Today marks 11 years since my grandma transitioned/passed away.
When someone we love passes, the relationship doesn’t disappear. The energy of love changes form.
Their voice lives on in the small phrases we hear in our minds.
Their habits show up in the ways we move through the world.
And sometimes, their wisdom finds its way back to us in unexpected moments — through objects, memories, or words they left behind.
My grandmother taught me many things:
Listening is love.
Bees are messengers.
Keep gnomes and crystals polished.
Enjoy chocolate with loved ones.
And perhaps most importantly — the power of words.
Among the belongings I inherited from her, was a paper she wrote the latin prayer: Tui amoris in eis ignem accende. The words come from an ancient prayer called Veni Sancte Spiritus, often referred to as The Golden Sequence. The translation is simple: “Kindle in them the fire of your love.”
To me, they express something deeply human — the soul’s longing for unification with spirit, with consciousness, with the flowing energy that connects all things. The unification with spirit is made possible by the fire of divine love awakening the soul, purifying the heart so it is a home for love.
A Prayer for the Human Heart
Life leaves its marks on all of us. Grief, fear, pride, loss, disappointment. Over time, parts of us can become hard, protective, or distant from love. I feel the line my grandmother wrote down is the strongest part of the prayer, it is the INVITATION for fire to purify the heart, a request for healing and transformation. Across many cultures and spiritual traditions, fire represents transformation. It refines. It purifies. It reveals what is essential.
Cleanse what is impure.
Water what is dry.
Heal what is wounded.
Bend what is rigid.
Warm what is cold.
Guide what has gone astray.
Love as fire to soften the ego, to dissolve separation, to remind us to BELONG TO SOMETHING greater than our individual story.
Remembering
Today, on the anniversary of her passing, I return again to the prayer she once wrote:
Tui amoris in eis ignem accende: Kindle in them the fire of your love.
A longing for the heart to remain open, to remain pure.
In honor of my grandma, sweet Mary Lou, and all that grieve - let us remember that beneath all the complexity of life, what we are truly seeking is connection — with each other, with spirit, and with the deeper current of love that flows through everything.
I am here to share love as the medicine - to support the restoration of connection to the force and energy unifiying each of us. Please scheudle a session if you want someone to walk the path of life with.
To my grandma, may you continue to rest and play in peace with all that warms you dearly.
