Call for Stories of Blossoming

March 21, 2007 · by Christine

(Please scroll down for more about my new Blossoming Prayer Cards and click here for more information about our Awakening the Creative Spirit intensive in November!) 

Greetings dear friends!  The arrival of spring has inspired me to call forth stories of blossoming into the world!  I invite you to post a story (or poem or image) of your own at your blog by next Wednesday, March 28 and then leave a comment here letting me know you’ve participated.  Your story could be about what new things are blossoming within you right now or a time when something new blossomed unexpectedly in your life. 

I will put everyone’s names in a hat and do a drawing.  The winner gets a free set of my new Blossoming Prayer Cards! 

Also, I know I have many readers who don’t blog, so if you want to participate, please just email me a short story about your own blossoming, or if you feel bold enough to release it into the world use the comment section below to share your experience of flowering with others, and I will include you in the drawing.

Springtime Blessings!

-Christine Valters Paintner @ Abbey of the Arts

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9 Responses to “Call for Stories of Blossoming”

  1. Bette Says:
    March 21st, 2007 at 5:16 pm

    A glorious idea!

    :)

  2. Christine Says:
    March 21st, 2007 at 7:43 pm

    Thanks Bette, I look forward to reading your story! (or poem!) :-)

  3. lucy Says:
    March 22nd, 2007 at 7:40 am

    hi christine–

    before i read this post today, i had already written my entry called “Let it Blossom” and then of course, last week i wrote “Blossoming Compassion.” Hmmm. which came first, the chicken or the egg?? consider me entered in your contest :-)

    blessings to you and enjoy your time away. (i will be gone until april 2.)

  4. Tess Says:
    March 24th, 2007 at 11:11 am

    Hi, mine is up today (March 24th) called Blossoming Smiles. Here in the UK we’ve gone from blossoming spring back to arctic winter for a few days, but a smile will always cheer you up!

  5. Christine Says:
    March 25th, 2007 at 7:26 pm

    Great Lucy and Tess, can’t wait to read them and I’ll do a post with links on Wednesday.

  6. Blossoming | Abbey of the Arts Says:
    March 26th, 2007 at 1:05 am

    [...] just wanted to post a reminder about my Call for Stories of Blossoming and this Wednesday I will post links to all the blog stories (and poems and images) on blossoming [...]

  7. wendy Says:
    March 26th, 2007 at 2:42 pm

    Hi Christine, My post is up at http://thebluebirdofhappinesscomestotea.blogspot.com/2007/03/not-desert-but-ocean-continued-blessed.html

    Part of the post there goes into what i feel is the deepest image of blossoming—Mary’s conception and Christ’s birth as seen ~together~. So often we gloss over the former, when it was actually core to the latter. And together…the Blossom : )

    A Blessed Lady Day Today : ) Wendy

  8. Christine Says:
    March 27th, 2007 at 8:05 am

    Thanks Wendy!

  9. Jo Says:
    March 28th, 2007 at 5:06 am

    Christine,

    Inspired by your posts, I have drawn together a bundle of words into a poem posted on my blog!

    Hope you’re well and enjoying the first days of spring,

    Jo