Today...

today my thoughts were on giving

today my thoughts were not

"what can I do"

but

"this is what I can do"

today I took some time

for others

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every two months we gather

the three of us

we gather for the women of 

Hanna House Recovery Home

here in our home town

we put together gift bags

for those women 

who are entering the program

they come with an assortment of goodness

that all women appreciate

body creams

lips balms

socks

homemade book marks

sweet treats

hair adornments

inspiring angel message card

tissue

a personal journal

a pen

they are put together with 

love

care

and

intention

letting them know

that somewhere out here

there are women 

faceless women who love them

 and look at them as sisters

knowing full well

it is a fine line

and anyone

can find themselves

were they now are

and because they have found themselves there

it does not mean the end

it means the beginning

one of the special things I make

for the women

are Message Stones

or

Witness Stones

these are stones that I gather

and write affirmations upon ...

as a Witness Stone

they become something more...

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In so many cultures, religions and belief systems

there are stories about 

the significance of stones in 

ceremony

remembering

agreements made

etc...

For the First Nations people,

there is a story about them that goes something like this....

A long time ago, before there was life on earth, the Creator was contemplating the purposes of each life and how long each life would live. There are spirits attached to everything in this life; spirits are what give everything 'life'. Some spirits saw the earth and everything in it and they asked the Creator to allow them to live forever on earth. The Creator, knowing that every life should have a purpose, and that each life would have a limit to how long they lived, contemplated how those spirit's requested would be honoured. The Creator thought of stone/rocks. Stones/Rocks will still be around even if the earth crumbled to pieces. So, of all that the Creator created, stones/rocks could live forever, but what would their 'purpose' be in life?

The Creator gave these spirits the job of remembering important events in the world, the keepers of records and the holders of memorable events/ceremonies/agreements.

This was perfect.

The Creator was able to honour the requests of the spirits whom requested to live forever, and give them a 'purpose' in life. It was all good.

That is why, when people come together to witness a significant event or ceremony, those people are sometimes given stones to help them remember the event or ceremony, so they can be the voice of the stone and remind the significant people of their agreement or the special-ness of the event at a time, when the significant people seem to be forgetting what had taken place at one time.

As you know, stones do not have a voice of their own, so witnesses are then the stones voice when it is time to remember the event or ceremony and what the event or ceremony meant.

This is the purpose for the witnesses at events or ceremonies that were given stones as a token of remembrance of the event; hence their name: 

Witness Stones

~Fraser River All Nations Aboriginal Society~

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These stones are given to these women

during a time of great significance

a time of re birth

new beginnings

hope

My prayer is that they hold on to these stones

to remember

this day

and the courage it took

for them to come to this place

to step into recovery

and come home
to

Hanna House
Would you join me in that prayer
my lovelies?

Love and Light

Have you ever been given a Witness Stone at a special event?

If so, you are responsible for remembering and honouring the significance of the event or ceremony 

you witnessed.

This is an honourable responsibility

for someone to be given.