December 6, 2016,Prescott-
Thirty-six years ago, today,
on a cold and rainy night,
in Zuni,
she entered my life.
It was the night of house blessings,
yet only the keenest of shamans
would have any inkling,
of what a blessing was bestowed
that very night,
upon each of the homes
we would come
to occupy together,
beginning some eighteen months,
to the day, later.
She was always contributing:
to my well-being,
to the future success of our only child,
to the growth and stamina
of every community she entered.
I recall, on our first wedding anniversary,
a wayward child in a little mining town,
dutifully handing her, a stranger,
the needle he was using to jab
people around him.
She was always contributing,
to the collective life around her.
She contributes, still,
to my well-being,
from the Placeless,
from the Timeless.
Hugs to you, dear friend. ❤
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Hope your Fall stays comfortable, JoEllen! ❤
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