{"id":2455,"date":"2018-02-13T06:00:41","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T11:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thequeenofmyself\/?p=2455"},"modified":"2018-02-09T16:10:49","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T21:10:49","slug":"here-is-your-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thequeenofmyself\/2018\/02\/here-is-your-own.html","title":{"rendered":"Here is Your Crown (Poem)"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<blockquote><p><em>FEBRUARY<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0Is when we celebrate love. It is an ideal time to think about loving and caring for ourselves, which is where all love and nurturing comes from. We can\u2019t say, \u201cI love you\u201d unless we can say, \u201cI\u201d!<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Here is your crown<br \/>\nOf winding vine,<br \/>\nOf leaves that dropped,<br \/>\nThat fingers twined,<br \/>\nanother crown<br \/>\nto yield and shine<br \/>\nwith a year\u2019s<br \/>\nfermented wine.<\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\nBy Annie Finch<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The Old Port,\u00a0Portland, Maine<\/em><br \/>\n***<br \/>\nDonna Henes is the author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thequeenofmyself.com\">The Queen of My Self: Stepping into Sovereignty in Midlife.<\/a> She offers counseling and upbeat, practical and ceremonial guidance for individual women and groups who want to enjoy the fruits of an enriching, influential, purposeful, passionate, and powerful maturity. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.donnahenes.net\/queen\/consult.shtml\">Consult the MIDLIFE MIDWIFE\u2122<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Queen welcomes questions concerning all issues of interest to women in their mature years. Send your inquiries to <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/thequeenofmyself\/wp-admin\/thequeenofmyself@aol.com\">thequeenofmyself@aol.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FEBRUARY \u00a0Is when we celebrate love. It is an ideal time to think about loving and caring for ourselves, which is where all love and nurturing comes from. We can\u2019t say, \u201cI love you\u201d unless we can say, \u201cI\u201d! 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