Milestones: Menarche; Menopause; Coming of age; Significant birthdays; Naming ceremonies; Anniversary; Mothers’ blessing; Blessing of women (pre wedding).
Milestones: Menarche; Menopause; Coming of age; Significant birthdays; Naming ceremonies; Anniversary; Mothers’ blessing; Blessing of women (pre wedding).
Thresholds: Parting of the ways; Coming together; Adoption; New home blessing; Change of career; Graduation; Death; Pet loss; Retirement; Blessing a creative project; Arrival of an illness.
Thresholds: Parting of the ways; Coming together; Adoption; New home blessing; Change of career; Graduation; Death; Pet loss; Retirement; Blessing a creative project; Arrival of an illness.
Who I Am
at Fire & Fern
Lynda Gibson
I am a creator of ceremonies and believer in the power and place of ritual.
I live by the sea in the North Coast of Ireland with my two children and husband. I believe our homes and family lives are sacred.
I believe a beautiful mystery exists all around us for to take notice of and participate in, whatever language we use to name it.
I love poetry and good stories, hiking and sea swimming, celebrating and gift giving and, most importantly, being with my people.
I believe our everyday lives are already infused with wonder and meaning if we have eyes to see.
I believe each life is sacred and each individual journey worthy of honour, recognition and celebration.
I believe ceremony and ritual belongs to all of us and has the power to bless each all of us.
I believe in living by and honouring the seasons, that each story unfolds in its own way and time, in the ‘grandeur of ordinariness’ and that we most often carry within us what we already need.
Instructions for living a life.
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.
Mary Oliver
