Seek Help
Receive Love
Heal Within
The heart is a door to everything. . .
By Kathleen
June Ariano-Jakes
and Making Cards for the Ones on the StreetÂ
Recently the John Volken Academy women and I heard a talk from June Ariano-Jakes who has written a book called, Addiction: A Mother’s Story.
We listened spell-bound as this amazing woman, in a very soft voice, explained that she is incapable of anger and how that influenced her relationship with her son and his devastating addiction issues.
I highly recommend her book. It is an incredible look at the mean streets of Vancouver, the fall-out from the horrific life of an addict, and the gang activity.
John Volken Academy Graduation, January 5th, 2020
Congratulations to Brek, Lucas, Tylor, Tiernan, and Ellie!
John Volken Academy is a live-in therapeutic community in Surrey, BC, for recovery from addiction. Their excellent program focusses on life skills, striving to instil in each student the desire align with core values of self-worth, forgiveness, and humility.
For more details see here: https://www.volken.org/program/
Assisting Women and Children,
Cabos San Lucas, Mexico
December 3-10th, 2019, a group of us travelled with Kelly Oswald, owner of The Oracle, and her husband, James, to the tip of the Baja Peninsula, Cabos San Lucas, Mexico.
Kelly’s friend, Adriana, helped chaperone us as we visited foundations assisting beautiful women and children living in poverty and often violence.
We participated in sharing a simple drawstring back pack pattern for the ladies to sew and sell, lunch-time feeding and clean-up at a local school, lots of playing, and handing out requested gifts of crayons and colouring books.
It was hard to witness the dichotomy of rich and poor — I knew it was there having visited Cabos before — but not to the extent I saw it this time. There is a marina full of million dollar yachts and a few miles away dirt roads, not enough food, violence and abuse. . .
Bless the ones born into the physical poverty with the possibility of violence and abuse.
We are here to lift everyone up,
for gender equality to be reality here Now.
Another Beautiful Day at Civello Aveda,
Robson Salon, November 10th, 2019
November 10th 2019, Hair Day, Aveda Civello on Robson
Sharon and Rachel
We are so grateful for the care and attention
given to the women from John Volken Academy.
Another Visit to Wisteria Acres,
Because of Romeo’s Dream!
Madison and Mae
Thank You to Krista, Linda,
Rayne, Cricket, Cassie and Mae!
July 2019, Krista Brown of Wisteria Acres, created Romeo’s Dream Adult Community Outreach Program, a non-profit that allows those in need to experience the wisdom of the horses.
From the gift of these beautiful books (above) by award winning Canadian author Claire Hitchon, to an amazing meditation where we became horses, to an obstacle course in tandem with the horses, it was another beautiful day with Krista Brown, owner of Wisteria Acres and Linda, shaman/assistant extraordinaire, and the women in recovery from John Volken Academy.
Shai, McKenna, Amber, Madison, Rachel, Kathleen, Stephinah
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