MEETING CHANGING WOMAN (True Story)
I was on the slopes of Pedernal (the Northern New Mexico high mesas), sitting on the porch of the caretaker's cottage and sipping my morning coffee. All of a sudden the trees to my left started swirling in a clockwise fashion. While the rest of the world stood still, I watched as I sipped my coffee. I was in awe as the movement of energy beckoned to me somehow. I listened closely, and it was as if I heard a whisper there.
I had heard of the Legend of Changing Woman and that she still walked these hills. "Who else could it be?" I thought. So I said, "Good morning, thank you for coming to me."
It was then that the wind left the trees and swirled into a whirlwind, making its way down to the corral and lifting the dirt to dance within it. The horses and the donkeys gave it credence as I toasted its elaborate display. "Come back to see me again" I said. And Changing Woman changed me then.
I sat and pondered as I gazed upon the flattened flint rock of the peak of Pedernal. I no longer wondered, "Why am I here?" I just sighed and knew, I would be going then. And so it was in a few days fashion, that my path was further revealed to me. I didn't question, but took it in stride that Changing Woman had put me in the lead.
I turned to thank her then as the harsh winds blew. I had come as one person, and was leaving as another. Her purpose served then, I heard her sigh in the wind …
"I will be watching over you."
Love, Deb