The Squirrel

I recently bought Animal Spirit Medicine cards.  This is how they work.  I pull out a card when I feel like it. I read about the power of that card's animal and how that power might help me.  Recently, I drew out the squirrel card.  It was perfect because I had to pack that day for our trip and squirrel's power is "gather what you need."  The whole trip I kept noticing squirrels running hither thither and yon and I felt a strange kinship with them.  Like the squirrels, I felt prepared and ready for whatever comes down the pike.

Fast forward to this morning.  I'm walking out to  Judith's car so we can go get some breakfast and I nearly step on a dead squirrel right on my back step. I was distraught, wondering if my squirrel power might have also died somehow.  Judith encouraged me to take a photo.  I sent the photo to Husbandman who was still inside and asked if he could somehow discard the squirrel carcass.  Later I called 20 Something and told her about my sadness about my potential loss of squirrel power.   20 Something has a different view.  She believes the dead squirrel may be a sacrifice and that even greater squirrel power may now be mine.