Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree Below.
Sometime during the night, something…snapped. I’d almost say that something broke, but it felt more like something broke through. Something lifted, something connected to my full moon work this month.
I don’t know if it was blockages I’d been dealing with or something in my destiny [...]
The top ten spiritual posts of 2010 (as of 10 May):
1. The Vertex: a Turning Point of Fate
2. The Astrology of Meeting “The One”
3. Big Changes: Solar Return Sun in the Eighth House (Applied Astrology Series)
4. Empathic Abilities and Connections: “The Feeling”
5. Notes from the Universe and What Mike Dooley of TUT.com Unexpectedly Taught [...]
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Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree Below.
It’s the Winter Solstice, which literally translates “sun stoppage.” For most people, they think of this time in relation to birth—the birth of God, of the Year King, of a new year—but for me, it’s often been about the death of something, too.
There is this [...]
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree Below.
I keep thinking of the “attachments” Daddy had to me when I went through the releasing ritual last night.
There’s a part of the ritual where you see the energetic cords of attachment the other person has to you. You note their texture, width, material, etc, [...]
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree Below.
Tonight, I held a private funeral for Daddy. Just me and him. I’m feeling much lighter now, much better. I’ve released most of my anger, if not all, and a lot of the hurt I’ve been carrying. And a lot of tears. I understand things [...]
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree Below.
It’s not uncommon for me to feel The Dead when they are nearby. It doesn’t frighten me, no more so than feeling angels nearby. It’s a gift I’ve had for as long as I can remember, but it became especially strong in my teen years.
I [...]
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree Below.
My oldest brother was with Daddy when he had his heart attack. He and my mom. They are both stung with guilt because my dad cried wolf constantly and faked so many injuries and illnesses that, even when they were taking him to the ER, [...]
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree Below.
I’m back. I’ve just crashed, no longer able to keep going. I need to rest some now, just be by myself a little while tonight and think.
Over half of December has passed, and of the 17 things I asked for this month, at least 11 [...]
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree Below.
My mom had a good day yesterday. I’d been worried about how things would go once the crowds had disappeared and Daddy’s absence became more pronounced. But she had, in my opinion, a good day.
There were some shaky times. Like a visit to the cemetery. [...]
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Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree Below.
I come from a tiny Southern town known as Donalsonville, Georiga. I’ve always had a bit of a love-hate relationship with it and I finally figured out why. It all comes down to how small towns view both diversity, a thing that intrigues me, and [...]
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree Below.
The girls and I made a choice that some people don’t understand. To some, it seems a bit scandalous. Even to myself, it seems strange. A very different choice than ever before.
I had already made my decision when the girls climbed into the car and [...]
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree Below.
I enjoy my brothers. They are both quite a bit older than I am, me being the long-awaited baby of the family. But the past 24 hours have been very good for me in at least one respect—spending time with my brothers and getting to [...]
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree Below.
I’m killing time waiting for Shannon to get home from her final exams. We’ll leave when she gets here. I think of that Jim Steinman phrase, “We were only killing time and it can kill you right back.”
I have to water the plants.
My emotions have [...]
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree Below.
In grieving situations, you always play out the same scenes in your head over and over, turn it all over, analyze it, and —as Daddy used to say—”talk it to death.” But that IS part of the process, whether it’s a death, divorce, or some [...]
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree Below.
It was one of those moments when it felt like the air had been sucked out of the room. Talk about teleportation!
There’s a scene at the end of a Christopher Reeve/ Jane Seymour movie, Somewhere in Time, where he reaches into his pocket and finds [...]
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree Below.
I had planned to configure the entire Spilled Candy website this month but I seemed destined to start with my own author site (dreadfully outdated) and launch a new site I’m working on, too. First. And meanwhile, I guess I have to learn some new [...]
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree Below.
I knew it would happen sooner or later. I just didn’t know how. I’m going to be working on a project explicitly for Christians.
Oh, lots of other projects, too, but at least this one will be for Christians only. I’ve studied several religions and come [...]
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree Below.
A couple of cousins I haven’t seen in decades came to visit this morning while I slept in, one in particular. They probably don’t know they were here.
They came in the Ether, which tends to happen only with those I do energy work with or [...]
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Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree Below.
My dad’s health is getting worse. He’s completely bed- ridden and on full-blast oxygen now. No visitors except for the trail of medical personnel.
The girls are facing final exams this week after a very, very difficult semester that’s included romantic break-ups, funerals of friends, and [...]
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree Below.
The Slasher is back.
I don’t know who it is, but this person creeps me out. Because I work with them in my day job…or at least in the same building.
I’m not sure when it all started. Sometime after I’d left my current building back in [...]
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree Below.
We decided this year to have a happy home during the holidays. No matter what. A warm and loving place full of all things we love and with an upbeat energy. Yes, there are tensions elsewhere and things aren’t perfect in other areas and some [...]
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree Below.
My Christian colleague stood in front of the bulletin board in her oversized office and lectured us heathens. “You all know the real ‘reason for the season,’ don’t you?”
I started to make a joke about keeping the “Soul” in “Solstice,” but I didn’t. I was [...]
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree Below.
Gah! I’ve heard it a gazillion times now— someone misapplying the “Five Stages of Grief.” But this time, it’s being said to someone else and I get a chance to see it and its effect objectively.
The walls are thin and I’m waiting outside someone’s
office while [...]
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree Below.
I’m actively working on all sorts of little things to make my surroundings more positive. Some seem trite, but they all add up.
Before heading out to work today, I checked my email and started to run out of the house when I thought better of [...]
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree Below.
Regarding my empathic gifts, I’ve noticed that it’s the intense sadness that I feel most easily. That and anxiety, and yearning. No, maybe it’s yearning that’s strongest.
I don’t feel the happiness as much or the lighter emotions. Maybe it’s because they aren’t there, but there’s [...]
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