Disclaimer / trigger warning: This post contains content about death. I will blur the portions with this content, but please feel free to skip reading this post if it will make you uncomfortable.
I hope everyoneās having a terrific Thursday! This will be my first Weekly Witchy Challenge, so Iām glad this weekās theme is a catch-up! 
There are so many of the previous challenges that I want to do (read: I want to do all of them)! However, Iām going to choose two because I came up with a way to weave them together into one āmaster work,ā for lack of a better term.
The first challenge I want to explore is the āVeil Between Worldsā challenge. I will be combining this with the āKitchen Witcheryā challenge.
First and foremost, I have always been obsessed with cooking, and I collect cookbooks ā Iāve lost count of how many I have, but Iād say a conservative estimate would be that I have at least 50. I have always used cooking and baking to share my love that I have for my family and friends, even before I was aware of the concept of kitchen witchery and putting intent into recipes. Naturally, this is a great first challenge for me to start getting more involved with this amazing community! 
I chose āThe Veil Between Worldsā as a second challenge that I want to explore. Ever since I was little, Iāve been very sensitive to different energies, and have had several āghostā encounters. A few weeks ago, I decided that I wanted to explore this further, so I picked up a copy of Bucklandās Book of Spirit Communication, and it insprired me to delve even deeper. Since I made that decision to really hit the ground running and explore connecting with the āSpirit realmā (for lack of better words), I have been even more sensitive to the presence of other energies.
One of the most moving (?) experiences was the other day during one of my meditations. I suddenly felt this shift in energy and the name Genevieve popped into my head. I got the impression that this Genevieve was somehow related to me through my dadās side of the family. After my meditation, I asked my mom whether there were any Genevieves on Dadās side of the family, and she siad that there was, but that she couldnāt remember what her relation was to my dad.
Needless to say, that had me hooked.
My goal for this week is to dive deeper into both kitchen witchery and spirit contact. I plan on doing this to connect to the three parts of my family: my paternal side, my momās biological family, and my momās adopted family. Food, to me, is a way of passing down love, memories, and rememberance of generations past.
Several years ago, my paternal grandma was murdered by her doctor. (I wonāt go into details, but if youāre curious, look up news stories about Dr. Husel in Columbus, OH.) I feel like I havenāt really had any true closure regarding her death. I feel that my mourning process isnāt complete, and Iām looking for ways to get through the rest of the process.
At the expense of rambling further, TLDR: Iām going to pull recipes from my family recipe collections and use them as a method of attempting to connect with my family members who have passed, as well as my ancestors in general. During this challenge, I am going to learn about the magickal propertis of the various ingredients I am cooking with, really put my energies into my cooking, and use cooking to help facilitate contact with those who have passed.
I look forward to seeing what yāall are doing, learning, and experiencing during this weekās witchy challenge!