When the moon wakes you up.

April 2018

Last night I fell asleep right after I tucked the kids in. I laid down for only a moment and passed out with all of my clothes on. I woke up only once in the middle of the night...it was the moon. The moon woke me up, and when I opened my eyes a bit her glow was strong and bright. She cast a moonstone-like light all over my body and blankets, everything was glowing. I acknowledged her for a moment and rolled over to fall back asleep in those soothing milky vibrations of the moon.

I’ve been using mugwort flower essence every night before I go to bed, to help me have more clarity in my dream time. Mugwort moves me away from those darn stress dreams and brings me back to the grounded center of my lucid dreams. The dreams where I visit friends and loved ones to share conversation, the dreams where I communication with my dearest coyotes, birds, trees, and other sentients I love.

These days I find myself feeling fierce about my land and it’s local inhabitants. I want to be their voice. I want to make change on their safety. I want to create a place of refuge for them. As I’ve come to the awareness that the human species is the most dangerous and destructive species on earth I feel a giant responsibility to show them that some of us are still connected, that I am here, and I am not afraid to protect them.

After all, I was named after the goddess of the woods, the protector of the wolves and all animals. She also provided the hunt in the most honorable way and fed her local people. She had her own wolves. Artemis...Diana...I’ve always been connected to her but now this connection deepens and she shares her fierceness with me. So now with the time I have left in this lifetime, I am in conversation with the universe, asking for assistance in the ability to keep the vast land around me protected indefinitely.

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