Letters To

Last night was amazing. I can't even describe it. As I thought, exactly those who needed to be here, were here. Even the weather was amazing. As K called in the spirits of the mountains that surround us here in Colorado to be with me on the journey, the thunder and lightening picked up, it started to pour rain, and it hailed. This went on for a few minutes, and then passed, leaving everything washed and cleansed, even as I was. Then, to symbolize this being the beginning of an entirely new life for myself, G. shaved my head. It was funny, scary, intense, daring, amazing, an entire gamut of emotions. Thank you to A., who took pictures! I thought about the ceremony all day today, and how wonderful I felt sitting in circle with the 7 women who came to the ceremony, plus my wife, G. I realized that they are my tribe. That's the word that came into my head, and it is so true. Now, I don't see all these women every day; some I don't see very often at all, but we are all hea...

Tonight, my shaman/teacher, K, who led our Vision Quest, is coming over to do a blessing ceremony for me, my journey, my stuff, and G. is going to shave my head. Whew! Guess I should have her take a couple of "before" pics. Not that I have all that much hair to begin with--I've always been a short-hair girl, but I was thinking about it today, and the signficance was making me all emotional. It's my own personal symbol of being reborn into the 2nd half of my life. It's a lot to take on. This ceremony is making the whole trip, the culmination of 7 years of planning, thinking, wondering, and walking, a reality. I'm going to do it. Well, I'm going to attempt it, and I feel reasonably confident that I'm going to do it! I have the time, and I have (I hope) the money. It will be fine. All will be well. I have no idea who's coming. I sent an e-mail to about 10 of my closest "spirit sisters", but no one has responded. Today, I called...