Our Lucy arrived first with her mum. It's not often you find a young woman barely out of girlhood with the poise of our young Lucy and there's not meany youngsters that would not only feel able to offer to write a ritual but also carry it through. Many of us in the group have watched our Lucy grow and taken pride in her accomplishments and I don't think many of us are much less proud than I know her mum is with her achievements this equinox.
The next star was little Soleil who was joining us with her family for her naming day. Her parents were handfasted with us and brought their daughter Amelie for her naming and now it was little Soleil's turn and what a star she was.
Once we had all gathered we walked through the park and woods to the ring fort site that we have used for rituals for many years. There were a few already waiting at the site as is usual now and more greetings were exchanged as the rest of us arrived.
This that had arrived first had already begun setting up the altar area and as we joined them more items were added. Apples gathered by others, plums from my own plum tree picked just before we left for the ritual and a wonderful hand made loaf with the Awen symbol on the top made by our Vicki. It was a wonderful autumnal display.
The ritual went well, Soleil was adorable and it was wonderful to have the priviledge of carrying her round the circle to be introduced to the directions. I gazed into her eyes as we stood at each point and she gazed into mine. I'm not sure what our souls communicated to each other in those timeless moments but she smiled with me.
As is always our practice we gathered in the Burrel Collection cafe afterwards and were delighted to see other young members of our group with their parents. Baby Ailsa has yet to join us being only four weeks old but her big brother is a regular with his parents and he shares the most lovely hugs with all of us.
And so we move on from a wonderful gathering of our community where new life was celebrated with harvests of fruit being shared among us. Balance of growth and decay.
Our next gathering will be for Samhain and will take place on Sunday 27th October meeting at 1 pm as always.
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