I was adopted at 6 weeks old by 2 wonderful loving people that I believe I am spiritually connected if not blood connected somehow. My mom was the 5th daughter of a gypsy-viking blood line. All of her sisters and herself had gifts of one kind kind or another. My dad comes from a viking-french-danish-sami bloodline. Dad may not have realized it but he was gifted with the sight or precognition, it saved his life as a child in ww2 in norway many times and when he served in the korean war.
These 2 wonderful people couldn't have children of their own so they adopted me in may 1960 at 6 weeks old and my brother in may of 1964. I was raised in the religion my parents practiced, lutheran. During my younger yrs I had shown my mom I had a few gifts. I could see and hear spirits, I could smell when a loved one who had passed came to visit (still can do these things). At the age of 14 I came home from school one day and sat down with mom asking her why she "looked so dark" when she asked me what I meant I told her the colors I always see around you are not so brite. She told me that she was trying to get up the nerve to tell me that the family dog had to be put down that afternoon (She was my protector as a baby), I already knew when she passed over she came to me to say thankyou for loving her for so long while I was in school that day. That was when I found out it wasn't considered normal to see aura's.
A few yrs later I was having lessons for confirmation/communion and the pastor who was a wonderful open minded man for his time told the 14 of us to "read the bible as the book it was intended, a book of short stories of a wonderous man who became A messiah" That's when I realized that it was time for me to start reading about other religions and the ways of "the ancients". So my path started to wind away from religion to pagan at the age of 16.
When I gave birth to my first daughter at 20 I had agreed to let her be raised in the catholic faith so that her father's church would recognize our marriage and children knowing in my heart that she would follow her own path when the time came. Her sister followed in '84 and it was the same thing with her. I left the door open for them to follow their hearts. Now 30+ yrs later, my first born is methodist with 2 wonderful kids (boy then a girl), her sister is lutheran with 2 kids as well (girl then a boy) both are open minded to me and my ways and have on occasion asked for my help and advice on certain things. They both have gifts as well as all the grandkids but are afraid to embrace them and try to not speak about them but have left the door open for the grandkids to find their way. I have tried to help them but they need someone other than mom telling them what to do
They came to our vow renewal for hubby (step dad) and I last summer that was a handfasting.
AAh my hubby, he's a piece of my heart. We met in 2001 and clicked. I knew we belonged together. He was raised in a hellfire and brimstone baptist church in the Appalachians. His mom was clairvoyant and he has the gift as well but fears it while respecting it. When he saw how open I am about my gifts his mind opened more to the idea of there is more than the eye can see. He now is trying to accept what he feels and sees knowing it's not wrong.
About me, my gifts and how I see my world, well it changes almost daily
I have found that I am able to tap into all 5 of the clair's. I am a dream walker, have even had battles in the astral plane (another lifetime before cutting ties with an old sister flame). I can read aura's, practice kitchen witchery, and just live a simple life as healthy as I can. I have read and researched on may paths and now follow a path of my own making taking what resonates with me from Druidry to wicca, even did a little reading about satanism (it's not evil it's a path of taking full responsibility for all your actions).
There are so many differing views and paths it makes the mind spin. I've been reading about whatever catches my eye for almost 40 yrs and I'm still learning and finding new info.