Meet Sheryl Welch
My name is Sheryl Welch, and I grew up in Lansing, Michigan, where I live today. I have been drawn to the spiritual path for as long as I can remember and started to discover some of my gifts at an early age. I bought my first oracle deck when I was sixteen years old, and have enjoyed learning about the Goddess, my gifts, and all kinds of different modalities ever since.
I have always loved being creative and like to dabble in all kinds of art. I used to draw quite a bit when I was younger, but I haven’t painted since high school. I really felt called to be a part of this remarkable project, but initially I wasn’t sure I had the energy or space to take it on. I hesitated for a few weeks before I finally raised my hand and jumped in.
Spirit showed me it was another way to start cracking open the shell I’d spent years building around my heart. I was told it would be good to get my creative juices flowing again after having neglected that part of myself for a very long time. I’ve been on this path long enough to know that when Spirit speaks, you listen…and you trust.
Supercedure Cell
The card I created was Supercedure Cell. I wasn’t even sure what “supercedure” meant at first, but I sure don’t believe it was a coincidence that out of all the cards, I ended up with this one. What I thought was poor timing turned out to be perfect.
I learned from my Mentor that if the bees sense the current queen has become ill, damaged, or weak, they will select a young larva to build a cell around and feed royal jelly, to produce a replacement queen. They intuitively understand the need to change things up to preserve the hive and ensure their survival. This was, of course, in perfect alignment with where I was in my own life.
You seriously can’t make this stuff up.
A few years back, it became evident that things in my life were no longer working as they once had, and that a major shift had to happen if I wanted to “survive.” It was an incredibly painful realization, but it pushed me to completely alter the direction I was headed. With guidance from the Goddess and the support of Sisters, that path has led me to where I am today, and I couldn’t be more grateful!
I didn’t have a specific image in mind when I set out to create my piece. After sitting on it for several days, I still had nothing, so when a random opportunity to paint came up, I did something completely different. Without any limits or expectations, I just started playing with the paints and brushes. I let it flow and tried to stay present in the moment.
While I played, I was thinking about all the different pieces of my journey, and I opened myself up to whatever might surface. I remembered how desperately I had ached for a different life. I remembered how painful it was, accepting that things were never going to be what I had hoped. I recalled how terrified I was to make the shift that I knew had to happen, and how much I worried that I would fail.
The hive’s creation of a new queen in a supercedure cell doesn’t happen overnight. Likewise, I didn’t make a sudden giant leap in a different direction in my life. Like the nurturing of the larva with royal jelly, it was a collective of actions, players and moving parts that together formed the path to a new beginning. As I was reflecting on the beautiful way everything came together in Divine timing in my own journey, colors and shapes started to come together on the canvas. I remember watching it unfold, and the extraordinary feelings of peace and ease I felt while painting, and especially when I was finished.
To me, the soft white and gray clouds celebrate the passing of difficult storms and the growing hope of clearing skies. The lush green hillside with spots of bright flowers here and there, reveals the way ahead is rich with fertile soil and abundant with new growth and color. The surreal, almost mystical appearance of the hive that floats intrusively in the foreground speaks to the directness with which the Goddess asks us to trust when she shows us a new way forward. The cell formed on the hive almost pulses with the potential the future holds for us when we focus our intentions on nurturing and creating a new life.
Creating this piece for the Bee Oracle was a deeply fulfilling experience. The picture I was left with when I knew it was complete really helped me transmute the pain I had experienced and move fully into acceptance and gratitude. Blessed Bee!
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