{"id":926,"date":"2011-12-27T10:00:15","date_gmt":"2011-12-27T15:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/thequeenofmyself\/?p=926"},"modified":"2011-12-17T19:10:05","modified_gmt":"2011-12-18T00:10:05","slug":"winter-song-o-mother-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thequeenofmyself\/2011\/12\/winter-song-o-mother-sun.html","title":{"rendered":"Winter Song O&#8217; Mother Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Winter Song O&#8217; Mother Sun<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/117786401451425923362#117786401451425923362\/posts\" target=\"_blank\">Laurie Corzett<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Winter homage to our waning Sun<\/p>\n<p>that she will return, feeding us<\/p>\n<p>with light and heat, sweet<\/p>\n<p>energy.<\/p>\n<p>Mother Star, we enchant<\/p>\n<p>thee with ceremony, singing\/dancing<\/p>\n<p>in glorious pageantry at your feet,<\/p>\n<p>a synergy of faith and formal prayer.<\/p>\n<p>We are your children, refining<\/p>\n<p>your gift of life, designing<\/p>\n<p>grand structures, grander dreams,<\/p>\n<p>imaging rainbows from your<\/p>\n<p>streaming light;<\/p>\n<p>see how our visions learn to take<\/p>\n<p>flight<\/p>\n<p>under your warm embrace<\/p>\n<p>and on through the night.<\/p>\n<p>These long dark nights, we beseech you,<\/p>\n<p>reach out to join our hands,<\/p>\n<p>sharing warmth of your reflected love,<\/p>\n<p>Mother Sun.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>Donna Henes is the author of<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thequeenofmyself.com\" target=\"_blank\"> The Queen of My Self: Stepping into Sovereignty in Midlife<\/a>. She is the Midlife Midwife\u2122 offering 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\" target=\"_blank\">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=\"thequeenofmyself@aol.com\" target=\"_blank\">thequeenofmyself@aol.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Winter Song O&#8217; Mother Sun By Laurie Corzett &nbsp; Winter homage to our waning Sun that she will return, feeding us with light and heat, sweet energy. Mother Star, we enchant thee with ceremony, singing\/dancing in glorious pageantry at your feet, a synergy of faith and formal prayer. 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