Dance in the Meadow

What do you do when you become widowed, leave your church family of 45 years, retire from your job and move halfway across the country? You get real with yourself. Emerging from a season of loss and the unraveling of every belief and certainty she had so carefully cultivated, Cathay began to sit in conversation with God. With God, not to God. Listening to the still, small voice of her spirit, their conversations went deep and released a well-spring of life and wisdom. These musings will leave you feeling inspired to reflect on your own life and to find answers to questions you didn’t know to ask. They will leave you knowing that you are not alone.

Keep Walking

Are you ready to fall in love with yourself again? “Keep Walking” is the inspiring tale of a modern-day pilgrimage of self-discovery, transformation, and renewal on the Camino de Santiago.

Newly widowed, author Cathay Reta was in her mid-60s and looking for direction for the next phase of her life. That’s when she felt called to hike the Camino de Santiago, the centuries old 483-mile trail across northern Spain.

As Cathay began to physically prepare for such a feat by hiking and walking and leaving her sedentary life behind, she became aware that it would also be an inner healing – a rite of passage to the next phase of her life. With trepidation, some fear and a fervent commitment to make the hike as best she could, Cathay traveled alone to Spain and started walking. She kept walking day after day through tears, anger, laughter, sadness and great joy. Every day was a challenge, and she often questioned why she was on the Camino. Why not just go to a nice hotel and think through what to do the next 30 years?

Her question was answered when a fellow sojourner said to her, “You’re here on the Camino to learn to fall in love with yourself again.” After 37 days she reached her destination with a bold new vision of her life and purpose.

Joy Unfolding

Words of encouragement, love, comfort and hope. This book is a devotional, set up to read a passage each day – or – to simply pick up and read when there is a need for encouragement. The messages are direct and personal, written to specific women around the world. At the same time, they resonate with every woman. This book was created to inspire and encourage the the reader through life’s journeys.

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