by dianeg | Jun 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
At the beginning of May, I joined harpist friends in Colorado for our annual Celtic Harp Retreat. It was a wonderful relaxing weekend of music and friendship. There was a labyrinth on site. Some of us walked the labyrinth on Sunday morning….or played while...
by dianeg | Nov 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
I officiated at a wedding in early October, right after the severe floods in Colorado. Evergreen wasn’t immune to the flooding, but somehow the beautiful spot right next to the creek at Brook Forest Inn was spared. The wedding ceremony included two symbols made...
by dianeg | Nov 2, 2013 | Diane's hikes, Family Ceremonies
Fall is a shoulder season here in Colorado — the transition journey from summer to winter, warmth to cold, light to dark. I squeezed in one last hike in the mountains on the last weekend of September, climbing through rain to feel the snow at the top of a...
by dianeg | Oct 7, 2013 | Family Ceremonies
How do you honor what you hold sacred? Ah…this may be a difficult question! Are there symbols you have collected that indicate what you hold sacred? Are there personal rituals that honor what you revere? There probably are, but you might not have thought...
by dianeg | Jun 19, 2013 | Memorial Services and Funerals
From a note I received following a memorial service: “It was such a blessing to find you 800 miles away and have you deliver beyond any expectations. I smile every time I think about the ceremony and I know my Dad is as well… Everyone I spoke with thought...
by dianeg | Jun 19, 2013 | Weddings
Events marking big transitions in life often produce emotion. Perhaps no event produces more emotion than a wedding. How do you keep the family pot of emotions from “boiling over” at a big event in life, and experience the day with joy? Here are my...
by dianeg | Jan 6, 2013 | Family Ceremonies
The death of a family pet that you have shared life’s ups and downs with for several years is a painful loss. Too often, the people around us don’t express the sympathy that they should for the genuine grief that accompanies this loss. In December, I was...
by dianeg | Jan 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
I led a ceremony on November 30 for a woman who had been through several significant transitions in 2012. The ceremony included her walking a labyrinth with symbols of both positive and negative memories that she was carrying. In the middle, she put in a separate...
by dianeg | Jan 1, 2013 | Family Ceremonies
On December 27, my family gathered with five families whose daughters had grown up together, to honor our families’ transitions to “empty nests”. With the girls heading out into the world, all of us were aware of a transition for the parents as well...
by dianeg | Nov 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’ve been supporting music programs in Haiti for more than five years and felt it was time to visit the country. So at the beginning of November, I traveled to Port-au-Prince with the nonprofit organization Instrumental Change. Five of us flew from Boston,...
