“Yes, I know what’s trueIn my heart of hearts, I know.” Back to Illinois to visit my son, and while I am there, we meet in Circle. Since COVID hit in March, we have kept meeting in Circle. Outside. But now it is 30’s in Chicago, So we meet in my son’s apartment. The three […]
Finding Your Sisters in a Women’s Circle Part IV
I went back ‘home’ to Illinois and met in Circle there with my Sisters. I find it so ironic that after seven years of the ups and downs of hosting a Circle, it really feels like the perfect Circle now that I have moved ten hours south to Alabama. Even that word ‘Sisters’ used to […]
You Get What You Give. Part III on Trying to Find or Start a Women’s Circle
By Caryn MacGrandle I left you in my last post with my thoughts that Alabama is even more divided than the rest of the US at this moment. ‘No matter,’ I thought to myself, and I left that thought there. In hard times, help others and keep moving: two wonderful pieces of advice. So my […]
Finding a Women’s Circle in the Divided State of Alabama. Part II.
By Caryn MacGrandle I am in the process of moving from Illinois to Alabama. After seven years of hosting small, intimate women’s circles in Illinois, usually three to five of us, I am now trying to find that here in Alabama. To help form these small, intimate community Circles was the passion behind why I […]
The Last Circle: Stories from a Catholic Witch. Part I. The End is the Beginning.
Last night, we held the most incredible Circle. By Caryn MacGrandle They’re all incredible really, but last night’s was very special to me as it may be the last one held here at my home in Illinois. I have hosted Circles for seven years, and there were seven of us in the Circle last night. […]