SOLSC '25 Day Fifteen: Cereus-ly

 

I am participating in The Two Writing Teachers' Slice of Life Story Challenge, writing every day during the month of March.  My theme this year is "Outdoors".

We had our monthly SoulCollage session this morning.  Grateful, yet again,  for the Zoom platform that our facilitator uses.  I am still sick, and would not wish this respiratory illness on anyone in the group.  Staying muted also meant that I could cough as needed without interrupting the vibe.

I am limiting myself to using one magazine a month for each card, based on the magazines I drew for our annual cardmaking in January. My March choice was a past issue of Texas Co-Op, produced by our electric provider.  It's always chock-full of beautiful photos and illustrations. 

Even though our focus this month is the desert, I  knew I had to use the cover photo as the background of my card.  It is a cereus night-blooming flower.  It appears only once a year.

Time in the desert, either physically or metaphorically,  lays truths bare.  Our needs supercede our wants.  We focus on what nourishes us and keeps us alive.  We look out for hidden dangers, and begin to see beauty in what we may have viewed as a wasteland. 

I am one year from beginning the last trimester of my life (God-willing).  It will be a time of paring down, focusing on what nourishes my body and soul.  The maiden had her fun; the mother has done her work.  After biding her time, the crone is preparing to emerge, like the bloom of the cereus.   Good things come to those who wait.

Card by Christine Margocs,  2025