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>> >j rustywire- I like the image of you going home, >eating stew and taking a long look around. What is >home? I remember growing up in a physical >building-calling this place "home" and, later, as I >went to college, "home" telescoped and distanced into >a Wisconsin town I visited on the weekends. Many >years, many wanderings, many apartments, one husband >and two daughters later, I accumulate the realization >my external dwellings are a direct mirror of the >values I hold within-my hardwon banked hearth of >heartfire. I like that our children inherit our >values- questioning, tempering, discarding and pruning >them with the seasonings of their own unique life >experiences. And...I like that we have strong, clean, >honorable values to share with our children! Such a >journey this is! jude > >Thank you for your post, I was feeling kind of down >>when I wrote moon shadows and it was for a little bit. >>I spend yesterday with my sons, and they are growing >>into men now, each with their own way of doing things. >>It came to me it is the natural passage of life, and >>they are reaching out to far places and doing some >>things I could not do. >> >>I guess in a way I see them as an extension of myself, >>and they are now working, going to school and starting >>a couple of them on their families. My daughter is >>going to Utah State this next quarter and she is >>excited to be going there. Two of her brothers are >>going there and working, they have a house and have >>made it s home, and since she is going up there it >>will be good for all of them to be together. >> >>I have been thinking about home, going home and am >>working toward that end. I will be there for New >>Year's and plan on visiting around the community >>dropping in here and there. >>Will be eating stew and taking a long look around. >>Yes, I can smell the coffee and feel the heat from the >>wood stove. Thanks for the post...rustywire >> >> >> >>>>When I get back, I am here! I can mourn the loss of >>>my peoples or...I also have the choice, ability and >>>capacity to celebrate the substance of myself and >know >>>I am the new moon body that creates the living >shadows >>>my daughters will remember and take with them when >>>they leave home to create their own traditions and >>>newlife. There is a wonder and powerful magic in >>>overlaying the weave of the honorable old ways with >>>the new fibers of today. Life will flow and >continue; >>>all that is sacred will be carried forward. Ho! >>>>
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