ANCHI Crystals

A parcel of land in Henderson County, N.C., about 47 acres, was signed over to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) from the Noquisi Initiative on Monday, April 27 in the office of Ugvwiyuhi (Principal Chief) Michell Hicks. Signers were Noquisi Initiative co-chairs Juanita Wilson and Bob McCollum and Ugvwiyuhi Hicks. Shown, left to right, seated - McCollum, Ugvwiyuhi Hicks, and Wilson; back row – Lisa Kretschmer; Amber Allen, Noquisi Initiative project coordinator; Ronald Chumper” Walker, director of EBCI Cooperative Extension; Dawn Arneach, Noquisi Initiative board member; and Elaine Eisenbraun, Noquisi Initiative executive director. (ROBERT JUMPER/One Feather photo)

Morganite, Prehnite with Epidote

There is a loneliness
that has nothing to do
with being alone
it is the quiet ache
of carrying whole conversations
inside your heart
because you no longer know
who would truly understand them
perhaps that is the hardest part
the absence
of feeling deeply known
yet even loneliness
has something to teach
it strips away
until all that remains is you
the heart that feels deeply
also loves deeply
the soul that longs so fiercely
has not been forgotten
one day
someone will sit beside your silence
without trying to fill it
and for the first time
your loneliness
will realize
it was never asking
to be rescued
it was only asking
to be understood
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Peridot, Bi-colour Tourmaline, Rose Quartz, Quartz and dried Hydrangea petals

Uncertainty is the ancient doorway
between worlds unseen
the sacred space
where the soul listens
before the next chapter is written
where the stars whisper
and the unknown begins to reveal its reality
you walk the eternal path
of becoming
guided by a wisdom older than memory
carrying within you
the quiet fire of creation
you are woven from earth and sky
from roots that reach into the depths
and wings that rise toward infinity
the mysteries of life
move through you
shaping your vision
expanding your spirit
calling you toward the vastness
of all that you may become
beyond the veil of certainty
waits the wisdom of the universe
every horizon
offers another invitation
every unfolding
becomes a conversation
between who you are
and who you are growing into
you belong
to the path that reveals itself
as you walk
to the quiet wisdom
that ripens with time
and to the living mystery
that keeps opening
its doors within you
perhaps uncertainty
has never been
the absence of answers
perhaps it has always been
the place
where you remember
that your deepest confidence
was never meant
to come from knowing
what tomorrow will bring
it comes
from knowing
that whoever tomorrow asks you to become
you will meet them
and when the path disappears again
you will not call it the end
you will call it
the place
where your soul
learns to trust
its own footsteps
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