It was quite a shock to drop in and read this.  Maybe shock isn't the right word... she had dropped subtle hints along the way now that I think about it... and thinking about her is something I've done a lot since reading this yesterday.  I didn't really know her all that well, but I deeply mourn losing her.  She used to be there with wisdom and insight when that was exactly what I needed until she dropped out of all contact with me back in...  I don't know...  July or August maybe and all the notes I wrote to her were unanswered after that.  I wonder if she had completed her stone stairway...  I know now why she was so sure she wouldn't live to see the boxwood labyrinth grown.  She stacked crystals and spheres...  made columns of quartz...  she was paving her path to the other side.  I hope she's finding the answers to the mysteries that troubled her.  Maybe she'll share some of what she discovers if we listen, now that she's flown free. 

 

I feel very sad that she is gone and knowing now that we no longer will be meeting on this plane either through our mails or ever get the chance to meet up the road at the monastery for a personal visit... but I can't help also feeling joy for a spirit released to further pursue the great mystery and the knowledge that she's "okay" now...

 

Raven