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Tina sent this.   A stone from Lake Superior.   Held within this pouch.  

it took a while,  to have the Sense of it all.   and the sense of it all made sense when she told me.  

"the small pouch with the snap came from my dad.  it held his rosary.  He prayed the rosary everyday for as long as I can remember."

the word that came to mind when i held the pouch was gabardine.  I don't know what gabardine is.  But i associate it as Male,  as like maybe a suit.  A scrap of a suit?  or a left over from the making of a suit?  It's plain and strong woven.  Quiet.  It's a quiet fabric.  The stitching,  done with honor of that quietness.  Bordering it,  but quietly.  Respecting something.  and to learn that it had held his rosary.  

 

 


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The snaps.   Does anyone Out There have old snaps?  The brass/copper kind?  If you do,  i would be so so so happy to buy them from you.  Please Email me.  Please.

 

 


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Irene's prayer,  so soft,  almost a whisper and then today,  oh!,  this fierceness!  This STAND and FACEness….she will know.

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13 responses to “Prayers”

  1. Michelle Slater Avatar
    Michelle Slater

    Touching story. So deep in personhood of another…and that Tina gave you the stone in it…deeper still.

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  2. jude Avatar
    jude

    i must have some of those old snaps

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  3. Acey Avatar
    Acey

    Love this post quite a bit! Wrote a longish comment and then inadvertently poofed it away. Saw your request for Joyous Warrior. The energetic process has begun. It will be in the mail by Wednesday at the latest. Love IS more, no?

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  4. Acey Avatar
    Acey

    answering my own question, sort of. I was reading and commenting on my phone before but now have my laptop and it’s much easier to read ALL of the posts and comments now. I was so moved by the energy raised by Prayers For Irene post and its comment section. Am now moved to share what it guided me to do as prayerful contribution here in Central Massachusetts.
    In the little field beside our house a large (six feet or so) oblong of granite rises from the earth in the shape of a woman’s breasts. The property’s sacred fire pit is formed by the hollow between the breasts. Of course this is where a prayer should be made manifest for this situation! But where would I find the details for making it happen?
    Hmm. Well – years back, when we both lived in different places and in a somewhat different Way, Grace and I exchanged gift parcels. One inclusion from her was a tiny vase/vessel made from part of a dried gourd. Yes! Grace I knew would welcome this use of something that has previously held my life-long accumulation of small-to-tiny herkimer diamonds. Further guided by the group energy raised by the already collected prayers, I was strongly drawn to Marti’s inclusion of homegrown and specially selected herbs. Looked around with a slow soft gaze to see what the field might offer. Was both amazed and moved to tears to find the inclusion right near my feet for here I discovered “miraculous” blooms of prunella/self heal and St. Johns Wort (both dried out by Lammas). Blew my prayers into them before placing a well-proportioned fairy bed to fill the tiny gourd vase. This was anchored firmly in the burnt wood and ashes then surrounded by miniature chips off the roack to insure the small offering holds steady there between the two granite breasts.
    Note: Prunella flower essence is a power-house with many very relevant uses. I was strongly drawn to its sudden unexpected appearance specifically because this medicine spirit allows us to discover new/evolving/innovative passageways of maximum access to our individualized healing gifts and resources from both the inner and outer landscape.
    St. Johnswort essence is one of two known as a Master/Golden Shield of protection for all our subtle energetic layers as well as our physical body. The other (Yellow Yarrow) concerns itself mostly with lateral/horizontal energy flows. This one flows most naturally on a vertical/earth-sky axis. It’s protective and illuminatory capabilities are off the charts – truly encouraging and supporting us to “stand tall” in whatever we’re facing. While gravely ill the flower’s healing signature allows us to access chakra energy below the root/red energy center – at the Earth Star level. Such ephemeral grounding can be a crucial life-line while treatment and recovery require optimum energy conservation and protection.

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  5. Irene Avatar
    Irene

    Grace, gabardine is a sturdy cloth made from worsted wool or cotton that’s used to make suits, pants, and uniforms. It features a diagonal rib on the front of the fabric and a smooth side on the back. I’ve had gabardine pants…they lasted for years.

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  6. Joanne Avatar
    Joanne

    I have my grandmothers box will look for snaps.

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  7. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    it continues, here to the left of where so much of
    my life happens..

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  8. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    oh if you do……………

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  9. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    I read this and set out after the RAIN stopped, up
    and over to where i’d not gone in a long time…
    Long Story, not for now, but i went there
    and know where Joyous Warrior will be Given and
    Received

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  10. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    i need to read this several times before words

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  11. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    it is a very Very intense cloth
    has deep purpose

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  12. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    if there are snaps there…

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  13. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    it’s Wednesday night…September 18 now. There is Storm.
    the second. THUNDERMAN, like the same THUNDERMAN of
    that Place in New Mexico…has come here, to bring Rain.
    I can’t bear to close the door, so Rain comes through the screen door onto the floor and i put towels. I can’t bear to close the door.
    and i read your words here for maybe the 9th or 10th time
    and still need to read more, again.
    How in a certain way time stands still but throws out a strong thread that loops through years, holding all together and i
    THANK YOU
    beyond THANK YOU
    for bringing your deep deep understanding of Plant Medicine here. The time is right. All is ready.
    Such Love to you, to your granite breast, the small gourd, the Plants, the deep joy of learning and Receiving
    now from this dark, WET, wild Hill in the strange and BeautyFull land called California.
    just love, g

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