“She creeps and crawls and sifts through the…mountains…and…dry riverbeds, looking for wolf bones, and when she has assembled an entire skeleton, when the last bone is in place and the beautiful white sculpture of the creature is laid out before her, she sits by the fire and thinks about what song she will sing…
she stands over the criatura, raises her arms over it, and sings out…sings some more…sings more and the wolf creature begins to breathe…and as she sings, the wolf opens its eyes, leaps up, and runs away…suddenly transformed into a laughing woman who runs free toward the horizon…”
Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes
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| My Shawni is now married! |
A long time ago Natalie gifted me her Estes book and I was enthralled.
This past week here in Hope Town, Elbow Cay, Bahamas has been the much anticipated wedding.
It has been remarkable.
I thank my daughter and new son-in-law.
The pineapple is a symbol of hospitality, and the Bahamas has made me welcome as we welcomed friends and family who made the long journey to get to the wedding from 7 countries, planes, ferries….I thank each and everyone, I also thank my friends and family who were here in thought and love.
I now feel the action of creeping; as my body aches and sifting; my soul aches, tears sit close behind my eyes, I crave quiet.
I am looking for my bones, reassembling my skeleton and looking for the transformation Estes promises me…..
