Nature’s gift

While battling cancer breast cancer during the pandemic, I walked daily to exchange energy with Mother Earth in my neighborhood.  Almost everyday, I saw this bunny.  At first, it would create distance between us, but not completely disappear, like the other bunnies did.  I started gently talking to the bunny and making a certain clicking noise upon my approach to his/her feeding area.  After a few weeks, the bunny didn’t move when I reached the area.  This bunny wasn’t fearful of me.  In fact, it started to move closer to me.  I knew from the missing part of its ear, he/she must have battled something in their past, just like I was battling cancer.  For well over a year, I found comfort in our daily visit.  These visits were gifts.  I treasured them.  In those moments, my pain would subside.  I always cleaned the area of trash left behind by others, upset at their lack of care and respect for our land.  In some way, I felt that bunny was a sign that nature’s energy acknowledging my fears and telling me everything would be ok.  One day, the bunny was gone.  Although I don’t see the bunny anymore, our connection will last through my story telling.