Visit from BumbleBee

It was late October. Do you remember that crazy
warm day we had? Well, yes that day!
We were a small group of brothers and sisters
gathered for an important ceremony...a land offering for healing.

As I was preparing the space with smoke, laying out all the
blankets, organizing the items for the offer, this little lady bumblebee came to personally say hi to me.

She first landed on my hand. She explored my fingers, my palm, my knuckles her
touch was so soft and her presence stopped me in my busyness as if to say
I see you, I feel you and I'm so happy that you are here. The bumblebee
made me feel appreciated, special and most of all loved and nurtured. Her caress
and gentleness will be a gift that will be imprinted on my heart forever.

She remained with us during the whole ceremony. She was either on my hand, my knee or resting on my medicines. And once the offering was laid out, she joyously drank and ate some of the water, sugar and rose petals that were part of the gift to Mother Earth.

To each soul sister and brother she represented something different. For one she was symbolic of the Divine Feminine, for others it was community, productivity, and brightness. Her message came to us on many levels and we embraced them all.

As we were wrapping up the ceremony she seemed to have disappeared. It was special to have seen her at all for it had been very cold in the prior days and all the bees were already hibernating.

That evening, at home I came into the back entrance to check on my dog and there on the floor was our lady bumblebee. It appeared she had traveled home with me without my knowing. Unfortunately, she did not survive her journey with me. I felt so much sadness for the loss of her life. I gently picked her up and gave her back to Mother Earth with a song of sorrow and a song of joy. For she truly brought so much to us during our special ceremony for the Earth.

Aho!

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