I've loved everyone's blogs about what it means to them to be a witch so I thought I would do my own! So what does it mean to be a witchy woman to me you ask? Well let's find out together!

My childhood was great! Full of happy times and great memories of sleeping in on sundays... that's right sleeping in on sundays!! I was raised with no religion. My mom was raised the same way, and my dad was baptized both catholic and mormon! -he's covered!! lol! When his parents got a divorce he was kinda pulled in two different directions spiritually. So I think he decided that he didn't want to do that to his children!

Growing up my best friend came from a very cristian family. You know the bit -no bad tv or movies, cant go out on sundays, the whole strict thing! Well one day I went with her to her youth group. And boy was that a mistake!! After mingling with the other kids for a while it was movie time. So we all gathered around to watch a video about 4 kids who got in a car accident and died, died, died!!! And only 1 of them went to heaven (guess who!). The other kids weren't bad, no stealing or killings. They just didn't go to church and lied a little here and there! When it was over the leader asked if anyone knew some people like that. After just about everyone (except me) raised their hands, she said "let us pray for them and hope that God can keep them from eternal hell fire!!" It was just about this time that the eternal hell fire was coming out of my ears!!!! Needless to say I didn't go back to church with my friend!

All my life I have always envied people who have religions, and have always kinda felt like something was missing in my life. So I decided to study some religions and see what worked for me! I found that I really like Buddhism, but really enjoyed my stuff and hated having to think so hard every time I read something on the subject! I tried many others, but none of them fit! Until one late October night while watching vh1 I was introduced to a religion I had never heard of before! There was a interview with Sully Erna from Godsmack about him being a witch and how Laurie Cabot was a big influence on him! I sat straight up and listened! Then the Goddess blessed me later that night while I was watching the travel channel! It was a show about witchcraft... And low and behold they had Laurie Cabot on it!! I was completely sucked in! The very next day I went to the bookstore and was blessed once again! The very first book that I picked up was Wicca: A further guide for the solitary practitioner by Scott Cunningham. (oddly enough it was the second book but it didn't matter!) So I began reading it and was amazed!! It was like I wrote the book! It was dead on as far as my beliefs were concerned! It was then that I knew that I was always a witch!

And so for 3 years I lived and loved the religion! Until I meet my catholic ex-boyfriend... He was more than happy to "over look" me being a witch (i hope you are reading the sarcasm in that statement!). Over the 5 years that we dated he slowly took away my religion (not completely! I still held on to my beliefs!), my feminine beauty (he blew me up like a macy's parade balloon! ), and tried to take me away from my family! But that horrible chapter is now over in my life! And I am free!!! So what does being a witchy woman mean to me? It means loving who you are, what you are, and what you've become! My family says that there is now a peace in me that everyone can feel and see. Many say that it is because of this that I am a successful groomer, - the animals just know! What a truly wonderful spiritual life we lead!!!! We are all free!!!!!!!!

Blessed be and thank you for reading!! Let me know your stories! We all have a beautiful story to tell, let's share! ;)

In perfect love and perfect trust,