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workshop and thought I should give it a try once again. Sharon had
had a favorite rock she kept in her belongings, and I got it out and
began the meditative practice. I asked if I could be shown anything
that Sharon wanted me to know. At first in the rock I saw my face
with a stick through my head and the thought, Don t think with
your mind, think with your heart. On the second side of the rock,
I saw a picture of a deer, which is a symbol of healing. On the
third and last side of the rock, I saw Sharon s face and where her
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tracheotomy was, there was an X and the thought came through,
Voice your experience, and the X turned into a paper and a pen.
This was again a confirmation for me that I was to write down my
experience and Sharon s journey and to share it with others. This
was the second time I had been shown through shamanic practices
that I was to write this story.
On March 8, Chief Phil Crazy Bull in Zig Zag, Oregon
performed the Lakota Passing Over Ceremony. There were about
twenty-five people, family and friends. The ceremony was conducted
in the yurt, on the property of Red Wing Lodge. An altar was made
on the floor using a Star Quilt, a Native American quilt surrounded
by prayer ties I had made and in each corner a picture of Sharon,
the first when she was a baby, the second at age nine, a third of
the family when Sharon was age sixteen and the fourth picture at
age twenty-one, all representing stages in her life. There were four
candles in the altar area along with cedar. Phil began the ceremony
by speaking about Sharon s life and about life and death. He said
Sharon would be present at this ceremony, and we would all know
it because she would come in the rain. It had rained previously
that day but was not raining at the time of the ceremony, and it
seemed to be clearing about the time the ceremony began. Each
person was asked to take some tobacco, pass it though the candle,
and place the tobacco in two white cloths, which were being held
by Bev and Colleen, two close family friends. These white cloths of
tobacco, offerings for Sharon s passing would later be brought into
the sweat lodge to honor her passing and symbolize her presence.
The immediate family consisted of Ron and me, Chris, Heidi his
wife, and Tammy, Sharon s cousin. We were seated to the left of
the altar. Each individual offered the tobacco in remembrance
and said prayers for Sharon s crossing over. They then offered
their condolences to the family. It was at this time that the rain
came, and it began to pour. You could hear the rain beating against
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the yurt. Indeed just as Phil had said, Sharon was present at this
ceremony, and he mentioned it again when it started to rain. The
family was then brought into the altar area, and Phil opened the
urn, took some of the ashes, and gave a pinch to each one of the
family members. The urn was brought to the center of the altar
with the family members encircling the open urn. Phil then told
everyone to surround the family in a circle with their hands on
each person s shoulder. As the Lakota songs were sung there was an
overwhelming sense that everyone there was connected and part of
this ceremony. Each and every person present felt the support and
love of those attending. Following the ceremony Phil conducted a
two-round Inipi (sweat lodge) for those people who had never been
to an Inipi, followed by the regular four rounds of the traditional
sweat lodge. Chris went to all six rounds. Ron and I went to the last
four rounds. By the start of the third round, people were beginning
to lie down on the ground where it was cooler for a short period
of time. Phil told Ron and me that we had suffered enough and
could be excused for the last two rounds. We both told him we
wanted to stay. I felt that I had been with Sharon though her whole
journey and at this ceremony I was not about to leave until it was
completed no matter how badly I felt. Phil told us at the start of
the third round, which is a healing round to pray hard for whatever
we needed (which I think to most people was to survive the sweat
lodge), . During that third round, I prayed for physical strength
and endurance. By the end of the third round, I did feel better, and
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