Something wicc'id this way comes??
For as long as I can remember I've loved Nature. Her beauty never fails to move me deep inside. While a young girl I spent many a summer day in the woods above my Grampa's house. I had a "thinking rock"; a large, moss-covered, sandstone boulder that I loved to just sit on and listen to the trees talk around me. Even then, at the young age of 7, I felt grounded, connected, a part of the rock as sure as it was a part of me. Later, as I moved along the roads toward my adult life I found myself looking more and more to the woods, searching for that same connection, feeling as if they held some deep promise. For long years I puzzled....Why? What was it I hoped to find? And always the moon...I can remember as a child "moonbathing" in the silvery beams that shone thru my bedroom window while everyone else was fast asleep. I felt mysterious and beautiful in Her light. Even now I find myself feeling more alive in the full moon's glow. I have an affinity for all creatures; I remember sobbing heartbrokenly as a child when my father killed a nest of baby garter snakes. With each strike of his hoe, pain shot thru me. Now I often say I like animals better than people! I've always hated pollution, and am deeply disturbed by the state of our world. I'm often angered almost to the point of physical violence when I see or hear of people dumping or littering. In 1996, after years of feeling numb to my what my life had become, I found myself once again longing for my childhood affinity with nature. I had to look to the woods, I had to feel the wind, the rain, the sun, the moonlight. I had to hear the birds cry, the crickets chirp, the trees rustle. I had to do these things. So began my journey to find those things
that made my inner self laugh, dance and sing.....What did I find?
All roads lead to Her....She steadies my feet on Her path. Mother Nature, Gaia, Goddess, whatever you call Her, She was the answer.
Many Blessings Upon You! |
