Tay waits at the gate for her to return,  not knowing she's left.  Flying back to California.  

How different our lives were for these two weeks….that seem like much longer, that really began with the Old Cowboy's active dying,  his death and then his Absence.  And really,  i guess Everything before that,  all our lives?     It's all part of the Whole,  isn't it.  yes.  

Tonight i feel completely porous.   Very light,  insubstantial.  Maybe like gauze.   I feel like gauze.  There are a trillion moments i want to remember,  to replay,  to see how they went,  one to another. To not remember all of them would be a great loss.  

I want to replay witnessing Alyssia,  the GrandDaughter,  my grand daughter,  so skillfully move inside an almost impossible situation.  The buddhists call it Skillful Means.   I want to re watch her,  her innate intuitive skillful means.  Enhanced, yes,  by her studies…Human Services….but this is way more.  This is a gift.  I watched her look quietly for any solid ground and then set the Guylines.  I watched her wait.  Quiet.  Just Waiting.  Doing what was needed as it arose,  but just so much.

There were Many people involved in it all,  many.  Sisters, Grandmothers, Grand father,  brothers, partners and lovers of them,  and all the fringe of the drug community that we have no idea about.

at the CENTER,  this baby human being,  so vulnerable,  meaning so many different things to so many people

I watched her set those guylines.  Firm.  Then let everyone begin to spin,  to throw threads.  Some taking hold.  Some not.  Some holding a while,  but then not.  How she would take hold of some and attach them,  weave them in,  let others fall away.  Quietly with no judgement, no personal ego.  She

wove

she watched for what might be strong and wove the loose ends in.  Firm.

And from it all,  which was really,  24 hours a day for the last several days,  the plan.   The beginnings of the enactment of the Plan that somehow Everyone feels they can be a part of.   They go to the Drug   Rehab Center  in Santa Fe.  Begin there.  The baby who i call Fate is with the aunt who at this point is thinking to take him to Alyssia and her mother in California in 2 weeks or so,  where he will stay until the second segment of the rehab program which can continue from Sacremento,  both parents and the baby in that.  

This is how it stands in the moment.  Many things can change.  But the very Best we could imagine has been imagined and set into motion.  So now we just wait.

 

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all the While,  Cloth waits too.  And somehow in the midst of it,  the black and white that for me represents some kind of Natural Order,  has become diagonal.  Tomorrow i can stitch.  I long for this.

 

 

 

 

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26 responses to “it’s Quiet”

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    BIG hug

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  2. Dana Avatar

    What an intense time you have had lately. I know it would take me a while to sort through my feelings after so many heart tugs. Stitching your cloth will help. I am thinking of you with love.

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  3. Michelle in NYC Avatar

    Been waiting to hear this
    will continue to wait
    Listening right now to https://youtu.be/DWEszRR3Ucc

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  4. saskia Avatar

    i am glad you could do this together

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  5. julie Avatar

    “drug community.” This phrase strikes me.

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  6. .cynthia Avatar
    .cynthia

    that Tay is woven into the waiting..that suddenly huge space …that rushes in after so much leaves,,,waiting with the Cloth…i am so glad there are these comforts within the space..gentle day grace

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  7. Marti Avatar
    Marti

    La familia opens its arms to welcome little “Fate”. The circle expands, and it is good to read that possibly “Fate” will spend time with Jenny,his paternal grandmother and his very special Aunt, Alyssia, whose love and instincts guided and helped expand the circle of family…

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  8. yvette Avatar

    Web in wording
    Warmth grace
    Weaver alyssia
    Waker tay

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  9. Tina Avatar
    Tina

    For the love of family…..like all the threads that come TOGETHER making cloth whole….I love you Grace for the heartfelt stories you so honestly share…..Sending you all BLESSINGS galore!

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  10. Patricia Spangler Avatar

    if ever there was a description of another–a description that had me hanging on each word–imagining, seeing, feeling–this tribute to Alyssia (whether intended or not) is surely the loveliest i’ve ever read. she–Alyssia–a life whisperer. no wonder Tay waits for her.

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  11. Tabitha Klucking Avatar
    Tabitha Klucking

    When I read this I imagined you representing what your granddaughter did with cloth. You describe it in such a vivid and loving way that I’ll bet you could easily tranfer it to one of your creations. Might be therapeutic. Best wishes to you and yours.

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  12. grace Avatar

    it feels GOOD!

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  13. grace Avatar

    Thank you….

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  14. grace Avatar

    yes…i count on you to “put it”
    some day
    i’ll learn

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  15. grace Avatar

    i am too. It was something that will remain forever

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  16. grace Avatar

    it IS a community. in the true sense of the word….they
    “take care” of each other in their skewed and twisted way
    but are no less human

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  17. grace Avatar

    yes. so glad that i have this Space of mine that remains
    throughout all the rest. It just waits for me

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  18. grace Avatar

    it will go as it goes. They are ready for what needs to
    occur

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  19. grace Avatar

    in this moment yes, but now, on the next night, it’s all
    changed

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  20. grace Avatar

    we find ourselves loving family because we know them best,
    but if this love could be extended anywhere it is needed?????

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  21. grace Avatar

    Today, Wednesday, Tay understood.

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  22. grace Avatar

    Therapeutic…i need a little Therapeutic right now.
    and yes…it WILL become cloth in some way at some moment…

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