When Spirit Calls – Ask For A Few Signs

I do my best to go where I am asked to go, to help where I am asked to help. But a reservation in South Dakota? Come on…this time all my buttons and fears were being activated.

As I drove through Nebraska I worked through my fears, my insecurities, my shadow. And as I turned north about one hour outside Rosebud Reservation, I began to feel excited.

The ancestor spirits were welcoming me. The feeling of coming home was washing over me, and a slight elated feeling had me giddy. Every song that was being played on the radio felt like one of my favorites and I was riding high as I came into Mission, South Dakota.

I found the Nape Woapiye Healing Center, and met Laurie Russo inside, the owner and a woman with a mission. Laurie answered a calling herself eight years ago when she gave up a prosperous lifestyle in New York City to come open up a healing center on Rosebud Reservation.

She has been through a lot. It was difficult for her to be accepted. She has been solid, tough and stayed. Now I am being called to come help her…maybe. I am asking for signs. I am receiving signs…and I ask for more.

Tonight she took me to dinner in the local restaurant. I had asked for a sign, “is this really where you want me?” over and over again. Now sitting in this tiny restaurant in Mission, South Dakota, I look over at a table nearby and sitting there is a man who is a dear, dear friend. I haven’t seen him in a couple months and here he is. Someone I love very much, and who lives far from here, is here, now, in this room. Could this be another sign…just a coincidence, right?

How many signs do I need? I was welcomed here by the spirits and then by Laurie, and then my friend was there for me, too. Can I have just a little bit more confirmation?

I look around at the harshness and I see the anger and hurt and I wonder if I can make any kind of difference at all. Then I look in the mirror and I wonder ‘why me?’

I’m listening to Spirit, I always do. But this time, I am asking for another sign…just to be sure…one more sign…is this really where you want me?