It took me many weeks to decide how to spend the third anniversary of my dear soulmate Don’s transition. The days immediately after Don’s passing were marked by healing Tibetan Buddhist prayers on our deck, followed 10 days later, the day of our 43rd anniversary, by a small garden celebration, sharing remembrances and breaking bread together, after strewing Don’s ashes on the Pacific Ocean. Several weeks later we gathered some of the same people and added a few more folks for a Divine Love prayer gathering on Al and Jeanne’s front lawn. (We were originally planning a large outdoor staggered arrival drop-in celebration, but August 2020 was covid days and it didn’t feel right. It really wasn’t Don’s style anyway, to be feted in that way. The first and second anniversaries celebrated and honoured Don and surrounded our daughter and myself with love at our home.

At last I settled on a simple Divine Love prayer in my new home. It is now the third year, so no remembrances of Don this time. The medium could not attend as he was away and another member of the original “Gibsons Home Group” was returning from the US the day before and he needed down time afterwards.

Seven women, including our daughter, met in my living room on a lovely afternoon, several arriving with flowers from their garden. We began by each of us acknowledging the pain of the planet and the suffering of our many relatives, friends and acquaintances. A woman who is quite sensitive to spirit, to Don especially seemingly, felt his jokey energy, and suggested we set a chair in the circle for him.

The entire time we prayed and received the healing energies Don stood tall and powerfully beside me on my right, appearing as he had in body, supporting and helping me receive the energies. The other woman “saw” him too. His energy presentation was stronger than ever, very grounded, a most serious energy this time, one of his many forms of animation. He reminded me of the ring I wear, the stone a gift from Don, Hanuman the Monkey God, fierce protector.

We closed the afternoon by visiting and sharing snacks, before parting.

Love & Light

Ellen

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