The Goddess calls in different ways – usually through love. Her inspiration moves us from love for someone or something specific, to a passion that expands in ever-widening circles till its waves lap on shores we never dreamed of.  There are millions of stories that speak of the power of goddess energy. I know at least three from personal experience. The first is mine.

Anne’s Story: Artist/Writer/Mother

Like most mothers, I adore my children. But I felt a special love and concern for my youngest daughter, Amanda.  Lost and wandering in a life-threatening eating disorder, her descent was frightening.

We rallied to her defense, seeking medical and therapeutic help, but nothing seemed to help. Then one day, I painted her a birthday card. I poured my love and hopes for her into the image. It was of a goddess – full bodied and gorgeous – lounging under a tree. She looked like Amanda.  Behind her, a group of super-slender nymphs glared at her jealously. The caption read, “You’re a GODDESS, not a nymph! GO, goddess!” It was a reminder that beauty comes in different packages; that divinity lay dormant within her. She just needed to reclaim it.  Amanda loved it.

Over the next few years, as she gradually won the hard-fought battle to return to health, I continued to produce cards expressing my love and belief in her ultimate return to joy, I was learning about eating disorders, and came to understand that many women (and men) suffer from our culture’s obsession with ridiculous standards of physical perfection. I studied goddess mythology and loved the powerful role models they were for the modern goddess. I wove their strong, affirming messages into my images and stories.

 All this evolved into my present line Goddess Cards.  No longer just for my child, the original inspiration for my work, they reach out to women of every kind. Women who have forgotten, or never been told, that all of them are goddesses – rich in power and potential - and all of them are beautiful!

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“You’re a GODDESS, not a nymph!” An updated version
of the birthday card painted for Amanda
See Anne’s work on www.goddesscards.com