Angels of Abundance

Hi all

Christmas is a very funny time of year.

For a lot of people it is a time of joy, celebration, present-buying and fun. Or just the time to put your feet up and have a well-deserved rest.

For many people, me included, it is a time that is tinged with sadness. It is a time when we think of loved ones who are no longer with us, especially if they passed away at this time of year.

My beloved Grandad passed away on New Years Eve 1995, when I was 4 months pregnant with my second daughter. We had said our Goodbye’s in the afternoon and driven home to Bolton, a 4 hour drive away.

I rang to say we had got home safely, only to hear those fateful words, “Grand-dad passed away this afternoon, about 2 hours after you left!”

I cried for days.

That was the last family Christmas with everyone there; 14 of us around the dinner table - all laughing, joking, guzzling vast quantities of port wine and shared the time-honoured Christmas traditions.

It was funny because my older daughter, 21 months old at the time, had hardly left Grandad’s side all Christmas. If was as if she knew…

Grandad would pat her gently on her head, with an affection the rest of us rarely saw, and say in his old Devonshire accent “Alright, Maid”. He kept talking about “Going Home.”

(*Maid is an old word meaning “girl”)

For me, Christmas brings all those memories back. Sometimes it can be hard to smile at the frivolities all around me. My heart and my thoughts go especially to my grand-mother, who lost her partner of nearly 60 years.

In 2001, I then lost my Gran on my father’s side on the 14th December. It certainly is a funny time of year for me.

Do I laugh? Do I cry? Sometimes those emotions are so closely mixed together that I can be doing both at the same time.

I can feel the tears pricking as I am writing this. My heart goes out to anyone who feels those twinges of sadness as Christmas approaches.

Can anything truly heal that pain? I don’t really know!

I created an audio relaxation to help myself to let go, called “Relaxation for the Bereaved, Heal the Grief”, which may help you as well. It is an audio download or a CD. (Scroll down the page)

Relaxation for the Bereaved, Heal the Grief

If you have feelings of mixed blessings at Christmas, please know you are not alone.

I wish you peace and blessings.
Amanda Goldston

This lovely picture was sent to me by Harrigan.

Thank You

With abundant blessings.

Amanda Goldston
Abundance Guide

Hi

Last Thursday I made my Radio debut on the Interview With Spirit show on Blog Talk Radio. It was with Neil Long (a UK radio presenter), Ken MacLean (a USA Spiritual healer) and “the guys” (evolved, entertaining spirit beings).

It was quite nerve racking as this was world-wide live Internet radio.

I was doing live (and free) Angel Card readings for our friends on the telephone lines and in the chat room. It was a fantastic show. Our special guest was Pat Hicks, author of the “Seven Laws of Success”.

You can listen to show again by clicking on the logo below.

It is going to be a regular weekly slot.
Thursday evening 9pm GMT/ 4pm EST/ 3pm CST
Lenght: about 90 mins
www.blogtalkradio.com/interviewwithspirit
Dial in number: +1 (if outside USA) 646 478-0697

If you would like a free reading on the show, please call in on Thursday night or join us in the chat room.

With abundant blessings.
Amanda Goldston
Abundance Guide