New Thought Families, Interfaith, Positive Music, Intergenerational, Spiritual Parenting, New Thought International Movement, Children, New Thought Family Spirituality

6/21/26
Shining Solstice Circle of Fathers, Truth, Fearless Faith

Namaste Shining Essence of Divine Presence!

Grateful Greetings on this longest day from majestic and magical Mount Shasta! I hope this finds you illuminated and inspired in spite of any darkness that may have you mired. We are living the gift of bright light view on our shadows this day, and in this moment of time in our humanity's evolving history. This past few days brought us Juneteenth's remembrance and celebration as well as the opening of the The Obama Presidential Center and its accompanying community library, an official Chicago Public Library branch. It opened its doors to the public on June 19, 2026. The opening ceremony the day before was an inspirational reminder of how the Obamas embody decency and grace in the face of adversity as well as how they give themselves to deep caring for the best of humanity. I love them! What I saw of the ceremony really provided some needed inspiration in these dismal times for our democracy. I also enJOYed and was inspired by what the people spoke and sang at the Rise Up and Sing Out concert the week before hosted by Jane Fonda. There IS always hope and the opportunity to RISE! And to SING! From June's Sing-Along, and new Summer Saturday SoulPlay Series launched yesterday, here is my summer Solstice song, Circle of the Sun. Sing along!

<br>

I wanted to have the June Sing-Along done by today with sun and father songs ... maybe late tonight? It is Solstice and the planned Open House party here today and ... there are MANY notes being played out per my life concerto. More about the websites and offerings below yet I will say that I have made progress on the song pages in the Leaping Literacy Library with a page for the monthly sing-alongs and ones for the old songs from the Folk Campouts that include a mini concert from our Beloved Ranger Bob Keller ~ who sings so poetically of America. Bob went to the other side in 2013, yet his voice powerfully touches on where we are today as a nation coming up on our 250th birthday. Let freedom ring and sing!

Today! This moment! Party brownies baking away! Yes, my voices and choices are blooming in many directions! Always in the circle of our Light of Love, the seasonal celebrations and reflections are an evergreen opportunity to align with the shine of our divine design! Behold these Shasta Daisys! Butte Arch
Always inspired and lifted up by my friends the flowers, there are sweet peas everywhere reminding me of sweet life and times including having them on the ranch, growing up and how my dear auntie Dee would sometimes call me 'Sweet Pea'!

Of course I think of my dad this day and by the way, Happy Father's Day! Admitedly, I don't honor fathers nearly as much as mothers yet there are some highlights this week @ famlit.tv I also realize that culturally, father celebrations have taken a backseat to mothers. Though the 1st one here was in 1910, Father's Day was made a recognized holiday by President Johnson on June 19th, 1966. Always the 3rd Sunday in June, it lands with Solstice this year, 2 days after Juneteenth. All 3 of these honorings are an opportunity for us to look at truth. The truth for me about my father is that our simple yet complicated relationship provided me with some of my greatest challenges and greatest blessings for my roots and wings.Truth is always seen through a mixture of shadow and light, providing a bridge for the illumination of realization.

Among these many celebrations, I also have to give a shout out to my wonderful friend and light worker Rev Karene who was 80 this Juneteenth! You can see and hear her in many ways on ETV including as the beloved voice of uncle Fido and as Gramma K!

Yes, always so many and so much to honor and celebrate on our paths of life that we are blessed to navigate and choose!

In my last posting here, I spoke of the 13 week Divine Shine program being birthed. Full of plan and promise, I am still implementing and integrating so I will speak to that. Yet I will first say, that right after that post and in the midst of my birthing process for summer content ... across 4 websites ... I made a trip down to do early birthday celebrations with Karene and with my Latrobe ladies who turned 97 this June and my nephew who turned 31. I spent a day ahead baking lasagna, cakes, and goodies; yes, it was some days and energy! This very day, I am hosting a Solstice Open House and all too hyper aware that my hands are being called to many corners of this playhouse and away from this computer! Deep breath of purpose with compassion and lotsa newfound illumination. I do indeed have much to share about resource offerings here at the websites yet I also want to speak to what I have been finding within me as I grow along that may help you on your path.

This is my current screen saver on a cleaned up desktop with me in the circle of my ETV dreams. The mountain has been helping me discover and heal so many layers of self and Spirit alignment. I have so much vision that seems so doable and yet implementation is way more time intensive than I would like. I also can lose my energy flows and momentum more easily than I would like. You know how fast a (great) idea comes? And how relatively easy it is to make a list of how to put the idea in action? Ever start and not finish that list? Ever lose sight and/or motivation to act on the idea? Well, I have it all in spades. And that very cycle has led me to so many stops and starts on my path! I have SO many different projects underway right now for the 4 websites ~ not to mention this party starting all too soon ~! I am mostly organizing, culling, and re-offering much of the work I have already done over the years yet even THAT takes A LOT of time! The cycle before has led me to give up and stop. Yet Spirit always calls me forward so i start up again. I DO realize that letting go of some of this work would greatly enhance my ability to finish what work I am focused on. Yet for this summer, I am determined to attend to all the different areas. I am returning to the Soul Playhouse for playful, spiritual adults. Here's the invitation to the new summer series for 11 minutes each of the 11 Saturdays:
<br>

Summer Series 6/20-8/29
Here is yesterday's offering as the 1st of 11: -<br>

Soul Playhouse has 2 dedicated cyber spots; @ famlit.tv and YouTube where you can subscribe for free if you are so called!

So before I explain where the Divine Shine Program for New Thought Families is, I will share a sprinkling of fun had and coming up this June. Planned trips to Ashland for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's outstanding plays and Lithia Park at the beginning and end of the month. Next weekend, I will be there with Turners in a trip planned a year ago! Below I am with friend lovely Linda who is a ring up on the bridge (of life) yet inspired me to climb up where I wouldn't have!

Above is the OSF outdoor theatre lit up for 'Emma' I saw with Linda and Kylie. I also had a surprise visit from old time friend and Feathers of Freedom Camp vivacious volunteer Pat. We went on some wonderful waterfall walks including being back at beautiful, bodacious Burney Falls! Yummy gifts and yet! The worker bee in me has purposefully not scheduled any outings for July in an effort to finalize so many projects underway!

Speaking of projects! The main one here at New Thought Families is coming along if not completely on pace with the original dates!
I thought I was set to catch up with Trust TODAY yet in the middle of the night, the Trust ABC page and Om HomETV were only halfway there. I surrendered into sleep just as I am surrending into my unfinished projects EVERYWHERE! I AM committed to catching up to Trust and Freedom by Thursday when I leave for the weekend in Ashland! And the Saturday SoulPlay and the Sing Along ... as my friend Karene so astutely said when I talked to her on her Juneteenth birthday, "You have the great blessing and curse of being so creative!"

I AM using the divine shine guideline to achieve longstanding goals of the revised Spiritual ABC pages full of resources including offering downloadables on the Free Shelf. I am also reconfiguring an Om HomETV show for each week that is speciafically geared for children and families and follows the SAME structure. I know, a concept for creative me, ha ha. The newly revised Om HomETVs are on the ABC pages and @ famlit.tv. And! Though I am having a party today, I do indeed trust the truth of me to keep committed and consistent as possible this day and this summer so I can better trust me. Thereby, others can too!

So! 13 Weeks of Divine Summer Shine!

2026 Mix: Divine Shine Summer
5/31 Sacred Awareness
6/7 Happy Hearted Love
6/14 Oneness Presence
6/21 Trust The Truth
6/28 Free To Be
7/5 Grateful ThanksLiving
7/12 Awake with Faith
7/19 Kindness Kisses
7/26 Compassion in Action
8/2 Imagination Celebrations
8/9 Intuition Permission
8/16 Zeal: Divinity's Energy
8/23 Transformation Conversations

I also am running the For Humanity ABC daily Play and Pray calendar this year. I am putting the pages into daily videos and the Multimedia page spotlights change every 2 weeks in conjunction with the calendar. This is another opportunity for me to clean up and catch up ...
The Feature Creature Teacher Monkey video is another one on the list for this week! What can I say? It's fun to be me if I don't let my monkey mind get in the way! Party today! Gotta go! Yet first ... deep breath of recognition and appreciation of your sacred presence friend. Thank you for being here, I have 1 friend who looks for and asks for this blog. Thank you friend. There may or may not be others yet the knowing that even 1 person is connected is enough to keep me showing up with Spirit. Yes, as I have shared, i have plenty of shadows yet the Light is always dancing with them. May you enJOY the truth of your own divine shine dance dear one. Namaste, Love.

Blog Archives are accessed here and at WordPress where you can leave comments in these transformation conversations.
Sign up at WordPress to get the current Blog in your inbox!

Laurie Story V's Vlog Library is here:

And! Offerings for spiritual, playful adults airing Saturdays:

Soul Playhouse has 2 dedicated cyber spots; @ famlit.tv and YouTube where you can subscribe for free if you are so called!

Positivity * Possibility * Potentiality * Passion * Proclamation

Exploration * Connection * Communication * Compassion * Creation * Expression
In spiritual support of you and your family!