Wings of Love

Jon Rainford

Your Love is Lifting Me Higher



Your love, lifting me higher
Than I've ever been lifted before
So keep it up
quench my desire
And I'll be at your side, forever more

[Chorus]
You know your love (your love keeps lifting me)
Keep on lifting (love keeps lifting me)
Higher (lifting me)
Higher and higher (higher)
I said your love (your love keeps lifting me)
Keep on (love keeps lifting me)
Lifting me (lifting me)
Higher and higher (higher)

Now once, I was downhearted
Disappointment was my closest friend
But then you came, and it soon departed
And you know he never
Showed his face again

[Chorus]
That's why your love (your love keeps lifting me)
Keep on lifting (love keeps lifting me)
Higher (lifting me)
Higher and higher (higher)
I said your love (your love keeps lifting me)
Keep on (love keeps lifting me)
Lifting me (lifting me)
Higher and higher (higher)

I'm so glad, I've finally found you
Yes that one-in-a-million girl
And I whip my loving arms around you
I can stand up, and face the world

(This song was on the radio on Zoe's 8th anniversary and I really felt like it was a message to me.  I heard it again yesterday, after hearing another of Zoe's songs when I walked into Target shopping centre.  I googled the lyrics to send to a friend and on the same page was this lovely 'Wings of Love' picture by artist Jon Rainford.  The song really does lift your spirits.)

Yesterday's Children

Absolutely loved this movie and sobbed my way through it.  Very powerful message to me about survival of the soul and the abiding power of a mother's love.

This movie is based on a true story of Jenny Cockell many years ago, and of her riveting account about her past life as Mary Sutton, a young Irishwoman who died over 20 years before Jenny was born.  She was a  mother of a young family and married to an abusive man. Jenny was able to remember parts of her past life since she was a young child, and it is only in her adulthood that the memories become stronger until she finally decides to verify the memories for herself.

In the movie version, Jane Seymour plays Jenny Cole, who resides in the US with her husband and teenage son. Though Jenny has recalled some aspects of her past life since she was a young girl, her memories become clearer through vivid dreams in which she sees herself as Mary Sutton, a woman living with an abusive husband and four young children, Sonny, Jeffrey, Frank, and Elizabeth. Jenny, with the support of her mother, undergoes regression, and her past-life memories surface. Jenny also undertakes a journey to Ireland with her son (her husband is a skeptic for most of the movie) to see if there is any credibility to her memories(though in her mind and heart there is no doubt), and to discover what actually happened to her 'children' from her past life after their mother's death in 1932.

Jane Seymour's portrayal as the distraught Jenny is so credibly portrayed, her determination and love for her 'past life children' come across as honest and poignant.  I just love what the Catholic priest tells Jenny in the movie. In response to Jenny's question, "The Catholic church doesn't believe in reincarnation, does it Father?", and the priest responds, "No, but it does believe in the survival of the soul." This is a movie that has captured my heart and will appeal to those who are interested in survival of the soul and the power of  maternal love.

I have also read the book by the same name.  Jenny's constant dream-memory is of Mary dying alone and desperately worried at the thought of leaving her children behind. 
When her own children were born Jenny finally acknowledged that she had to find her lost family.  She needed to to know what became of them.  That she succeeded in uncovering the past, finding her lost children and reuniting her family is a testament to Jenny Cockell's courage and determination.  Jenny's fascinating story is living proof of what she always knew to be true - that she had lived before.

Lady Bug signs

Ladybugs are also called Lady Beetles (since they are actually a member of the beetle family). Think it's a funny name for a bug? Well, the story goes that in the Middle Ages aphids were destroying everybody's crops. So the farmers prayed to the Virgin Mary for help. A while later the farmers started to notice these cute little bugs that were eating the aphids and saving their crops. So they called the Lady Bugs after "Our Lady" Mary.   

This tiny little beetle brings with it a powerful message. Because the life cycle of the adult ladybug is short it teaches us how to release worries and enjoy our lives to the fullest.  Seen often as a messenger of promise, the ladybug reconnects us with the joy of living. Fear and joy can not co-exist. We need to release our fears and return to love - this is one of the messages that the ladybug brings to us.  When it appears in our life it is telling us to "let go and let God."

Seeing a ladybug on my wall  after asking Zoe for a sign, I felt that through the Ladybug's connection to Mary it  was a gentle reminder  that Mother Mary was taking care of my worries and concerns.  I had previously asked for Mary's help in this situation.  A sense of calm and peace came over me.  Even more amazing is that I shared this story with a friend and before she had a chance to read it, she had also had an experience with a ladybug.  Buying flowers for a gift, she noticed wooden lady bugs on the counter and purchased some to go with the flowers.  Such synchronicity amazes me.