So much time has passed. It has been 17 months since Joyce departed from her earthy life. That time has meant deep sadness for us here – her family, her neighbors, her friends and clients around the world. Her departure was sudden and our loss grievous. 

And yet in the midst of our missing her we find that her spirit is still shining and active in our lives. We see her in dreams, hear her voice in our minds as we do the work she encouraged us to pursue. She appears in new forms, sailing on the wind like a bird as she used to do in her own meditations.  Because of her guidance from that Next Place we have made healing connections with new friends, and renewed our links to beloved folks around the world who knew and loved her.  We often hear her guidance as we work, laugh at her hilarious little jokes and current appearances in new forms.

We know she is very much ‘not gone’ from our lives and loves. As a example, knowing how much I love mushroom hunting, she guided me to find not only Morel mushrooms in my own backyard, but also Agaricus Augustus -“The Prince”, in my immediate neighborhood. Both of these finds are highly unlikely in my locale. 

With all my heart I know that the spirit goes on even though the body has fallen away.

Joyce, we call on you every day to help us assist others to heal and to find the miraculous in their lives.

— Helen