The Blue Jay Chapters

A couple of weeks ago, I rounded the corner of my house on a Monday morning, garbage bag in hand and late for work, only to find a beautiful gift in the middle of my driveway.  In the midst of such an unglamorous and mundane task, I was presented with a blue jay feather right on a little mat that I had left out to dry after a day's rain. (Not to mention the fact that my current Soul Coaching group was on its last day of Air Week, so it was almost as if that beautiful shock of blue was just sitting there to mark it!).

But the biggest thing I took away from this was the understanding that we just never know when a gift from spirit is coming our way. I'm also happy to say that a few days later, I dreamt of a blue jay that was up in a tree, shaking himself until a feather fell off of his body onto the ground below. So, I received another feather in that other realm, I'm sure as a result of my offerings of gratitude to this beautiful messenger. (An Elder had recently reminded me to always express my gratitude and lay down some tobacco for the animal or bird messenger whenever possible!).

(Oh- and note to self: Quit grumbling about taking out the garbage from now on!).

Shannon