Aisling

My

name is Aisling NiLongaigh I hold the twelfth shift
in Cill Caorthann.  I am 17 and

I live in Virginia. 
My Foster mother introduced me to this.  The first time


I tended the flame it was amazing.  I have never felt
so lifted of burdens

before.  I don't know how to
truly describe it, I felt happy.  And for people

who
know me, they know what a stretch that it LOL.  I
dedicated myself to

Brighid and I said a prayer to
Brighid and Almost cried at the feeling. 
I

guess that is all for right now.

Aisling NiLongaigh
Twelth Shift Cill

Caorthann

Celtia

I am serving my first watch, and I find that I hear the Goddess whispering "service" as a mantra in my ear. 

Deanna

Speaking of Soulfriends and Summerlands...I thought I'd share that my last flame shift fell at just the right time.. Saturday, my godfather, Michael Hallet, passed on, due to complications from a thyroid problem.. Tending the flame all night helped me come to terms a little more quickly, (although the wound is still tender.. as I'm sure it will be for quite some time), Our Lady being such a  comfort in the pain.. I had just gotten back to Maine from visiting him and the rest of my family (which I hadn't seen in months) in Massachusetts. Somehow I knew before I left, what I would hear when I returned.. He was a father to me, as I spent most of my childhood by his side.. and the past few years, being separated hurt us both greatly.  I'm just glad that that hurt was soothed somewhat before he passed on, by us being able to spend some time together, however short it was.. I was told by my mother, that he sounded so much better after I had been there.. I'm glad I was able to bring joy into his final days.

I'm sorry if any of this seems rambling.. Words to explain all this are a little difficult right now.. *chuckles* And I had meant this to be a short post..

I lit a flame for him, from Brighid's, to see him over, and spent a good portion of today in the woods drumming, saying my goodbyes... And at all times I have felt Her mantle around me... found comfort in Her touch, solace in Her words.. I find great solace in the knowledge that he is with Brighid, and finally knows peace.

Love, Light, and Brighid's Blessings,
Deanna

Don

The first light of Brighid's flame for the 19th shift of Cedar was done at sunset mountain time in Idaho yesterday evening. It has burned continually since then and will till sunset this evening when I'm releaved by The Lady Herself 
Darksky aka 

Bright Blessings,
Don Schutte

Ettain

This was so beautiful! I, too, am serving my first shift, and what amazed me was the intensity of the flame when I lit the tiny candle to the larger one on my altar. I could feel the energies passing through me, a wondrous feeling that is hard to describe except in ecstatic terms. I feel renewed and re-blessed by the Lady's Light.

MerlynHawk

Its 5:04 am as I write this. I am an early riser. 
   I am serving my first shift as a flame-keeper of our Lady. Her flame burned all night. But as I sat this morning watching it I ask the Lady for her guidance.
   I watched the flame leap and dance. Then I noticed that in the glass flute of the lantern I could see a reflection of the flame. It was the original flame's exact duplicate, only this flame came from the top of the glass flute and reached down toward the original. And as I watched this the Lady touched me, as she has at times in the past, and I saw, all at once that the two flame reaching out toward one another was just like us reaching for the Light of our beautiful Lady Brighid. 
   We are the reflection of her pure and wonderous amber glow. It is up to us to tend that fire. To make absolutely sure that the miracle of Her healing never goes out in this world. It is up to us, as the Ord Brighideach, to be the finest reflection of our Lady that we can possibly be.
   The revelation almost brought me to tears.
   I asked, "Lady, is this just for me, or may I share this with others?"
   A tingle began in my chest, and I knew without doubt that I must bring this story to all of you.
   I can't believe that I am so blessed as to be allowed to tend the
Sacred Flame of Brighid. May Her wonderous Light shine upon you and yours. And may each of you carry our Lady's Light out into the world.

   MerlynHawk
   Cill Learog
   7th shift

Forestwife

        This morning as I was doing my incants under my healing/prayer tree I was blessed with such an energy that it took my breath away. The energy was so strong, I could actually see it. Under my healing tree I have a little stone altar on which I have painted a picture of the our Lady in blues and white surrounded by waves of healing. As I was lighting the incense to start my incants a small globe of bluish pulsing light began to hover and pulse just above the altar stone.

I immediately put my hands under the globe (about the size of a tennis ball) and lifted it carefully, holding it over my head I allowed it to enter through the top of my head. At this point two raven landed at the end of the grove and started making such a racket, flapping their wings  wildly. Then in a few minutes they took flight cawing as they went into the distance.

Blessings All!!

Brighid's Kiss...
Forestwife
Cill Trom, 10th
Ord Brighideach

Tim

My first day as a flame keeper in Ord Brighideach, I went outdoors and lit my flame at sunset (relying on my watch since it  was cloudy and drizzling).  I said a prayer dedicating myself to Brighid and a prayer asking her blessing on my service to her.  I
spent some time in meditation on the flame.  So far the experience
has been very fulfilling.  Not ecstatic.  No visions.  No revelations.  But very intense.  I feel connected to her, centered in her.

Yours in service,
Tim