It's Christmas!

It's Christmas, so I thought a post was in order. I've been working a lot with change. Transformation is all around me. These are the first days of winter, but spring is actually not too far away. It's funny how set we get into a groove thinking something will last forever, when in fact, it's just transitory.

I generally take stock around this time of year. I think it's my Capricorn moon, and I try to see all the changes. I really want to make note of them so when I feel stuck in a pattern, I can see how it will change. Change is the only true constant.

I'm also getting ready for Haiti within a few weeks. I will be going to Haiti to spend time with my elders and my LWA. I'm very excited about that. It's been a long time coming.

I'm actually going to spend the last hour of Christmas in service to my mentor. He passed away ten years ago, but he is never gone. I think he is very thrilled with my choices and path. He always believed in me. Even when I couldn't see the road ahead and was very afraid. He knew I would make it through.

This leads to honoring the dead. In Vodou, as well as Hoodoo, we honor our dead. We honor those who have loved and cared for us in life. I'm going to honor my mentor with what he loved in life. I'm going to give him some of my baked goods ( he loved those) and just talk to him. Ask for his guidance and his wisdom. That he love me in death as he did in life.

I think one of the most beautiful things that I suspected, but truly understand now, is how love lives beyond the grave.