Hi Karyn,
It was so wonderful to meet you today! I don't know if I will get word for word what I said today at Kelly's class, but I will try to put it into the right sentences and hope the spirit I feel comes across. Feel free to pick and choose what you would like to use.
As a young mother I struggled with depression, anxiety and anger. I was told it runs in the family and I was encouraged to go on medication. I felt in my heart I could do something about it. Through some energy release therapy I began to understand that the feelings I had were neglect from my own anxious, angry mother - and a temperamental father who supported her.
Karyn Grant's Lullaby series was something I bought for my children. But one night as I was listening to the music I began to cry for a reason I did not know.
As I listened I felt like a child myself and I felt the spirit of the words in the music. I was whisked back to my childhood and my heart yearned for more. Suddenly I was so aware that the spirit of Christ had been missing from my home.
While I had gone through the motions of a Christ-like life in my childhood - we attended church every Sunday, my father was a bishop, my mother was active in everything she did, and we held family prayer -I had never truly felt the love of my Heavenly Father. And I had no idea I was missing it.
I felt like a jar full to the rim with rocks, and the spirit and nurturing I received from Karyn Grant was the sand that poured in filling all the gaps that I never knew were there. I am a much more whole person because I have been able to nurture my inner child and feel a Christ-like love, and it reflects in every aspect of my life - especially in how I nurture my own young children. I feel blessed beyond belief that I can fill the gaps of my past generations and hand down whole-ness to my loved ones from here on out.
Thank you Karyn! You are so inspired and I treasure your process of teaching mothers how to care for their children. I look forward to your workshop!