardest time of the year but at Mabon we renew our hopes as
we prepare to survive the Winter and the next year. We have already started to
can and bottle from our last harvest and we will continue in our preparations.
If you have your own farm, then it is time to weed out
any animal that won’t survive the slumber of Winter. Soon the weather will be
getting colder and we need to make sure your home is secured and weatherized.
It is time to make sure all your winter blankets and clothes are found in preparation
to be used when the time is at hand. It is still hot outside but it will soon
be changing and you want to make sure that everything is in reach. It is time
to clean up and prepare your yard for what is to come. Soon the leaves will be
falling off the trees and beautiful as it may be it can cause problems with
your gutters. So before the icy winds approach we need to check out our gutters
and clean them out as they will soon be full again with Autumn’s colorful
leaves. As we are cleaning remember that you may want to save some Autumn
leaves to burn at Yule or use at Samhain. You can collect your empty vines and
make laurels or wreaths.
Apples began to ripe at Lammas so by now they are ready
to be canned and bottled. My mother has stomach problems and she eats
applesauce every day to help it. So this year I am making plans to freeze or
bottle apples to last us throughout the Winter. My co-worker brings in her
squash to share with us. I will be chopping that up and freezing that to so we
can have squash too.
As Mabon approaches we need to make plans on how we want
to celebrate it. For most Pagans, Mabon is considered to their version of
Thanksgiving. It is time to be with family and friends. We sometimes really
don’t take the time to say thank you for everything they do for us. So at this
time I want to take the time to be thankful for those that have stood by me
through the good and the bad times. In this economy today, I am thankful for my
job. We still have a roof over our heads (knock on wood). We have food on the
table, it is not much but we are not starving. There are times that I do feel
that I am drowning but I am still treading water so I am glad of that. I am
blessed with all my sisters and brothers at Eastern Star, their friendship and
moral support has meant the world to me. I am also blessed with all my sisters
and brothers at Sunstave and the Sacred Circle in Utah. They have invited me
into their lives and home and it has been great. I am also very blessed to all
my friends on Facebook. Now some people laugh at that but I really do mean
that. I have lost my father, brother and several of my friends so I really do
take my friendships seriously. Friends come and go in your life and some of
them have not been around for a while but I still consider them to be my
friends and I hold onto the good times that we had. In the end that is all we
have of each other are the good times and I am very thankful for all those good
memories. I have lost my faith many times and it is those memories that keep me
going.
So I am very much thankful for all my friends and I am
proud and honored to have known all of them. So at this time, take the time out
to remember all those that have inspired you at one time or another in your
life. I lost 6 friends in one crash, so life is short so don’t waste another
year before telling your friends and family how you feel about them. So at this
time remember all of them and ask for blessing for each of them.
So as I close today I want to say that I appreciate that
you took the time to read this. I hope that you take the message of friendship
and love from this. So I hope this Mabon you have great blessings and enjoy all
that you have. Take time to say “I Love You,” as it will bring joy to your
friend and family. Blessed be my friends.
Coriander Bats 2012
No comments:
Post a Comment