the milky way rising in Big Bend National Park

[crimycarny]

18. When my son first passed I would go outside every night and just look up at the stars

I singled one star out, I'm not sure why, and as I gazed up at it I'd talk to my son. At that point, I had never heard of the Lakota beliefs about the stars and spirits, as well as the Milky Way being the galaxy spirits passed through.

I also had no idea that many galaxies had different colors, though in my dream they did. I remember gasping at the beauty of the galaxy as I was standing by my son, who was so calm and at peace (in life he was filled with anxiety and so hard on himself.) I remember waking up and wondering why my son would show me this galaxy. We'd neither been into astronomy previously. Why did he show me this?

Then I stumbled across the posting about the Lakota's belief, just days after that dream, it all made sense.