I read up on some of the things I posted here when I first joined, and I said back then that my path doesn't include spellwork. I first incorporated candle magic, then making charms, and then slowly included other sorts of spellwork. It's felt natural and right.

But because I've felt myself straying from my path lately, I haven't done spellwork in a long time. The last time I remember doing it was last year. As I posted on the forums, stress and pain and life in general has kept me away from my altar.

There's a lot of strife in my house right now, and I found myself reading about war water. Not to do war against my mom, but to help with the negative energy around the house. From there, I found out about peace water. I read several different recipes, found them all to be different, so I decided to do what I usually do: use what speaks to me.

I've been saving water charged by a super moon for a few years now, and I used it as my base. I wanted my peace water to be powerful. I also added peppermint tea, pillow down, bubble bath, and incense ash to the bottle, because those are all things I find calming. I guess that makes it more "soothing water", but the intent was there, and that's what matters. I took it to my altar and prayed over it.

Within a few minutes, my mom, who had been ignoring me for hours, sat down to talk to me.

It feels so good to do spellwork again, to feel myself stepping back onto my path. I know that this one thing isn't going to solve all of my problems, but it's taken a weight off of me.