Sunrise Reflection

Shenandoah River State Park in Virginia is one of my favorite places to go when I need to connect with Spirit and to pray and meditate.

It is my “go to” place of peace and comfort when I need to feel grounded during stressful times.

These mountains sing to my soul in a way that welcomes me HOME 🧡 and brings me back to my best self.

Watching the sun rise is a blessing which delights me, yet it is the reflection of sunlight on the western mountain which hold the most magic for me… the layers and depth of the reflective hues remind me of the Lakota women’s Star Quilts… vibrant colors of symbolic traditional patterns reflecting their stories and heritage.

In the late 1990’s I was blessed to be able to purchase several amazingly beautiful Star Quilts made by Harriet Two Strike and Marie Black Lance of the Rosebud Reservation Ring Thunder Clan.

For some reason, as I recall the sunrise reflection blanketing the mountain yesterday, it is leading me to memories of my time spent on Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota.

Chief Harry Blue Thunder was chief of the Ring Thunder Clan Lakota Sioux Tribe.

I had been invited to join some friends to offer our holistic services to the elders and to learn some of their traditions.

This particular trip on Father’s Day weekend coincided with “Grandpa Harry Blue Thunder’s birthday which was being celebrated with a Powwow in the arbor atop the hill of their land.

This was my first trip to meet the elders and it held special meaning for me this particular Father’s Day.

I was drawn to do something special and meaningful to honor my Dad on this Father’s Day.

My life has been Divinely guided by Spirit and it seems I am always placed exactly where I’m supposed to be, when I am supposed to be there, in order to be of service.

My trip to Rosebud was guided by Spirit and it did not take long to reveal my purpose for being there.

I owned a Southwestern Gallery and Healing Arts Center which featured Native American art, jewelry and drums.

Shortly after I arrived at Rosebud I learned Harriet Two Strike had to travel several hours away to a hospital for dialysis once a month, and the rest of the time she actually had to administer at home dialysis since she lived so far away from the hospital.

I learned it was a challenging financial expense, so I offered to purchase Star quilts from her to sell in my Gallery and continued to do so for the remainder of the year.

Even though my visit was only for a week, I was privileged to learn about a culture and way of life which humbled me and left an indelible mark in my heart and Spirit.

There are more fascinating layers of Spirit guided synchronicity involving Rosebud and Chief Harry Blue Thunder but I will save this for another story to be published here soon…

I wasn’t expecting to write about my time on Rosebud tonight or rather this morning,but I went with my Spirit guided flow as I’m sitting here at 2:22 am on Wednesday January 8, 2020 at a Pediatric Sleep Study Center in Fairfax Virginia.

You see, my sweet grandson , our Little Warrior Wyatt is reason I was in Shenandoah River Park to pray as I watched the sun rise, after driving 4–1/2 hours from Philadelphia.

I was praying for a Miracle of sorts. Wyatt needed to have a special diagnostic sleep study to see if he is having seizure activity, muscle spasms and/or sleep apnea due to his diagnosis of a rare disease PMG (Bi-lateral Perisylvian Polymicrogyria) along with Cerebral Palsy, Pachygyria, and Dystonia.

If he has sleep apnea he will need to have his tonsils and adenoids removed to allow him to breathe better.

This beautiful old sweet soul has come to our family to teach us about life, LOVE, Patience, Compassion, Gentleness, the meaning of life and the importance of Family.

Before this test, I asked everyone I knew for prayers for Wyatt and for this procedure to unfold with Grace and Ease.

How do you explain to a brain impaired non-verbal 2 year old who doesn’t sleep more than a few hours at a time , that he will have to have more than 20 electrodes/wires out all over his body and he will have to sleep in a strange bed in a strange place?!!!

Answered prayers! 💜 at least so far…

He sat calmly on my brother Jim’s lap while I touched his feet and recited “this little piggy goes to market”as I played with his toes while a very special and patient tech attached all the electrodes necessary for the study.

We were told they needed to record him a minimum of 6 hours in order to get accurate information and to be honest I actually said it would take a MIRACLE because he doesn’t sleep a straight 6 hours ever! 🧡

One moment, one breath at a time as we embrace the Miracle!

Looking forward to welcoming the sunrise when we get through this challenge!

2:57 am… heading into the home stretch…

If you are reading this… thank you for hanging here with me … I feel the Love and Support 🧡

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