I visited Sri Ganesha's temple a couple of days ago.  It was the goodbye I hadn't really felt sink in until I knelt before his image.

For the last several months, I've been losing my connection to him, and I tried various ways to reconnect.  But it wasn't working - each failed attempt only made me panic more.  This is a god I felt instantly connected to since I was a freshman in college - what had changed? Soon after I found my root chakra in terrible shape, I read that Ganesha rules that chakra.  I thought that was the problem - fix the chakra and fix my relationship with him.  But after a while I realized that it was possible my separation from Ganesha was what affected my balance.

I lifted my image of Ganesha from my altar, wrapped it in cloth, and placed it in a drawer.  I hope one day I can bring it back out, can rebuild the altar when he comes back into my life.

On a lighter note, I'm so excited for Samhain!  I'm thinking about going a a Succubus (from WoW) and having DW go as a Warlock...  but who knows... if I get lazy, I may just change to the goth look and call it a night.  I'm much more excited about my Masquerade costume; I still haven't figured out how I'm going to come up with the look I want - but that's the fun part!

Lunch is done, GTR!

Rafe