The silence of the night. Within the deepest, darkest depths there is a pause. A stillness that is palpable. The silence is incredible. Everything feels as though it ceases. It's a world unto itself. And then, the sun gently, almost unnoticeably begins to welcome us. Though the sun rises slowly, without your awareness, it is easily missed. The dawn of a new day begins to appear. The darkness of the night is graced with the light of the day.
In the still of the night, my son lost 4 of his 6 chickens to a mama raccoon feeding her family. He had raised these chickens from baby chicks all through his home quarantine. His most favorite, Cornbread, was sadly one of the ones lost. Life is like that. Life brings us lessons and experiences to gauge life going forward. It brings us information that is needed to go forward, just not always in the way we would choose to receive. It is our Higher Self experiencing form. Needless to say, his chicken coop is now fully secured.
He chose to create a goodbye ceremony for his "Ladies" (as he called them). The innate intelligence of this request satisfied an inner need. Ceremony engages the Soul and evokes the Spirit. Ceremony is a time for us to acknowledge something ending and helps us to ease into the next phase through the connection of Spirit.
During the ceremony, he said each chicken's name and then, one by one, he would play Taps on his trumpet and light a firework. He saved Cornbread's salute for last. I reminded him that it's never truly "goodbye", it's "until we meet again".
With Love I wish you peace and safety along your journey until we meet again,
Debbie
