Jun 21, 2008
It's Litha, and we're celebrating!
It has many names besides Litha. Summer Solstice is one other
such name. If you want to know the other names, go
look.
There are many ways to look at Litha, but here I'm going to offer
one that seems to fit my situation right now. Litha affords
us an opportunity to look back on what we have accomplished, and to
look forward to what is yet to be done. A mid-point to look
both ways, if you will.
This is entirely appropriate for me right now, because my Mom
passed away this past week. That means that for the first
time in my life, I am without parents. My real Mom, Deloris,
the one who gave birth to me, died when I was 10 years old.
My Dad married Peggy when I was 12 years old, and she finished the
job of being the Mom to raise me. My Dad died three years ago
and from that time my roof has also been Peggy's roof.
Two moms and a dad have passed on. Even if I didn't need them
to the degree that I once did, even when Mom (Peggy) may have been
more in need of me than I was in need of her, the feeling of
permanence, of "roots" means some feeling of stability in an
unstable world. And now, I'm the one everyone looks to for
stability.
And so yes, this is the time at which I really need to look back at
what has been and look forward to what I need to bring about.
And that makes this a real Litha. And so we celebrate the
Sabbat with a ritual.
Blessed Be!