18/08/2025
White Cloud, Michigan 2011. I lived in a double wide trailer in the middle of no where, no cable, no neighbors, just national forest. There was a creek near my home, a stump from an old tree in the middle of the creek. I had just started a new relationship after 11 years of alone time, raised my children alone, I was not going to bring a stepfather into their lives because I knew the damage that had been done to me caused by my ex destroying me, my spirit was broke. Bringing a man into my life around my children was not the smart thing to do. After the children were grown I figured it's my turn. I met David through a friend. Two weeks into the relationship a Raven started showing up in my yard and on the stump in the creek. This bird was huge! And beautiful! I knew he had a message for me. The bird paid me visits everyday for a week. One day when David was leaving my home to return to his home, the Raven perched on the stump flew in front of David's windshield and led David down the road about 200 yards, David was in awe! He said the wing span of the bird was the length of the windshield, he also said "if there wasn't glass between us I could have touched him". David stopped the car and grabbed the camera, the bird circled him 3 times. I didn't see the Raven after that. My cousin told me the Raven seal my love until I was ready to take it over, I was scared of being hurt again. The Ravens message was clear, (do not be afraid) I married David in 2013, a Native American ceremony in our back yard. Two Ravens circled our ceremony. That's our power bird. ~she walked plenty~
