Our Lady of the Rains
This has been a very long year. There has been much to process, release, integrate , heal and be grateful for. Much has had to do with the practical, tangible, physical “down to earth “ matters. Such an interesting phrase is “Down to Earth.” As if “down” was reflective of a relative “up” from which we are separated. I have pondered as of late, the reality of what is actually occurring when in the stillness of my Heart, the visions come. Yet I have come to honor these moments without question, for the light that they bring me when the clouds block my way. In a moment of recent stillness, it happened again. She came out of nowhere. In my mind I was adrift at Sea in a small and fragile vessel. I was searching the horizon for something to hold onto. She walked across the water. She is made of the tranquility of the spiral waves of the Sea itself. She knelt down in the waters and drew off the scarf from around Her neck. She dipped it into the waters, wiped my brow, gathered the rain wate