Blessed by the Hands of Marie Laveau (The Piece I didn't want to get rid of!)

While we're on the topic of Voodoo, I think that it is time that we let this one go, as well.  This is piece that has stayed with me, personally, since my very first trip to New Orleans.  It's hard to believe that I have been working alongside Deedee for over ten years now, but I guess when the it's a match, it's a match.  I have kept this piece, not because I use it every day of life.  Rather, I have kept this piece because it is a memento that was the beginning of an era.  It was also the first time in my life that Deedee taught me how to swim.  "Just relax your anus!"  I have never forgotten that, either.  It works wonders.  However, now that I have achieved my own transformation, there is no need to hang onto it anymore.  It's time that I let it fly.   We created this piece using energies that we stored in a vessel while we were visiting St Louis Cemetery where the Marie Laveau, the New Orleans Voodoo Queen herself, was buried.  It's funny, because if you remember any of the stori