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These are times of chaos and at the same time amazing creativity and enlightenment.  Our ancestors have laid out a path for us to grab hold of and embellish, refine, and at times when they come to us in our dreams, forge a new design or heighten our awareness to something that needs to be addressed.  When we are still and tune into their vibration, we can have glimpses of messages that our ancestors are feeding us.   We all have the experience with losing a loved one, dealing with the process of healing and acceptance.  Sometimes if we are attentive to the little nuisances of things that arise in our life, that at times seem to have no context, we find a message that serves to guide us or inform us of what is on the horizon of our life experience.  Many of my blog readers are aware of the transition of my brother Lloyd.  His departure to the heavenly realm was not on our radar, but as a family as we sat to commune with each other and remanence about him and our eternal relationship with him, we realize how our ancestors had reached out to prepare us. 

About a month or so before Lloyd ‘s hospitalization, our grandchild Ua-8 years old sage- engaged in a conversation with my sister Patricia as they were riding their bicycles down the block.  He felt compelled to relate to her that when Mr. B-Lloyd- passed on, that she must not be sad because he was going to be dancing and walking all over heaven.  Lloyd was challenged by Cerebral Palsy and was not able to walk or talk-but he was able to communicate in his own way.  We never ever really talked about Lloyd transitioning and how this came into Ua’s spirit, I don’t know.  Then out of nowhere he began singing “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”.  We became sensitive to the words of the song because we felt it had taken on the meaning of transitioning from this earthly plane to the heavenly plane.  Every time he would start singing it we would beg him to sing something else that was not so sad. 

I think unconsciously we felt it was attached to someone leaving our family tribe.  When Lloyd did transition, and we put all the pieces together, we realized we had been receiving messages to prepare us.  Children are amazing vessels for the ancestors to communicate with, because they are clear, uncomplicated, and receptive to the spiritual world from whence they have come.  I am so thankful now because I can look back and feel cared for and have peace knowing that Lloyd was being cared for, planned for, guiding, accompanied, and received not just by his angels but his ancestors.  Our ancestor’s spirituals have so much to offer us and keeping the linage alive and a part of our way of navigating today’s world is a priceless treasure.

Swing low, sweet chariot
Coming for to carry me home
Swing low, sweet chariot
Coming for to carry he home x 2

I looked over Jordan and what did I see
Coming for to carry he home
A band of angels coming after me
Coming for to carry me home

Swing low, sweet chariot
Coming for to carry me home
Swing low, sweet chariot
Coming for to carry me home

If you get there before I do
Coming for to carry me home
Tell all my friends I’m coming too
Coming for to carry me home

Swing low, sweet chariot
Coming for to carry me home
Swing low, sweet chariot
Coming for to carry me home