Imbolc 1997 Newsletter When Things Seem To Go Wrong

I was having a bad trot for a few months, if anything could go wrong, it did!! I was taking life far too seriously, I'd forgotten how to smile, laugh, and see life on the bright side: so I thought I'd ask for help.

After the kids went to school and hubby went to work, I prepared my altar. Nice smelling incense, green candle (for life), my much loved crystals, water and my written spell. (The spell goes thus: "Asherah (my Goddess), help me to find peace, in myself; help me to be at peace, with my self; help me to laugh, at and with myself; help me to dram, and visit/see old friends; help me, that I may not take my life so seriously.")

After writing this spell, I cast my circle, and sat and emptied myself, lit my candle and incense and read my spell three times, and when I was ready I set fire to the written spell and let it burn in my cauldron. Normally my spells take a week maybe a month to work, but not in this case. You see above my head, I forgot, was the smoke alarm! After a few seconds it went off and frightened the daylights out of me. I was still in my circle, what should I do??? Open it? Turn off the alarm? or let it shrill!!! I let it shrill and sat laughing my head off. I laughed so hard my side hurt and I had tears down my face. When I composed myself, I opened my circle, turned off the alarm and entered again and closed my circle, thanked Asherah with all my heart, body and soul for answering my prayer so quickly. I still laugh every time I think about that spell.