My cousins and I really bonded on this trip. We talked alot about animal spirits, tarot, crystal healing, our life plans and soul purposes. It was really amazing to open up to them in this way and for it to be something we all were on the same level with. Honestly something I never ever thought would happen within my family. There was even a night when I read everyone's tarot, even my nanna! And it was amazing how connected each reading was to their lives. It was unbelievably rewarding to feel safe with my family in these respects. For me personally, it made me feel even more connected with them. The women in my family have a deep rooted strong connection to each other, whether or not we hang out or talk alot doesnt matter. There is a thread between us all the keeps us so safetly jointed to one another.
This wall of paintings above was very significant. After telling my cousins about the woodpecker (the top left image is one, but its hard to tell in this photo, its sitting on top of a man), they looked up their animal spirit and were both the raven. And we also talked about my parents alot, and my connections with 'two birds' being them, and my concerns about losing their house.... And the opossum has been by my side for a few months now. So we walked in, sat down, and then began to look around, and all at once we noticed the painting above us... a woodpecker, raven, opossum and two birds sitting on top of a nest with keys. What the heck? We were pretty much floored. And to the locals probably looked like wacko tourists staring at these animal paintings. We all took it as a pretty big sign.
Then when we were done eating, one of the locals, an older man, walked up to me and asked me if i was an artist. I told him yes, and he said he could tell from the way I looked. Then he asked me what kind of artist, and I told him. He he figured I was a jewelry artist. How cool is that? Then he told us that his friend painted those paintings we were so into... I told him about our connections with them and he was so pleased to tell his friend. Every local we came in contact with in Slidell was so nice.
