An End & New Beginning

This past Full Moon I had the honor of initiating as a First Degree into the Family Wiccan Traditions International's degree program. It was truly a monumental event in my spiritual walk and I have already begun to vigorously study for the Second Degree requirements.

The only strange thing that happened during the ritual started when I did my meditation. The meditation involved what I had done to get to this point on my path and what the initiation meant to me. During the meditation I had a really strange feeling that I cannot place. I could feel how hard my heart was beating and it physically moved my entire body back and forth. I have never experienced anything like it in my life.

FWTI was not the first place where I looked to for training. After attending Witch School, College of the Sacred Mists and a couple other smaller venues, I found myself with more questions than answers and a very negative impression of all degree programs. It has taken me over 4 years to make it to this point, but the lessons I learned getting here were invaluable.

I am very thankful for everyone who has had a hand in getting to to this point and would like to mention a couple special people by name.

• Scott Mroczka - My love, my life, my balance and my partner. There is no way that I would be here without you. I am grateful for you every day and will do a better job of reminding you of that.
• Rev. Crystal "Amethyst Sage" Blanton - A very wonderful mentor and an even better friend. Thank you for holding me accountable with just the right amount of pushing and love. Thank you for your help!!
• Lydia "Dia" Crabtree - A pioneer, role model and dear friend. Thank you for sharing your vision of FWTI with me and allowing me to participate. I have enjoyed watching you achieve your dreams and will continue to struggle to achieve my own. You are an inspiration! Tell Stone and Treebear I love them too!
• Amethist - A fantastic friend and accountability partner! I cannot wait to see you achieve this as well. I enjoy helping you with your questions and bouncing ideas off of you. We make a great team!
• Ariana and Obsidian - It was nice to talk to you on the phone the other day. Thank you for your support as I follow the trails that you have blazed (pun intended) before me. You guys are great spiritual big sisters and I look forward to working with you more!