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“Mommy Magic”

Kari

That’s what Anna calls my soul homework. She started calling it that when she was in college. When she was having a bad week or someone she knew was having a difficult time, she would ask me to work my “mommy magic.”

I got a hard-to-find book in the mail a few weeks ago. I found it online, at Walmart, of all places, but it was a used copy. When I opened the book, I discovered a sticky note with the above message on it.

If you know me, you know how much I enjoy things like this. It reminded me of the foundation of my soul homework, which I don’t think I’ve communicated in all of my blabbing about it.

My soul homework began when I discovered my books through the books I was reading.

I wasn’t searching for “self-help books to help me get through this difficult time.” I discovered my books by following the author’s recommendations within the book I was reading at the time.

That was the initial magic of soul homework. It was as if the universe was guiding me. I started with that first Dear Universe book I mentioned in my original soul homework post, and the rest, as they say, is history.

But then, I stopped doing that. I started feeling really good on the inside and I began directing myself. Soul homework was still helpful, but it wasn’t as magical or as universal.

Source (This is the book where I discovered the sticky note. To be honest, I didn’t really like it. But I felt like its purpose was for me to see the sticky note and write this post.)

Back to the book I received in the mail, it was one I had found in another book I was reading for soul homework titled The Book of Soul: 52 Paths to Living What Matters by Mark Nepo.

When I couldn’t find the book mentioned in Mark’s book at my library or the libraries in my interlibrary loan system, I turned to Amazon. It was more than $30, so I looked at a used bookstore online, and it turned out that Walmart had it for $5 through a third-party used book store.

When I opened the book and saw the note, I felt a tingle on the back of my neck.

I did as directed…

My computer cropped the above photo, and I was too lazy to reformat it.

First, Sara is my mom’s name, and this is how she spells it, which is not the typical way to spell Sara. Second, bird songs, coffee, a good book, and a morning on the porch.

Someone I don’t know left me a sticky note in a book I wouldn’t normally read (it’s for educators) instructing me to turn to a specific page where there is a message about what I do every morning.

THIS is what soul homework, aka- mommy “magic,” is all about.

Not just changing my life, but allowing the universe to take me on a reading adventure.

That’s how it all began back in 2020. And how my life’s transformation began.

Maybe try this for yourself over the summer. Allow the books and the universe to take you on an adventure and see where you end up. Who knows what kind of magic you are capable of…

And thank you, mysterious note writer, for reminding me of where I started all those years ago. 🖤

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36 thoughts on ““Mommy Magic””

  2. A good friend of mine calls this “serendipity” and claims it as her higher power. I’ve had times in my life where I’ve been very tuned-in to it. It does feel magical. I think it’s always there, it’s just about whether or not we are open to it and pay attention.

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  3. I love this! There are no such things as coincidences. Music – specific songs that play at certain times, with the lyrics telling a story – tend to take me on adventures more so than words on pages. Either way, I cherish those messages.

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  4. What a lovely way to be greeted by a new book!

    I used to live in a small city in Minnesota and the local public library had a bookplate in the front of some books that asked people to write their thoughts about the books. It was such a treat to open the book and see handwritten notes about what people thought! I wish my local library did this.

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  8. That sticky note is an amazing find. I’m so glad it spoke to you and directed you where you needed to go to find meaning. I cannot think of an instance where a book directed me to another book, but I rarely read nonfiction unless it’s about health/nutrition or a memoir. Or cults, which I was obsessed with 10 years ago or so!

    I have been trying to be fully present in the moment when I feel the most happy. I then take a picture of it in my mind so that I can go back to it. I go back to Domaine Chandon quite often. 🍾🤣

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    1. Cults are fascinating to me too.

      Mindfulness (being fully present) has been the best thing I’ve learned from of all my soul homework. I don’t blame you for wanting to go back there often. It’s a good place to be. 🤣

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  10. “When I opened the book, I discovered a sticky note with the above message on it.”

    Kari, that is freaking amazing! And like you, I enjoy things like this. Like a message to me from the Universe though someone else. VERY cool!

    I’ve had similar things happen to me. Where I’ve been lead to read certain books that would touch on what it was that I needed at that time. I remember finding (and reading The Dark Night of the Soul) and knowing it was exactly what I need because I was going through the dark night of the soul. Which lasted several years.

    My period of intense self-help was in the 80s. Now, I don’t read books about self-help, I follow my inner voice instead.

    Love that quote from Jules Renard!

    “Not just changing my life, but allowing the universe to take me on a reading adventure.

    That’s how it all began back in 2020. And how my life’s transformation began.”

    That’s incredible! And thanks so much for sharing, my friend! I love reading about your life’s journey~
    X

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    1. After reading your comment, I looked up what a dark night of the soul is and discovered two new books that sounded interesting. So you directed me to two new books that might be able help me with my soul homework. I suspect that some of my soul homework comes from a dark night of the soul. What I do every morning involves a lot of sadness and grief, especially in the last year. Reading about it made me feel better about my journey, so thank you for sharing it in the comments section. 😘

      Right now, I’m still immersed in intense self-help. I’m learning to listen to my inner voice and getting better at it. I trust that my inner voice will let me know when I am done. But I enjoy the entire process, and it has never felt like work.

      I love sharing it with you. Thank you for taking the time to read and comment. It means a lot to me. 😘❤️

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  11. I love this so very much! What a wonderful backstory to your soul homework. Love it love it love it. Also, love the quote about “eyes wider” – and I think about stuff like that all the time. Beautiful, Kari.

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  13. I love that someone you never met or will meet left you a note. Super cool. I think it’s great that your daughter recognizes how much your reading is filling you up. We all need to be filled up with goodness and persepective one way or another. Glad this is working for you.

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  15. Extraordinary find! I was hoping from the beginning that you would share the passage and it did not disappoint! I love this so much. Thanks for sharing and giving my day a lift! Hugs, C

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  17. This is so great. If that isn’t the universe giving you signs, I don’t know what it is. Finding books through books is something magical too….like follow the Yellow Brick Road kinda stuff.
    Mommy Magic; I love that phrase.

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  18. I like the quote. If only I’d realized what I didn’t realize at the time, but now realize because, as they used to say, the scales have dropped from my eyes. I like how you think.

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