| I went to every church I could with whichever friend would invite me along. Why you may ask? Well, in all honesty I was looking for that which I witnessed, and I'm sure any of you has too, if you have ever been inside a church. I was looking for that which made me feel the way those up front felt. You know the ones, the ones that are so full of the "spirit" of God. And I do not deny he exists, he's just not my God. So, I went to church searching for one that gave me that feeling. I do not remember exactly when that started, probabaly in the 3rd grade, or summer before, as we moved to the county and the Catholic Church and School were just "too far" according to my muther (intentionally mis-spelled, but that is another story in and of itself). So I never really felt it in Catholic Church & school, I needed it to somehow save me from all the abuse I endured. I continued my search with all of my friends, until one day my English teacher, wanting to get us ready for the next school year, instructed us to do a term paper (which in the next 5 years we would be having them every year). While we were told we could do them on any topic of our choice, I remember choosing witchcraft, just to be different. While I did not get a good grade on my term paper (possibly because of my subject choice and being in the Bible Belt in Mississippi), I learned a lot. I discovered that witchcraft was not just a practice, but there was a religion based on the practice of Witchcraft. The more I learned as I researched my term paper, the more I had that "This Is It!" feeling. There have been times when those I love that love me too, have asked exactly why I believe the way I do, and I explain this to them as best as I can. I even had a close friend who did not agree with my spiritual choices acuse me of being a "devil worshiper", when I told her I could not worship what I did not believe existed she went on to tell me that then I was an Athiest". We eventually got past these diferences, but I have lost touch with Karen, and sadly I have lost many friends, who have died too soon... I remember being in church and begging for Gods help with the abuse I had to endure, as no child should, and the Christian God never answered my prayers. I only let a few very close friends know about my religios choice, so I am still in the closet, so to speak. The woman that was more of a mother to me than the one I got, asked me to let my children choose their own path, and I explained to her, that is how we do it, we do not force our belief practices on others, since we know that every one is on their individual journeys. Mine just happens to be Wicca, and I am a Solitary Eclectic Witch... I am a collector of sorts, as I have a very close kinship to the earth, and am very drawn to all diferent gemstones and crystals, which is why I created the Stones Pages. I love that there are so many people out there that feel a kinship to them as well, and I recently added 14 more books to my collection of books about Gemstones, Crystals, and Minerals... I just got to go through all of the ones I have and see exactly how many different ones I have and I have well over a 100 different crystals... When it comes to scrying, reading, or fortelling the future, I trust the Runes. I love my set of Tiger's Eye runes that I got from a close friend back in Mississippi, he made them himslef, and I will always feel I got the better end of the trade, as he chose one of my smaller crystal balls. I have many orbs, two crystal balls, an onyx sphere, and three obsidian spheres and one obsidian egg as well as an amethyst crystal ball. Amethyst being my favorite stone as well as my birthstone. As far as the Tarot goes, I still struggle with it, I can use the Major Aracana with little to no problems, but I really trust the Runes. I am also a single mother of two beautiful children, my eldest, a 17-y-o girl has chosen her path to follow and she is proud to call herself a witch. I still feel my 10-y-o is a little young to choose his path, though I share with him all about my beliefs that I feel comforatble with, hoping it does not get around his school, as I never want either of my children to suffer because of my personal choices. I get a little of every thing I believe from all over the spectrum, and know this is what is right for me... Many Magicks... Aradia Rose I now offer expert readings, in tarot, runes and astrological forecasts. 
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