Well, things have gotten better on the homefront. We had an appointment with the county on Friday. We filled out all the required paperwork, got fingerprinted, and then waited to see if they would get the case sent through that day. Turns out they did! I wasn’t expecting any money until sometime this week, but since we did come in 2 weeks prior and we really needed money now, they pro-rated us back to the 15! We got the money that same day! And we were told that since we had no food 2 weeks ago when we went in, they should have given us emergency food aid. Housing and food is the most important…well our housing was covered for the month, but we were just about out of food! And they were supposed to do something about that…but they didn’t.

So anyway, we have a kitchen full of food, and the bills are getting piad on the 2nd when we get the money for August. And our rent wil be paid, too. ‘J’ said we’ll be able to pay the bank the money we owe and then pay for my domain name on the 2nd as well….so it seems I won’t be losing it after all!

This all happened so fast…and I’m sure at least some of it had to do with the ritual I performed in the early morning hours before the appointment on Friday (and the with the help of those people who were keeping us in their thoughts and lighting candles…I thank you all!). I set about performing a money ritual and asked for any help the God and Goddess could give. And They gave us the help we needed!

Our money situation has been pretty bad, lately…what with ‘J’s workman’s comp checks suddenly stopping mid-month with no warning. We went to try to get emergency aid from the county that Friday when we found out we wouldn’t have an income anymore (2 weeks ago), but they turned us down, saying we weren’t considered an emergency. So we scheduled an appointment and that was this past Friday.

In the early morning hours (about 3am) on Friday, I set about getting ready for a desperate money ritual…to ensure that the county would indeed be getting something to us…at least to pay rent and buy food.
Everyone was sleeping out in the living room (since the bedrooms get so hot), so I took my ritual items back to my bedroom and set them up on the bed-shelf that is the headboard.

• white candle (for the Goddess)
• green candle (for the money)
• patchouli incense
• pentacle

I set up the pentacle in the middle and put the white candle on the left side and the green candle on the right side. I put the incense in front of the pentacle.
I lit the white candle and cast the circle around me…inviting the God, Goddess, and Elementals to attend. I meditated on why I was there and then lit the incense and green candle. I meditated on having enough money to pay rent and the bills and to buy food. I asked the God and Goddess for help should they feel I truly needed it, as long as it harmed none. I meditated until both candles burned down to the nub and the incense burned out. I then thanked the God and Goddess and Elementals for attending and uncast my circle. I spread the ashes of the incense in my bed, visualizing it was money and that when I laid down for sleep, it was money I was rolling in.

A few hours later, we got up to go to the appoinment. After all the paperwork was done, we were granted money that very same day! The ritual was a success and the God and Goddess were smiling on us that day. I thank Them for Their help, and I thank anyone who was thinking of us and lighting candles in our behalf.