12 Jul An Authentic Share

Hi all! My goodness, what a wild ride it’s been lately! I don’t know about you but there have been twists and turns galore. One second it seems like things are finally moving forward and then comes an unexpected plot twist. All we can do is take it one now moment at a time while hanging onto our sanity and trying to remember why we are here and what we want to create. God bless us all! It hasn’t been easy.

For me, the unexpected came as sudden water damage to my home. (Yes, I know, emotional cleansing, thank you universe!)

I discovered it when I came out of my office the other day and saw my hardwood floor was lifting. At first we thought the dishwasher was leaking so we disconnected it. Overnight it was clear we still had a leak. Turns out it was coming from our AC unit in the attic. A pipe got clogged and water ran down the inside of the walls and under the flooring causing considerable damage to my kitchen, dining room, living room and entryway.

Of course, I called the insurance company right away and it turns out I was sold a policy that was supposed to be comparable to one I had before but actually had a water exclusion buried waaaaay down in the details. All other exclusions were detailed right at the beginning and easy to see. Downright shifty!

So the insurance doesn’t cover the damage and the agent that sold it to us didn’t catch that exclusion and doesn’t seem to want to make it right. They are no longer doing business with that carrier (maybe I took one for the team?) but that doesn’t do much for my immediate situation. And I realize that I really should have read the entire policy and not take someone’s word for it. Lesson learned.

I’ve been surprisingly calm through all of this. Well mostly. I did have a full blown very human reaction in the form of a big cry (more cleansing! sheesh!) when I found out insurance wouldn’t cover it and I had no recourse. But I got over that quickly and now I’m just very matter of fact trying to handle what needs to be done.

All this to say….if you have been thinking of booking a reading or buying one of our courses, now would be a great time to do it to help me meet these increased financial demands. I’m determined to make lemonade out of these lemons, and perhaps that’s a way this whole thing could turn into something mutually beneficial. Prayers and visualizations of things working out perfectly and the house being as good as new also gratefully accepted!

I hesitated to write this post but I decided that the best thing I could do is just be authentic about the situation and allow myself to receive support in a way that offers support, as well. I hope you are all staying cool and high and dry and surfing these crazy times with grace and ease and a good dose of humour! Much love to you all. xo