Landing
Her life for the past few years had been like a plane waiting to land, flying in circles. So she decided to jump, to save her money and go to an unknown place without a word of Spanish in her cultural pockets. Her life for the past few years had been like a plane waiting to land, flying in circles and so she decided to ask a stranger who inhabited my body to tea. Over cups of hot comfort, we let our prayers for personal possibility rise with the sacred steam. Rich in her own possibility, I was refreshed in mine. When it was time to go, it was time to go. She hugged me hard and full- twice and nothing was empty except our cups.
Kisha,
I need to know if you are the one who wrote an article about the street children of Durban, South Africa? I would like to communicate with you about what you know of human trafficking in that area. I am trying to help the women and children of Lesotho and along the Durban coast. I am looking for contacts who can point me to people who are making a difference. If you have knowledge that can help me, please contact me at my email address.
I had a strange dream of seals along the coast. In my dream, I saw the word "lesotho". I had never heard of that word before and didn't know what it meant, but I knew in my dream they were 'lesotho seals'. In the midst of the seals was a larger mother seal who had a pouch like a kangaroo. In that pouch were hundreds of baby seals in different stages of development from the tiniest embryo to larger babies. Some were bloody, some were whitish-gray as if ill, some were black and some were brown. As I watched from the side of a boat, the mother's pouch was either torn or broken and all the baby seals spilled out into the water and were lost. As my eyes met the eyes of the mother seal, her face turned into the face of a black woman. She looked at me silently as tears welled up in her eyes and trickled down her face as if to say, "Help me".
When I woke from my dream, I googled the words 'lesotho' and 'seals' and found out that Lesotho is a country in Southern Africa. I feel compelled to go to that area of the world this September to find out what I can do to help. I read an article about the street children of Durban and wonder if there is any information you can give to help me find contacts there?
Your writing is beautiful!
Thank you,
Jennifer Crow
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